The big time...

So I am in OKC and the Oklahoma State Fair is on until Sunday.  Got me some tickets to the bull riding tonite. Whooooeeeee — this is the big time especially compared to the Maryland edition.  Flint Hills of Kansas on Saturday and Sunday.  

Turned out to be not so compelling — snaps at some point. Pretty large backlog with the better Kansas snaps. Here is one of the few.

National Anthem - Extreme Bull Riding

Marland State Fair - Animals

Cow Barn

X100, 35mm,  f/2.8, ISO 1250, 1/75.

Chill dude!

X100, 35mm,  f/2.8, ISO 1250, 1/120.

Cow Barn Do.

5D Mk II, with 85 f/1.2 @ f/1.8, 1/1000, ISO 1600.

Cow Barn Kid I

5D Mk II, with 85 f/1.2 @ f/1.8, 1/640, ISO 1600.
Cow Barn Kid II

X100, 35mm,  f/2.8, ISO 1250, 1/30.

From behind

Swine Barn

X100, 35mm,  f/25.6, ISO 1250, 1/50.

Who are the swine men — who can they be?

Maryland State Fair — Horse pull

First of a number from the Maryland State Fair from this evening.  

Low light and a low light elevation intrusive background — buried under a Color Efex Pro Midnight filter with the horses masked out. Some additional burning.

5D Mk II, with 85 f/1.2 @ f/1.8, 1/50, ISO 1600.

No strain releif

This guy acted like an owner — the Jerry Jones of the horse pull league.

5D Mk II, with 85 f/1.2 @ f/1.8, 1/160, ISO 1600.

Governance

5D Mk II, with 85 f/1.2 @ f/1.8, 1/250, ISO 1600.

Nothing runs like a Deere

5D Mk II, with 85 f/1.2 @ f/1.8, 1/100, ISO 3200.

Hookin' up

5D Mk II, with 100-400 f/4.5-5.6 @ f/6.3, 1/40, ISO 3200.

The powers that be