Hey all, I posted this in the Shark Tank. Catherine said I should put it here. Enjoy if you haven't seen it before.

Ever since "Planet Earth," I've wanted to take a camera up in a balloon. Finally, I did.

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really nice stuff...was it hard to get smooth shots in a balloon??

Looks like the ultimate steady cam to me.

As I stated in the shark tank thread, I am a big fan of this film.

Now I know how hawks and eagles lives :-)

Ryan, this was amazing and breathtaking. You did a very good job in making this so stable. The best shots was the sequences where you was close to the ground. I was waiting to watch for birds taking off beneath.

The music was nice and fit the piece well, where did you find it?

This is really beautiful, Ryan. Thanks for putting it up. You've captured evdrything needed to make an effective ballooning piece, and, wow, what a day you picked to do it on. Where exactly was this, ie. what is the small river that appears several times?

@John

Yes, it is hard to get smooth shots, but only insofar as you can "control" the situation. I went up with a friend and the pilot. So only 3 of us, so it was easy to get everyone to hold still for 10-30 seconds at a time. This is my second time only and so the first time, with a larger group, it can get a little shaky as people do subtle things like shifting their weight between their feet.


@Per Johan

I agree completely. If I was piloting (hehe) I would fly low all the time. I think the shots are most compelling from "tree top" level.

The music is the opening titles track from the film "The Island" by Steve Jablonsky.


@ Steve

It was down near Charlottesville, Virginia. About 2 hours southwest from Washington DC.

I couldn't tell you what river it was. It was a rather small one, not moving very much and somewhat shallow.

wow, wow, wow ! Very cool material indeed fella.

Ryan, thank you for taking UWOL up into the air. This was amazing and FUN to watch!
I look forward to your next videos.
Keep up your good work.

Ryan, that was very nice. Relaxing and well done. It's really too bad you did not trim it a bit and submit if for the round. Personally some of the views from above show more "Intimate Detail" than you see on the ground: the old adage "not able to see the forest for the trees" comes to mind.