Glowdeo is the night illumination of balloons, where they are inflated just show them lit from the inside. They do not take off, it is just a sort of light show. These are remarkably hard pictures to take - first of all there is the problem of large contrast between light and dark that...

....787 that is. Landing at BFI on a typically Seattle day. Had to go clear out on the balcony for this shot, which is about as far as this bum ticker lets me go these days anyway. Thanks to Flightaware.com for the awareness of this flight... And golly, those are really ~big~ blowy-pushy things...

.....and this is the end of this post. Hope to be able to find more time and subjects to shoot this year - been spending most of the time chasing trains in the absense of planes. What's next, automobiles? Best wishes to all... Tom Barrows