The one that got away

[AntZ]

Thanks all. I might try some other options.

I think another element in the shot might have made it stronger. A plane, bird, mountain, ... swimsuit model.

Maybe a child holding on for dear life.
Actually the balloons went so high so fast there was nothing to catch in the frame. Not even a cloud.

[Chantelle]

Maybe you should re-do the shot with a model in the picture just as she lets go of the balloon as if she's trying to grab it as it flies away! A swimsuit model as dad said

[AntZ]

Maybe you should re-do the shot with a model in the picture just as she lets go of the balloon as if she's trying to grab it as it flies away! A swimsuit model as dad said

No swimsuit models available at short notice. The best I could try was to make the balloon smaller in landscape.

I would have liked to have tried having the balloon about to exit the top of the image, but without going to Photoshop and adding more to the bottom of the image I couldn't. Do you thing the negative space should be above or below the balloon?

[kurtdriver]

Maybe a child holding on for dear life.

About thirty feet up? I have a neighbour's kid to volunteer.

[AntZ]

About thirty feet up? I have a neighbour's kid to volunteer.