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99 Luftballoons...

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For the last few months I've had the privilege of working with David Lampard on creating a series of photographs that will be incorporated into his production of William Finn's 'Elegies: A Song Cycle'.

This one is my favourite.

30 Red Balloons = $58
Canon 40D with Multi-shot setting = $1500
11 hours worth of composite edting = $11
2 bottles of coke = $6
Ending up with something that belongs on a Pink Floyd album cover = priceless.

And yes, there is a little Floyd tribute version on RedBubble: [link]

Let me point out NONE of this is stock photography, it is all my own original work, shot on the pavement at the end of my driveway and using balloons from a local party hire shop.
And if I did it right, there should be no repeats in the editing :phew: :faint:


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Mood: Love ~Rhaadoo Nov 20, 2010  Hobbyist Digital Artist
nice:X
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:icondreamseeker82:
~dreamseeker82 May 31, 2010  Hobbyist General Artist
It looks unreal...
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:iconshadowgirl557:
why not just release 100 balloons instead of doing so much digitally

half of them look squashed too
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:icondalaiharma:
~DalaiHarma May 4, 2009  Professional Photographer
I felt bad enough releasing the few that we did due to the fact that they will end up in the ocean. Besides, that would have cost a considerable amount of money and there was no possible chance to make them form a circular object.
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:icongoshkiller365:
My school did this show, and I had to do tech for said show. It was a nice experience.
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~Blank-Polaroid Jan 10, 2009   Photographer
are there really 99 of them? =p
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:icons3br4:
I really like it! I think another thing to try would have been to shape the other balloons like one big one, but I guess a humorous overtone wasn't what you were looking for. Anyway, one of the coolest german songs from the 80s hehe :nod:
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Mood: Love ~mferchu3 Dec 17, 2008  Student General Artist
woooooow I love it!!
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:iconbelittled-bee:
hahahhaa

i was helping set up an exhibition for storm thorgerson this week (he shot all the pink floyd covers etc)

and i saw this and thought,, why on earth has she uploaded one of stormy's pictures??

aha lovely work though!
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:icondalaiharma:
~DalaiHarma Dec 6, 2008  Professional Photographer
I think you just made my day dear - Thorgerson is my hero :D

And yes, I know about the covers. My dad collected/played PF throughout my childhood and those covers were the reason I wanted to take up photography :nod:
Subliminal messages rock ;)

What is the exhibition? Retrospective?
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