Return to the Big Ex..

Wow, time flies when you're having fun! Hard to believe it's been almost a month since I took these shots at our local agricultural fair: The Big Ex...




....a mole...


This guy LOVED the camera...few could resist his siren's call to whac a mole....


I mean, look at him! He was born to be a carny.....

More Big Ex shots to follow tomorrow

Hurricane Bill shots & planked halibut supper update

First, an update on the Conquerall Bank Fire Dept. Planked Halibut supper.

Not surprisingly, it was cancelled this past Sunday due to the weather. It has been rescheduled for:

Aug. 30th I can only assume for the same bat-time, same bat-channel...

Now, for a couple Hurricane Bill shots, taken at Cherry Hill beach, Sunday afternoon:


I tried to get people in the foreground to give a sense of scale...needless to say, the waves were bigguns!


Is that Mount Fuji in the distance?


....nope, just a big ass wave...

What's on this weekend? PLANKED HALIBUT!!!!

Please excuse the formatting issues in today's post!

Get yourself down to the Conquerall Bank fire hall on Sunday 4:30-6:30 for their annual Planked Halibut supper. It is not to be missed!

Oh, and this stuff is going on too...

Breakfasts

August 22, 7:30-10:30 Newfie Breakfast, Chester Basin Legion. Various menu selections. Take-outs available.

August 22, Saturday, Firemen's Breakfast, United Communities Fire Hall, Cherry Hill, 8-11 a.m. Adults $6; 5-12 years $3.25; under 5 free.

Suppers

Roast Beef Supper at St. Barnabas Anglican Church Hall, Blue Rocks on Saturday, August 22 beginning at 4:30 p.m. Adults $10, children 512 $5, under 5 free.

Blueberry Supper, St. Jerome's parish hall, West Caledonia, Saturday, August 22, 4:30-6:30 p.m. Serving delicious homecooked foods and fresh blueberry desserts. Adults $9; children $4.

SSIM burnout competition: last of the shots

Wow, one night of shooting turned into over a week of posts! Hope you enjoyed 'em...


A typical scene throughout the night, crowd enveloped by an acrid cloud of burnt rubber....I thought it smelled pretty gross, though a lot of the folks in the crowd seemed to like it. Different strokes...


This guy was responsible for that cloud of smoke, here he tries to pump up the crowd for cheers..Note his blown left rear wheel, good stuff!




I liked the light that was being cast on these guys hanging out....not the shot I was looking for, but close...


I like the way her arms lead your eye into the shot...

That's it, folks, next batch of shots will be from The Big Ex!

SSIM burnout competition, Free For All!

Too bad a lot of crowd had thinned out by this point...because the Free For All portion of the burnout competition was where it was at.

Basically, burn rubber 'till the tire(s) explode.

Ah___yeiah.






This guy could not contain his excitement...I mean, look at the cloud of burnt rubber surrounding him...what's not to love?!?

SSIM burnout competition, 4 wheeler drag race shots!

Last puff of smoke from the truck class of the burnout competition


Next year I'll have to get more shots from the lawn tractor drag races....they looked bad ass!



Finally had some luck with panning, got some nice speed blur effects in these 4 wheeler drag race shots:

SSIM burnout competition, and the beat goes on...

I wonder if this guy drives around with little tires on the back all the time? You never know when you'll need to do a burnout.....


No shortage of characters to shoot...


Classic


Another classic.