2010 State Fair Gallery

Scottwdw

Scottwdw

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This time of year is the when many states and counties celebrate with large fairs. ; New York's starts tomorrow and runs for 12 days. ; If you attend your state's fair, I invite you to post your photos to this thread. Fairs have awesome photo opportunities. I'll kick things off with this photo I took on the Midway last year.


State Fair Midway Rides by Scottwdw, on Flickr
 
Nice work Scott! ; I'm working at our county fair this year (late September), so I don't know if I'll have time for photography. ; If not, I'll dig out some shots I took a couple of years ago.
 
I made three trips to the Indiana State Fair this year. ; No really "creative" shots, but lots of documentary-type shots.

For my fellow steam fans, here are a couple of shots of a traction engine powering a sawmill:



 
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Great shots everyone. ; I am not going to make any fairs this year, but I will have to see where and when Florida has one that I might be able to get to.
 
Those old steam tractors are really neat. ; The volunteer fire department in my town hosts a gas engine show every year as a fund raiser and they used to have one or two steam tractors in addition to all of the antique gas powered tractors. ; Watching the guys operate the steam tractors was always fun.
 
Here's a rather interesting contraption I found at the Indiana State Fair:



In case you can't read the sign on the side, it's powered by an S.M. Jones 20 h.p. field engine. ; Somebody had waaaaaaaay too much free time.
 
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This year's NY State Fair sand sculpture is The Beatles - 1964. ; This was taken on the Fair's third day. ; Should be finished by Wednesday of this week.

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Remember these?

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Llama but not an evil one.

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Tommy Shaw from Styx jamming on stage.

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I got the spokesperson, Yolando Vega, for the NY Lottery all to myself for a short photo session (oh, about 3 minutes).

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Some of the best marinated BBQ chicken in the world, IMHO. ; The 1/2 Dinner from Baker's Chicken Coop from the NY State Fair's restaurant row. ; Been there for over 65 years.

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The hungry giraffe in the Infield petting zoo.

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Heading back to the Fair tomorrow night to try and catch Lady Antebellum for the free concert. ; Should be a mad house as they booked them before they hit it big.
 
Lady Antebellum in concert at the NY State Fair. ; Not a bad concert for a $6 advanced sale ticket. ; In a place that normally gets around 5,000 people, they estimated around 30,000 watched from around the Chevrolet Court area. ;

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Nikon D700/70-200VR, 1/200s, f/4, ISO 450, EV -1.3, 200mm focal length, spot metering

Sweet shot at ISO 6400!
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Nikon D700/70-200VR, 1/100s, f/4.5, ISO 6400, EV -0.3, 200mm focal length
 
"Roger" said:
Nice concert shots there Scott. ; Making me look forward to next weekend!
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What's next weekend for you, Roger? ; The key to these photos was spot metering and then dialing in the exposure with the EV button. ; Interestingly, I had to make sure Charles Kelly was the one I exposed for. ; He's the one on the right in the first photo. ; His skin was much lighter than the other two and reflected the spotlights the brightest.
 
"Roger" said:
http://ghosttownhoot.com/

Ghost Town Hootenanny

The entrance fee is for charity, but the spectators are *encouraged* to take pics. ; And the local shop is having a photo contest to boot!
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Sounds like a Hoot (you knew that was coming). ; Well, partner, you best get ready for the shootout. ; Not sure how experienced you are with photographing bands but here are a couple of articles I found useful.

http://www.digital-photography-school.com/rock-concerts-photography

http://www.digital-photography-school.com/how-to-photograph-rock-concerts

I didn't follow all the suggestions as I did not use Manual mode last night but Aperture Priority or Program mode.
 
"Craig" said:
Scott, you are making that d700 sing! great shots!
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Thanks, Craig! ; I still have a lot to learn about it. ; This weekend will be another learning experience at WDW.
 
Here's the last set of photos from the NY State Fair for this year. ; Went in last night to wander around. ; Had my last piece of pie and ice cream...

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Watched a guy trying to figure out his camera to take a photo of the butter sculpture which you can see in the reflection.

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Ate some Pizze Frittes.

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Looked but did not eat what fried stuff was being sold.

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Walked down the Midway for the last time.

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Stopped and saw this young woman waiting impatiently for her boyfriend to get off a ride.

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It was hot and humid even into the night. ; Guess I am ready to head south and see what I can see at WDW this weekend. ; See you next week or follow me on Twitter @Scottwdw
 
Nice work Scott, like that reflection shot! ; I'm hoping to get to the Big E this year, we'll see. ; Have fun in WDW.
 
Here are a few more from the Indiana State Fair.

One of the displays was a 25 ft tall statue of the famous American Gothic painting called God Bless America.




Just the thing to plow your garden. ; Today's special price: ; $274,669




You can't have a fair without a fair queen: ; here's Denae Pyle in the daily tractor parade.




In the same parade, here is a group of county fair queens spreading a little, er, love from a McCormick-Deering model 200 honey wagon.

 
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