State Fair of Texas

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Shot with a Canon Powershot S400 (would have used the Nikon but the camera had to be compact for a day at the fair).

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Chevy Stage. Those are actual vehicles on the sides of the stage...not pictures.

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WWII Memorial................

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This is where we ate lunch. Looks good on the outside, food was a little lower than an MRE.

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The Dallas Cowboys five Superbowl championship Vince Lombardi trophy's.

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...any car buffs here? Ford GT

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another pic of the Ford GT.

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Cotton Bowl Arena where UT and OU will meet on Saturday, October 9th, 2004.

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The Texas Star Ferris Wheel...the tallest ferris wheel in North America.

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Texas Star...ground up view....

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These are giant pumpkins that this guy was carving. Puts me to shame.

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Another pumpkin he had done...kind of fishy...

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This is one he was working on as we were there.

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Overview of one of the nature parks at the fair.

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Just one of the many awesome buildings on the fair grounds.

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Texas Sesquicentennial memorial.

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Chrystler Concept car...here we go again...any car buffs?

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Stats on the concept car....

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Another view of the concept car..

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Concept cars interior...as best as I could get it.

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One last pic of the midway.

This is the first time I've been to the State Fair since I was about 10 or 11. It was nice going back and seeing all the sites I remember and take in some new ones. There was not near enough time to see even close to all of the fair and I did not get a chance to shoot as many pics as I would have liked. There are some that just did not turn out like I would have wanted and I have chosen not to post those.

I hope you enjoy the pictures of the fair at least half as much as I did going to the fair. :)

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Almost forgot, the first pic is of Big Tex. He is a tradition at the State Fair of Texas for a long while. Here is his history:

In the free-wheeling years after the war, merchants in Kerens, Texas, had a problem. Residents of the tiny town were driving to nearby Corsicana or even 75 miles north to Dallas for pre-Christmas shopping sprees. Looking for a gimmick that might encourage people to spend money at local stores, the Kerens Chamber of Commerce built what they claimed was the world's largest Santa Claus, a 49-foot tall figure constructed from iron-pipe drill casing and papier mache with seven-foot lengths of unraveled rope for a beard.


The promotion was a big success during the 1949 holidays, but the novelty wore off the following year, and community support waned. In 1951, State Fair president R. L. Thornton purchased Santa's components for $750 and hired Dallas artist Jack Bridges to create a giant cowboy out of the material.

Big Tex made his debut at the 1952 State Fair of Texas. Wearing size 70 boots and a 75-gallon hat, Tex towered 52' above wide-eyed visitors. His denim jeans and plaid shirt were donated by the H. D. Lee Company of Shawnee Mission, Kansas. Cosmetic surgery the following year straightened his nose, corrected a lascivious wink and allowed him to talk.

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love the ford gt...its got a sound to stir the soul..mmmmm....superchargalicous

[IanBMW]

Nice didn't even realize we had a state fair in Texas, lived their all my life in Corpus Christi and had no idea. Should have warned us 56k people that you had 20 images :lmao

Indoor pictures are nice and perfect. The outdoor pictures need some editing in photoshop cs if you own it. All it would take is some Auto-Level Adjustments. You could even automate this for groups of images if you wanted. I do it, saves alot of time. If you have any ? just ask.