Walchuk Photos

Peggy and I made a trip to Montgomery Saturday night for the Alabama National Fair. We started by grabbing some “fair food” and looking around, but soon we parted ways. She’s into the animals and competitions, i’m naturally into photography. It was very cold compared to the last fair we went to, the state fair in Pelham. We spent around two hours roaming around and then met and headed home. What can i say, i love the pretty lights. I don’t even start shooting till dark. I was using my D300 with the 18-200 VR lens again. The VR lets me use very slow shutter speeds so the stationary things stay sharp, but the moving parts blur. I played around with a couple of new techniques this time also. On fireworks shots before i have used a long shutter speed and moved the camera around during the shot. This causes all sorts of abstract effects. The other is to use the zoom, in or out, during the shot. Either way, i’m wandering around for a couple of hours, forgetting the time, like a kid in a candy store. Thanks for looking.

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