Florida State Fair

Jeff Fillmore · February 17, 2007

Here are a few from the State Fair last night. Thanks for looking.

Rides

Exhibits

Fair Food

Mmmm

Ugh-

Blugh- Roast Beef Sundae???

Rides

More Rides

And Me

See the SLIDESHOW

System · February 18, 2007

who enjoyed it more?-

the kids with the rides or you with the camera?-

neat shots-

W00DY · February 18, 2007

Enjoyed looking at your shots...

Do people really eat those things? Deep fried Pepsi and a Roast Beef Sundae, are you kidding me

Is the RBSundae really roast beef and ice cream?

bsvirginian · February 18, 2007

Looks tooooo cold for Florida. Where was the fair? BS

W00DY wrote:

Enjoyed looking at your shots...

Do people really eat those things? Deep fried Pepsi and a Roast Beef Sundae, are you kidding me Is the RBSundae really roast beef and ice cream?

dlscott56 · February 18, 2007

Beautiful!!!
They're all great. I think I like the 1st shot best though. Would you mind sharing info on how you took the shot? Lense, filter, etc?

Thanks and enjoyed seeing your photography.

SirArmstrong · February 18, 2007

Cool pics at the state fair....interesting food habits though...Deep Fried Pepsi? I don't get around much I guess.

I like the perspective of the first.

Jeff Fillmore · February 20, 2007

dlscott56 wrote:

They're all great. I think I like the 1st shot best though. Would you mind sharing info on how you took the shot? Lense, filter, etc?

Thanks and enjoyed seeing your photography.

Taken with my Sigma 10-20mm lens- just a uv filter and no real pp to speak of. I am kind of in a less is more phase with my processing lately. (Or maybe just being lazy

)

Thanks all.

WrenTheBlurry · February 21, 2007

Hello Jeff,

This post has been:

a) educational. I thought when I saw Deep Fried Twinkies and Snicker bars a few years back that was pretty gross. But wow, now they are deep frying PEPSI? And the roast beef sundaes?!? *gag* Yet I also learned that Florida, where my best friend lives, holds a state fair in the winter. Interesting.

b) gastronomically satisfying. The food porn was fantastic. One of the best parts, for me, about a fair is all the greasy meat and onions and stuff, and I really liked your food shots. I had to stop looking at your pics halfway through and get myself some breakfast. Yum!

c) intriguing. Please help a newbie, and tell me how you got the second to the last shot, the one with the ride? Is it a matter of adjusting shutter speed?

I also looked at your slideshow. Thank you so much for sharing.

happy day,

wren

Jeff Fillmore · February 21, 2007

Hey Wren,

I did not lug a tripod around but just sat the camera on a railing or trash can or something. I stopped the lens down as far as possible- like f22 or something and used the lowest ISO setting - which is 200 on my D70. Then set the camera to aperature priority and exposed the shot. I did a few like this, most were between 2 and 5 second exposures depending on how bright the shot was. This allows for the motion blur.

That shot was of the carrousel- but you cant see the horses because they are too dark and moving. I was not carrying my flash but if I go back I want to try the flash hand-held in the middle of the exposure to kind of 'freeze' the horses/riders/etc. mid ride.

Thanks for looking!