Gerda, I didn't take any pictures of the people holding the Smurf balloon or any of the other balloons. If they came out in the pictures it was by pure luck.
Eggie, I was a good 25 feet from the parade, just had taller people in front of me. I use a simple digital camera with a 3X zoom lens on it. I was surprised
how great the pictures came out. BTW... Great Video! I don't have a recorder for the TV but I should have had someone done it for me.
Thanks for the photo compliments everyone... If you would like to see all my pictures from the Macy*s Thanksgiving Parade you can click on this link that will take you to my webpage...
http://www.smurfsterocks.com/SmurfGiantBalloon2008.html