This week’s Daily Post Photo Challenge has the theme of FUN.
Of course this can mean a variety of things depending on the individual: some find fun from binge watching their favourite shows, or from collecting all manner of paraphernalia and displaying it on shelves, whilst others would be overflowing with ennui with anything less than scaling a skyscraper, having only their selfie stick to keep their balance!
However, I’m sure most would agree that when the word FUN is mentioned, one thought that often springs to mind is of a fair. I do love the thrill of a roller-coaster and the atmosphere of a funfair but I’ve always had a fascination of abandoned theme parks, wanting to capture what it’s like after all the colours, sounds and smells have left the fairground.
So when the travelling fair, that has been entertaining our neighbouhood for well over a century, was ready to roll out for another year, I took my camera along to see what I could snap. It was a little creepy that the carousel was still spinning…
I hope you like them, let me know what you think!
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Great photos! Your choice of black and white (unusual for something as lively as a fair) is giving me a spooky, 1950s vibe which is so amazing!
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Thank you so much! I’d like to say it was a conscious, artistic decision to reflect the loss of fun once a fair closes. But I just like monochrome photography!
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Haha. I think one of the great things about photography (and art, generally) is that the viewer can project their own experiences and ideas as they interpret what they see!
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All the photos are so Beautifully captured!! Loving them 🙂
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Aww, thanks so much!
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I like the one reflected in I assume a puddle? And the one underneath, very zig saggy and the one underneath that of the horse chomping at the bit with its beady eye looking quite wild, its quite an eery one that.
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That was supposed to be zig zaggy. Tablet thinks it knows best how to spell as usual tsk.
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Haha, I quite liked saggy! And yes, it was a puddle – one thing that is usually guaranteed when the fair is in town is rain! I know what you mean about the horse – as a whole unit, I find carousels lovely. But the horses themselves can look quite evil!
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Beautiful shots!
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Thank you! Cheers for stopping by and commenting 😊
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You are such a great picture taker. These pics look like they’re from the ’30’s!
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Aww, thanks you! ☺️ I do like things to look a bit vintage.
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Haylee – Love the eerie look of images – stunning. 🙂
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Thank you! I photographer friend of mine took some at dawn when there was still a mist around. Now they were eerie!! (I was too lazy to get up for those images 😉)
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WOW! These are some very good images, Haylee! I will never look at our yearly carnival grounds the same.
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Thanks Tre, glad you liked them. 😊 It certainly gives a different perspective on the place when there are few people around.
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Yes, it totally does! You’re most welcome!
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I think my favorite is the Ferris Wheel reflected in the pool of water. I’m going to stand on my head and look at it upside down.
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It is the Upside Down – Don’t let the Demogorgon escape… 😉
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I’m not sure I feel up to running. I can feel a nosebleed coming on…
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Oooh abandoned funfairs are GREAT! They remind me of the opening credits to 80’s cartoon Dungeons & Dragons 🙂 Fabulous pictures, by the way.
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Thank you lovely! And that is one the BEST cartoons ever!! 😊
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Wasn’t it just?! I liked the little barbarian and his unicorn 🙂
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Bobbbbbby! I had a massive crush on Hank. Crushes on cartoon characters are totally acceptable, right?
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Oh yes absolutely – I was having this exact discussion with some friends a couple of weeks ago. It’s perfectly fine. Computer game characters are fine too.
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Good. Because I had a LOT growing up. How I’ve not ended up with the embodiment of an 8-bit Italian plumber is incredible really… 😉
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As yet I have been unable to find a human equivalent to Sonic The Hedgehog. Probably for the best… 😉
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