Carnival rides at night at the Puyallup Fair.
El Nino and Super Orbiter
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Color Wheel & Sweet Treats
Ferris Wheel at the Puyallup Fair
Bob Venezia
- Bryce Trail Colors
TL-120 • Provia 100F • f/22 • shutter speed unrecorded
This is an image that was destined for the wastebasket. Most of the image area was boring, showing loose slides of gravel, and the corner of a metal fence I hadn’t noticed. But when I stuck it in a pano mount — magic! I love the subtle colors — it reminds me of an old theatre set. To me it’s alchemy, when you’re able to take something that’s not working and spin it into something beautiful. I like this slide a lot, but maybe that’s because I rescued it - Stud Horse Point #4
Twin Hasselblad 500Cs • 50mm lenses • Provia 100F • f/22 • shutter speed unrecorded
In October 2008 I took a vacation in the Southwest US. Mandy (my wife) had less time available, so I drove down a week early to Page, Arizona, and spent some time with photographer/guide Jackson Bridges. This is one of the spots we visited. By the time Mandy flew down to meet me, she’d been spared a long drive, and I had an extra week of photography. - Blown Glass Cyclone #1
TL-120 • Provia 100F • f22 • 8 seconds
One of my favorite subjects is carnival rides at night. This was shot at the Evergreen Fair in Monroe, Washington, August 2009. - Waveswinger & Coaster
Twin Hasselblad 500Cs • 50mm lenses • Provia 100F • f22 • shutter speed unrecorded
Shot at the Puyallup (pyoo • AL • ip) Fair, September 2008. Cameras were probably butted together as close as possible, meaning about 4.25” separation between lens centers.
…and the Clock Struck KAZAM! #2
Carnival rides light up the Puyallup Fair at night
I have my night exposures of carnival rides pretty well set, but this particular ride was running without the spotlights for most of the duration of the ride. It looked darker than usual, so I bumped the exposure. Taken with twin Hasselblad 500Cs, 50 mm lenses. Exposure could have been 16 seconds at f22.
The top part of the ride is swinging down, and looks to me like the pendulum on a clock. It intersects with Sinbad’s extended sword in the painted backdrop. It looks as though he’s hitting the pendulum with a loud KAZAM!
Sinbad & Tornado
Sinbad & Tornado
Taken last September at the Puyallup (pyoo AL ip) Fair, about 40 minutes south of Seattle. I had avoided the Fair for years, and finally went 2 years ago. Now I can’t get enough of it. Be warned — neither of my spuds has perfectly matched lenses. So any mounting errors are not my fault :^)
Sputnik modified by Don Lopp, f22, 4 seconds, pushed 1 stop, Provia 100F.