Dawn liftoff

[hminx]

Early morning lift off at last weekends balloon festival

[armando_m]

Awesome colorful balloons over a beautiful cloudy background

the edges of the balloons look either overshparpen or is this a near 100% crop ?

[Greg McCary]

Very nice but it does look like a sky replacement? Saturation and contrast doesn't match.

[hminx]

Thanks armando, this is a slight crop about 75% of original, the over sharpening thing might be something to do with sizing for web.
Thanks Greg, this is the sky and balloons as shot, exposure lifted a bit as the sun was just popping over the horizon.

[AgingEyes]

I think the second balloon from the top could be brighter. The top left corner looks kind of empty though. Otherwise, nice.