'Vincent Gets A Head of Himself'

'Vincent Gets A Head of Himself' - dramatic visage of Vincent van Gogh rises into the skies over less - inflated colleagues at an annual hot air balloon and ultralight aircraft festival held at the Maayan Harod National Park in northern #Israel. Shot on a Nikon D750 with an older Nikkor DX 70-200 lens, and edited in #Lightroom, I edited the shot in black and white in order to lessen the distractions of the brightly colored balloons and foliage in the background, and to Highsmith the surreal feel of the already unusual scene. #blackandwhite #bnwmood #bnw #blackandwhitephoto #blackandwhiteonly #bw_lover #bnw_planet #minimalist #monochrome #bw_photooftheday #monochrome_photography #bnw_landscape #bw_beautiful_landscapes #bnw_traveling Join my mailing list on my website and like my Facebook page for more unique Israel #photography: www.davidbrianbender.com Davebrianbender.photoshelter.com https://www.facebook.com/davidbrianbender/ 

After the balloons got airborne pre-dawn, I turned around to see this glorious balloon-speckled dawn (ok, edited for drama, heh...).