I credit Spokesman-Review reporter Kevin Graman for seeing this photo and pointing it out to me. We were roaming the animal barns looking for a story on the opening day of the Spokane Interstate Fair when Kevin said, “Look at the chicken on that kid’s shoulder.” I was all over it in seconds. I love how the rooster is taking a nap and how the out of focus background colors match the rooster’s feathers. I shot this with my Nikkor 85mm lens almost wide open. It gave me the soft background look of a long telephoto without having to lug a big lens around. Nikon D700 Nikkor 85 mm f/1.4 lens at f/ 1.6
On the opening day of the 60th Annual Spokane Interstate Fair Friday, Sept. 9, 2011, Madison Locke, 17, of Deer Park, Wash., takes a walk with her rooster Jeffery on her shoulder. The fair, open daily from 10 a.m. to 10:30 p.m., runs through Sunday, Sept. 18 Colin Mulvany/The Spokesman-Review.