{"id":159,"date":"2026-02-19T12:54:25","date_gmt":"2026-02-19T05:54:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/trantuanviet.com\/stories\/?p=159"},"modified":"2026-02-19T12:57:37","modified_gmt":"2026-02-19T05:57:37","slug":"hot-air-balloon-photography-smithsonian-award-winner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trantuanviet.com\/stories\/hot-air-balloon-photography-smithsonian-award-winner\/","title":{"rendered":"Chasing Colors During Covid: Inside the Hot Air Balloon at Ba Vi National Park"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Winning a global photography award is an unforgettable milestone, but having the public vote for your image as their favorite brings a completely different kind of joy. In the 17th Annual Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest, my image titled&nbsp;<strong>&#8220;Colorful Work&#8221;<\/strong>&nbsp;was honored not only as a Finalist and Photo of the Day (August 19, 2021) but ultimately as the&nbsp;<strong>Readers&#8217; Choice Winner<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>See more: <a href=\"https:\/\/photocontest.smithsonianmag.com\/photocontest\/archive\/2020\/\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/photocontest.smithsonianmag.com\/photocontest\/archive\/2020\/\" target=\"_blank\">Winners and Finalists of the 18th Annual Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Captured in November 2020, during the height of the Covid-19 pandemic, this image of vibrant colors and quiet dedication served as a much-needed reminder of hope and resilience in the tourism industry. Here is the story of what it took to get the shot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The subject of this photo is a solitary worker, dwarfed by the massive scale of an 18-meter hot air balloon. His careful, methodical preparation of the fabric is the true &#8220;colorful work.&#8221; But behind the lens, the &#8220;who&#8221; also includes my own relentless routine of chasing this specific vision day after day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The image captures the mesmerizing, kaleidoscopic interior of a hot air balloon as it is being inflated for a tourism festival. Setting up a balloon of this size is no easy feat\u2014it takes more than an hour of intense, hands-on labor to complete the preparation before it can take to the skies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This moment unfolded at&nbsp;<strong>Ba Vi National Park<\/strong>, a beautiful mountainous region located about 48 kilometers west of Hanoi, Vietnam.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"690\" src=\"https:\/\/trantuanviet.com\/stories\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/smithsonian-magazine-screenshot-2-1024x690.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-161\" srcset=\"https:\/\/trantuanviet.com\/stories\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/smithsonian-magazine-screenshot-2-1024x690.webp 1024w, https:\/\/trantuanviet.com\/stories\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/smithsonian-magazine-screenshot-2-300x202.webp 300w, https:\/\/trantuanviet.com\/stories\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/smithsonian-magazine-screenshot-2-768x517.webp 768w, https:\/\/trantuanviet.com\/stories\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/smithsonian-magazine-screenshot-2-1536x1035.webp 1536w, https:\/\/trantuanviet.com\/stories\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/smithsonian-magazine-screenshot-2-2048x1380.webp 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The photo was taken in&nbsp;<strong>November 2020<\/strong>. However, the real story of &#8220;When&#8221; is about the mornings leading up to this exact frame. To capture this perfect moment of light, color, and action, I spent many days during the festival waking up around&nbsp;<strong>5:00 a.m.<\/strong>&nbsp;Each day, I traveled more than 100 kilometers round-trip, waiting patiently for the elements to align perfectly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During the Covid-19 period, the world felt very still and often bleak. I wanted to capture the behind-the-scenes effort of this tourism festival to highlight the enduring spirit of the workers. 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