3 August 2015 - Photo Walk at Ingham County Fair in Mason

3 August 2015 - Photo Walk at Ingham County Fair in Mason

The Ingham County Fair is always an interesting event. I often ride my trike through the fairgrounds as there is plenty of room to ride around and little traffic, so it is a safe place to ride. During a fair, though,it is a center of activity crowded with people and entry is limited to ticket holders.

The fair really reflects the interests of this area. There are many 4H displays, and quite a few photos below show a good sample. There are also many animals, displays representing craft and home skills, such as cooked items, photography, sewing, homemade cloths, etc. I entered the cooked items competition with cakeballs and fudge. I'm sorry in my two visits that the chickens were not available to view ... probably being judged or something like that.

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Following photos taken with the Olympus OM-D E-M1 micro four thirds camera. Most photos were taken with the Olympus 12-40/2.8 lens. A few photos were taken with the Rokinon 7.5/3.5 fisheye lens (manual focus). All photos are JPEGs straight from the camera with moderate sharpening during the resizing process.

Animal displays and competitions

4H displays and competitions

Some homemade clothing displays and the bake sale of baked goods entered in competition
I always take the opportunity to buy some choice items to take home. You can see the people gathered waiting for their chance to pounce on their choices when the sale starts,

Displays of winning entries in cooked fudge and cake (other) categories
The first photo shows the winning fudge entries ... my fudge to second play (red ribbon)
The other two photos show my winning entries in "cake ... other". My blue ribbon entry was "Andes Mint Chocolate Cakeballs"

The children's petting zoo and traditional fair food and rides