Ok - I know I promised this literally months ago, but I finally got around to creating a composite image from the New Castle 2014 Balloon Quest. I've included the four images I used to create the composite below - I'm bummed that I never got any shots of that fifth balloon lit up, but it really never did!

Composite	Image 1	Image 2	Image 3	Image 4

Technical Data: Canon EOS 7D, Sigma 10-20mm f/4-5.6 EX DC HSM AF at 11mm, 1/25 sec at f/5. ISO 800. Raw conversion Adobe Camera Raw, Composite image built in Photoshop CS5.

This technique is really useful. It can be tricky - especially when your subjects are moving (as these balloons were). I'm sure if you started looking really closely as a fullsize version of this composite, you could find the lines where I blended things together, but for a smaller view like this, it works well enough. I may have to see what I can do about taking some screenshots and writing up a bit of a tutorial on how I do this kind of composite.

- Bill