I really like the composition on this one. It's nice to see a minimalistic approach to a hot air balloon shot. The colors are very nice. A very slight bump in saturation on your blues might give it a little more punch, but that's very nitpicky and not really necessary.
i'd probably give this shot a 5 or a 6. I like the composition, using the clouds to nicely frame the shot. the colours in the balloon are quite nice and vibrant. only wish is that you had more zoom! blowing that balloon up by 5 times would have boosted the shot up to an 8. (although the scale does give it some perspective on how far it is, but i'm always a sucker for in-your-face kind of detail).
Woo hoo looks like I get to see them after all! This is excellent!.... Darn how did you get the sky so blue.. the last 2 days all raining cloudy must be Friday or saturday... I like this, very good rule of thirds here..
I will be updating my site later and I will link to your prints.. It may help get the word out so you can sell a print.. My page is searchable with keywords like south carolina... so this will help it...