MegaSack DRAW - This year's winner is user - rgwb
We will be in touch
Just seen this elsewhere
https://www.pinkbike.com/news/rupert-walker-wins-red-bull-illume-moving-image-category-plus-stunning-category-winning-photographs.html
Excellent,I now want a go on a hot air balloon swing.
Some amazing photos in there!
Brilliant, thanks eddiebaby. Some oarsum shots.
Excellent,I now want a go on a hot air balloon swing.
If only we had a balloon pilot on the forum to advise us... 🤔
Would a really,really big power kite work ? 😉
haha was just googling power kite images
Awesome. I’m confused how you end up that high on a hot air balloon swing. It can’t be from kicking your legs REEEEEALLY hard for a looooong time....
Together with the Red Bull Skydive Team, I did this crazy Project called “Megaswing“ back in 2016. After my assignment I already knew this had to be a tricky one: Two Hot Air Balloons, one with a long rope attached and the other one to jump out with the swing, and of course the Skydiver with his parachute.
“After the first couple of jumps I realized that I wouldn’t get the perfect shot by simply shooting from the inside of the basket they were jumping out of. Lucky me, I had my monopod in the car as well as a pair of radio-triggers. My solution to get the right angle was to hold the camera, that I had attached to my monopod, as deep under the basket and just hope to get the perfect framing.
“Another thing, I asked the athlete Marco Fürst to turn a little bit towards my direction to avoid getting an ass-shot and to get this playful mood in the image. In the end it was the very last try which gave us the moneyshot.”
Love them.
How many G was the guy on the swing pulling in full swing? Epic Sphincter control..
Wowawweewaa. Thanks for the share, enjoyed looking at those. massively. As a photographer, the RAW category blew me away.
Definately some crackers there! But how about just 'snapped' ones that capture a moment?
Brilliant.
That video "Parallel" is amazing too.
the RAW category blew me away
Yep, that eclipse shot must have taken some planning. Must have been incredibly satisfying to pull it off.