Monument Valley With A Twist

[Guy Schmickle]

Hot air balloons! Once a year, the Navajo Parks & Rec puts on a balloon festival in MV and it makes for some fun photography. The festival is very poorly advertised though and the date seems to change every year. I guess it was already held in November of this year, which I found out after the fact. Grrrr. This image was taken back in 2012.

 

[Ben Egbert]

Fun shot.

 

[AlanLichty]

I'd love to be around for that event. Those balloons really add a very different mood to the scenes in that place.

 

[JimFox]

Hey Guy,

What a really cool shot! I do have some shots from there when there has been a single balloon, and that was fun to capture and showcase in that environment. But to get multiple hot air balloons like this would be really special! Nice work with this shot.

 

[Leslie Hunter]

This looks like a photo I would see in a magazine!

 

[MonikaC]

The juxtaposition of the soft, colorful balloons against the red rock monoliths is really special.

 

[Douglas Sherman]

Really cool scene. The scenery here beats the heck out of Albuquerque. Nice job, Guy.

 

[Jameel Hyder]

Love it. The position of the balloons is just right as well. The soft light of cloudy skies works well. Nicely done.

 

[Jeffrey]

Very different, very nice. I want to be in one of the gondolas and shoot from it.

 

[Guy Schmickle]

Very different, very nice. I want to be in one of the gondolas and shoot from it.

Yep, that would've been very cool. Thank you everyone for the comments!

 

[Mike Mancil]

Fantastic! Now that would be a fun ride.

 

[Zeph]

Nicely executed shot. I can see the fun of it all, if one was airborne, but otherwise meh...

 

[Jim Dockery]

Cool shot. Looks unreal. Seems scary to ride a balloon so close to cliffs, but I don't know anything about how to navigate those things.