Ren Fest Wall

A wall at the Texas Renaissance Festival that to me had a lot of artistic character.

Ren Fest Hawk

Another bird from the Texas Renaissance Festival in Magnolia, TX. I remember the commentator saying this was the rarest bird in the show, and that it is a hawk, but unfortunately I do not remember the breed.

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Another shot from the "Fire Whip Show" at the Texas Renaissance Festival a couple of weeks ago. [See video @ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9UeK-2M2Als ].

This shot is straight out of the camera with my new E-5 Oly using an "art filter" called "Dramatic Tone." I didn't originally think much of this feature, but in RAW + JPEG mode it only applies the filter to the JPEG leaving you RAW unaffected. I still working with the different filters but so far I'm thinking they are sort of fun, but I'll have to wait and see how useful they are.

Ren Fest Stilt Jester

A stilt walking jester from the Texas Renaissance Festival a couple of weekends ago. I guess being photographed a lot leads to learning about photography. As soon as he saw I was using a fisheye lens he reached towards me to help enhance the distortion!

Ren Fest Fire Whip Show

This shot is from the Texas Renaissance Festival's "Fire Whip" show, a show that I thought was surprisingly entertaining. This gentleman, the "Worlds Fastest Whip Cracker" as certified by Guinness, put together a great show based on his skill with the whip.

Ren Fest Horned Owl

This Horned Owl is part of the Texas Renaissance Festival's "Birds of Prey" show.

Ren Fest Girls Choir

These girls were members of a girl's choir that wondered around the Texas Renaissance Festival stopping periodically for an impromptu performance.

TEXAS REN FEST PARADE

A shot of the grand parade at the Texas Renaissance Festival this past weekend.

TRF Red Tailed Hawk

A Red Tailed Hawk from the Birds of Prey Show at the Texas Renaissance Festival .

Medieval Musician

By popular demand - here is a cropped version of yesterday's post. I am always concerned that I might be cropping away to much of the "environment" from an "environmental photo" when I do this. What do you think?

A medieval musician at the Texas Renaissance Festival outside of Plantersville, TX. this past weekend.

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I thought these two characters where the creepiest at the festival. Not just because of their elaborate costumes, but also because they seemed to be just a little bit too much into characters.

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I caught these fairies gathered on a hill at the Texas Renaissance Festival this past Saturday.

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I wanted to try and take away some shots from the Renaissance Festival other than portraits of the characters there. I thought that this 25' waterwheel feature was a nice addition to the landscape and might make an interesting shot.

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Also from this weekends field trip to the Renaissance Festival, this store keeper was kind enough to allow my brother and I to photograph her.

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This weekend the Bay Area Photo Club held our October field trip at the Texas Renaissance Festival at Plantersville, TX. We had a good turn out of about 10 photographers roaming over the 54 acre event taking a variety of shots. I would imagine that 95 percent of the shots were portraits of the different participants in a variety of costumes. Originally the fair was strictly limited to costumes and themes relating to the Renaissance period, but over the years it has loosened it's restrictions to now include the fantasy realm of witches, fairies, elves and just about anything else. I would put this guy in the "anything else" category.