Uploaded June 2021 | Updated September 2026, 2 hours ago
My first air show / festival of 2021 and it didn't disappoint. The Midlands Air Festival showcased some amazing aircraft and displays of mass ascending hot air balloons.
The RAF Arrows were the stars of the show with many people coming out to watch. For me however the mass accent of Hot Air Balloons, of all sizes shapes and colours was the highlight for me.
With perfect weather and really relaxed family atmosphere it was a pleasure to slow down and take a moment to enjoy something a little different from my normal photography and YouTube adventures, sitting around watching the event unfold.
The Air show wasn't just about the day, both spectacles were followed by the infamous night glow where the hot air balloon pilots fired their gas burners illuminating their balloons up against the twilight of the night in unison to the sound of music filling the night air with fun and awe.
The show was brought to a close a fantastic fireworks display which I wanted to capture both on film and produce images of, alas silly me I forgot to bring spare batteries doh! so only managed to Capture the daylight part of the Air show.
The Midlands Air Festival at Ragley Hall, Park & Gardens is only 20 mins drive from my home and this made for a perfect opportunity for an enjoyable day/night out and for a spot of no pressure photography. The sun was shining and the mood was light.
I took with me my canon 7d Mark 2 with a Canon 400m 5.6 Prime lens, both of which don't get much of an outing after having switched to Pentax some time back, but proved more than ideal for the types of imagery I wanted to capture. The photography subjects ranged from RC model aircraft, to the RAF Red Arrows, to the Hot Air Balloons lifting off in glorious British summer sunshine. Pulling loop the loops (the RAF Red Arrows that is) and Hot Air Balloons drifting across the quintessential British countryside.
I hope you enjoy the images produced and the video captured. If you have any comments please do get in touch. If you know of any of the balloonists featured or have friends who like this style of photography then please point them in the direction of this video.
Until the next video, take care all
Geoff.
Images
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RC Plane
1: 01:03
2: 01:08
3: 01:13
4: 01:18
4: 01:23
Red Arrows
1: 02:20
2: 02:38
3: 02:51
4: 03:21
5: 03:42
Hot Air Balloons
1: 05:30
2: 05:39
3: 05:47
4: 05:56
5: 06:05
6: 06:14
7: 06:23
8: 06:32
9: 06:41
10: 06:50
11: 06:59
12: 07:08
13: 07:17
14: 07:26
15: 07:35
16: 07:44
Night Glow
1: 08:17
Camera Used
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Pentax K1
HD Pentax-D FA 15-30mm F2.8 ED SDM WR
Canon 7d Mark 2
Canon EF 400mm f/5.6L USM
Filming
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DJI Pocket 2
Canon M50 & Canon 10-18mm UWA
Stay Social
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Facebook: facebook.com/geoffmoorephotography
Flickr: flickr.com/photos/geoff-moore
Instagram: instagram.com/geoffmoore
Twitter: twitter.com/GeoffMoore
Music
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Title: Fragments- AERØHEAD soundcloud.com/aerohead
Creative Commons — Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported — CC BY-SA 3.0
More interesting landscape images of mine here
goo.gl/nvvzn6
#hotairballoons #midlandsairfestival #redarrows #raf #airshow #canon
My first air show / festival of 2021 and it didn't disappoint. The Midlands Air Festival showcased some amazing aircraft and displays of mass ascending hot air balloons.
The RAF Arrows were the stars of the show with many people coming out to watch. For me however the mass accent of Hot Air Balloons, of all sizes shapes and colours was the highlight for me.
With perfect weather and really relaxed family atmosphere it was a pleasure to slow down and take a moment to enjoy something a little different from my normal photography and YouTube adventures, sitting around watching the event unfold.
The Air show wasn't just about the day, both spectacles were followed by the infamous night glow where the hot air balloon pilots fired their gas burners illuminating their balloons up against the twilight of the night in unison to the sound of music filling the night air with fun and awe.
The show was brought to a close a fantastic fireworks display which I wanted to capture both on film and produce images of, alas silly me I forgot to bring spare batteries doh! so only managed to Capture the daylight part of the Air show.
The Midlands Air Festival at Ragley Hall, Park & Gardens is only 20 mins drive from my home and this made for a perfect opportunity for an enjoyable day/night out and for a spot of no pressure photography. The sun was shining and the mood was light.
I took with me my canon 7d Mark 2 with a Canon 400m 5.6 Prime lens, both of which don't get much of an outing after having switched to Pentax some time back, but proved more than ideal for the types of imagery I wanted to capture. The photography subjects ranged from RC model aircraft, to the RAF Red Arrows, to the Hot Air Balloons lifting off in glorious British summer sunshine. Pulling loop the loops (the RAF Red Arrows that is) and Hot Air Balloons drifting across the quintessential British countryside.
I hope you enjoy the images produced and the video captured. If you have any comments please do get in touch. If you know of any of the balloonists featured or have friends who like this style of photography then please point them in the direction of this video.
Until the next video, take care all
Geoff.
Images
----------------------
RC Plane
1: 01:03
2: 01:08
3: 01:13
4: 01:18
4: 01:23
Red Arrows
1: 02:20
2: 02:38
3: 02:51
4: 03:21
5: 03:42
Hot Air Balloons
1: 05:30
2: 05:39
3: 05:47
4: 05:56
5: 06:05
6: 06:14
7: 06:23
8: 06:32
9: 06:41
10: 06:50
11: 06:59
12: 07:08
13: 07:17
14: 07:26
15: 07:35
16: 07:44
Night Glow
1: 08:17
Camera Used
----------------------
Pentax K1
HD Pentax-D FA 15-30mm F2.8 ED SDM WR
Canon 7d Mark 2
Canon EF 400mm f/5.6L USM
Filming
---------------------
DJI Pocket 2
Canon M50 & Canon 10-18mm UWA
Stay Social
---------------------
Facebook: facebook.com/geoffmoorephotography
Flickr: flickr.com/photos/geoff-moore
Instagram: instagram.com/geoffmoore
Twitter: twitter.com/GeoffMoore
Music
----------
Title: Fragments- AERØHEAD soundcloud.com/aerohead
Creative Commons — Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported — CC BY-SA 3.0
More interesting landscape images of mine here
goo.gl/nvvzn6
#hotairballoons #midlandsairfestival #redarrows #raf #airshow #canon
