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Subject: [Leica] The Oklahoma State Fair, By Me
From: philippe.orlent at pandora.be (Philippe Orlent)
Date: Sun Sep 23 11:44:47 2007
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All fairs are incredibly interesting spots for streetphotography lovers.
Thanks for showing,
Philippe



Op 23-sep-07, om 19:10 heeft Ric Carter het volgende geschreven:

> Yes Robert!
>
> Nice stuff, especially the ultrawide night shots. Are you going back?
>
> You photos could have easily been the North Carolina State Fair.  
> It's in less than a month, and I can't wait. And that's not just  
> because they always have it on my birthday;^)
>
> My 2006 album:
> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/ricc/State+Fair/>
> <http://tinyurl.com/2q3hkq>
>
> Yes, Ball is an inspiration.
>
> Ric Carter
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/ricc/
>
> On Sep 23, 2007, at 12:36 PM, Robert D. Baron wrote:
>
>> It has been about 20 or 25 years since I've been to the State  
>> Fair, which is an annual event here in Oklahoma City.  In a little  
>> over 2 1/2 hours Ken and I covered maybe 25% of the Fair.  We  
>> walked the Midway (food, rides and games) and looked at some  
>> cows.  We passed by the sale buildings (everything from cars to  
>> tools, jewelry, clothing, home appliances and portable buildings)  
>> as well as the home grown preserves, the chickens, the sheep and  
>> the swine.  Well, okay, maybe we did see some of the latter.
>>
>> It doesn't look as dirty as I remember it, and the early evening  
>> crowd was a little thin because it was a Thursday night.
>>
>> But as the song goes, "Our State Fair Is A Great State Fair"....
>>
>> H. Ball Arche makes this kind of photography look easy.  It is not.
>
>
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