Straw Bear Festival

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Its the Whittlesea Straw Bear festival tomorrow [Sat 10/1/15], plenty of photo opportunities...look it up on the internet.

Not sure about the weather though!
 
I have to say the gallery on that site isn't very special, but being as I can't do links!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
 
XA2inmypocket said:
but the beer distracted me from the bear.
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Always does me too!! hence why I take the camera home about 1.00, have a bite of lunch, traditionally Straw Bear Beer sausages and chips and then get on the beer meeting people I haven't seen since last straw bear and wont until next straw bear, then get home about mid night having visited all pubs, some more than once. I haven't made the burning for a number of years.
 
I suspect we were there at the same time...my photos of the same man from the Witchmen have the Chinese or the Papershop in the background, yours the Town hall and probably the Black Bull......in fact I remember a chap directly opposite me using a square format camera....ypu?

Town Hall and the Black Bull are much better backgrounds than my "choice" [choice = didn't think until I looked at a few this morning!!!] one day I will learn:(
 
I was using a big chunky Bronica with waist level finder. I saw lots of DSLRs, but I didn't spot any other film photographers there. To be honest, I was restricting myself rather - with only b/w film, and tonnes of gorgeous colour that day. I was in the George, Bull, and the Ivy Leaf Club for a while, with friends that live in the town, but I still managed to waste plenty of film. :)

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Too much colour for just B & W but an interesting angle except for Pig Dyke Molly who are totally Black & White anyway!
I was mostly in the Ram, New Crown, Boat, Bee, Falcon and Hubs.....Ooops that doesn't look too good does ito_O

I have jut resized some photos to generally show Straw Bear day, but can't work out how to put them on the thread......what a total Luddite:( View attachment 28573 View attachment 28576 View attachment 28575 View attachment 28577 View attachment 28578

Not put forward as great works of Art but as a flavour of the event.......before the beer flows;)
 
Fenman55 said:
Too much colour for just B & W but an interesting angle except for Pig Dyke Molly who are totally Black & White anyway!
I was mostly in the Ram, New Crown, Boat, Bee, Falcon and Hubs.....Ooops that doesn't look too good does ito_O

I have jut resized some photos to generally show Straw Bear day, but can't work out how to put them on the thread......what a total Luddite:( View attachment 28573 View attachment 28576 View attachment 28575 View attachment 28577 View attachment 28578

Not put forward as great works of Art but as a flavour of the event.......before the beer flows;)
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and very good that they look in colour. Curses on my b/w film fetish ;)
 
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