Iris Festival

Today was the Iris Festival at Swan Lake. We had a great time and I took loads of pictures.
All I bought was a cd to add to my collection of Native American music - "The Indian Soul: Quilla" - Richard Maldonado. I love native flute. It's so calming and relaxing to listen to. Besides it makes me feel closer to my roots. Exposure: f/7.1 at 1/320 second
I removed the color from this photo to emphasis the constrast between the black swan and the water fountain. I love how this one turned out. I wasn't sure since it was the first time I had tried to create a certain effect with moving water. The resulting image is very close to the what I was aiming for. A smaller aperature was used in order to focus the individual droplets of water creating a nice effect. Exposure: f/4.0 at 1/640 second
This shot was a complete accident. I was focusing on the bird beside this couple when he ran her off into the pond.Exposure: f/4.0 at 1/320 second
The parade consisted of quite a few horses. This was a particularly hyper creature who was quite spooked by all the people and noise.