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"David Balstad is a guy who isn't satisfied with the limits of a conventional photograph.
The images captured within the single, severe frame of a snapshot never tell the whole story, never give the whole experience.
"You take this wonderful picture, you've got this tiny little frame," says Balstad. "You totally lose the sense of the scenery you're in."
So, using the sensibilities and desire to tinker that come with being a retired high school science teacher, Balstad, 63, took to the skies.
He and his friend Robert Castillo, a retired surgeon, found themselves at Montgomery Park in the Northeast Heights last week, lofting a bright-red helium balloon 300 feet into the sky."....Read Complete Article
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