2015 Shawano County Fair
Every year, I shoot a "portrait" of the county fair. This one went to the 2016 fair as "favorite photo," but didn't ribbon (the blue we...
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Every year, I shoot a "portrait" of the county fair. This one went to the 2016 fair as "favorite photo," but didn't ribbon (the blue went to a girl by a fence). It also didn't come home, because someone liked it enough to seek me out and buy it--which is a feat none of my other hundreds of photos have managed.
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Location
The Shawano County Fair.Time
Around 8:00 PM.Lighting
I didn't bring any of it.Equipment
Nikon D60 with (I think) my 70-210mm Nikkor. I had my tripod along, but I don't think I had the camera on it for this particular image.Inspiration
I actually shoot this scene--I think of it as a "portrait" of the fair--almost every year, but I was trying harder than usual to get a good, sharp image.Editing
I actually shot over a dozen frames and stitched them together--which is trickier than it seems--though most of the rides aren't moving, their lights are!--then tonemapped the result.In my camera bag
Nikon D60, my 28-80mm Quaternary, my 70-210mm Nikkor, sometimes my 90mm Elicar macro, sometimes an external flash, sometimes a tripod.Feedback
This scene wouldn't have fit in a 28mm field of view, and my short lens wouldn't have been as sharp. Shooting it as a panorama requires faster fingers than you might think. The light patterns are always changing, so you have to pick a point where they change the least and then quick-pan through the area. If you're familiar with the rides, you can see where the Ferris wheel's pattern isn't quite symmetrical, because there's about four frames covering it.
