{"id":563,"date":"2012-09-29T12:21:00","date_gmt":"2012-09-29T12:21:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/yogisden.us\/?p=563"},"modified":"2014-06-15T04:49:35","modified_gmt":"2014-06-15T04:49:35","slug":"camera-critters-tulsa-state-fair","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yogisden.us\/?p=563","title":{"rendered":"Camera Critters – Tulsa State Fair"},"content":{"rendered":"

I went to the Tulsa State Fair<\/a> Friday.<\/span><\/p>\n

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I don’t go for the food, the rides, or the cheesy merchandise.<\/span><\/p>\n

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I go because I like looking at the critters, especially the cows, and horses and the goats are interesting also.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Many of the animals were raised by young people. I think that it is great. Anything that takes kids away from their electronics is A-OK with me!<\/span><\/p>\n

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I don’t know a thing about these animals. I can generally tell a horse from a cow but don’t bet on it. These though are Belgian Blues<\/a>. I think they are beautiful. According to wikipedia they are “double muscled” which gives them a muscular appearance but also means that they are very good at converting grass to lean beef. They are more pink in the photograph than what they are live. They have a beautiful blue color to them.<\/span><\/p>\n

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My sister Ellen posted in her blog<\/a> the other day that she took a photography class and learned that when photographing critters the eyes should be the focal point. It was a revelation for me. There is a real difference  in the “emotion” of the photographs where the eyes are the focal point and where you can’t see them. That Ellen, she is one smart cookie.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Herefords or “white faces” are another of my favorites. They have fallen out of favor I think because of the trend toward leaner beef. I think they are beautiful. Sorry, I couldn’t get one to look at me. I don’t blame them.<\/span><\/p>\n

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The goats are something else. Cows pretty much ignore everybody, the goats are checking everybody out.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Would you buy a used car from this goat? I wouldn’t.<\/span><\/p>\n

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The goats and cows both were being bathed and trimmed by their owners.<\/span><\/p>\n

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I came upon some young people showing off their horses. The tension level was high during the judgin<\/span>g.<\/p>\n

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The horses and the handlers both were dressed to the nines.<\/span><\/p>\n

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The animals are beautiful, you can tell the young people and their parents had worked hard to get to this show.<\/span>

<\/span> If you live close to Tulsa the fair runs through October 7.<\/span><\/p>\n

Camera Critters<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

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