Balloon Trail, originally uploaded by ifringe.

Albuquerque Balloon Fiesta had bright blue, sunny, picture perfect skies. Yet, the balloon pilots were not bothered by a few clouds here and there and they led the parade of balloons into the sky.

At first, I was really disappointed to see the clouds, but then realized that a cloudy sky made for an interesting sky. The trail of balloons leading into the sky caught my eye, and found its way to film. Er, the camera sensor, since it is a digital camera. But, not so long ago it would have been film, so for the sake of nostalgia, let’s just keep it that way. Anyway, the trail of balloons heading to the clouds caught my eye, and quickly onto film.

Of course, I went back again another day to recapture the moment. Driving back to Balloon Fiesta Park I saw the cloudy skies (they follow me, you know) but I was fine with that. Life was good and I was determined to find a great shot in there. Naturally, it was windy that day (the final day, as it turns out) and wind WILL stop a balloon. Dang. Time to figure out how to photograph the wind, I guess.