Yesterday we had beautiful weather so I headed out to the SOU softball field to check out a game and test out my new camera. Several years ago I took pictures at an SOU softball game and there were no problems in terms of field access (not that you could go on the field or anything like that, but you could go down, 10 feet or so off the foul lines, behind a fence you could take photos over). Things have changed since then; now you can’t get close to the field, and you have to shoot through fencing. Needless to say, you can’t get very good shots with those restrictions in place. My Nikon D7000 was able to focus on the players through the fence, but the images through metal wires are never going to be spectacular. I hope they make things more photographer friendly again.

Posted on April 2nd, 2011 under only in ashland, people. Tags: softball, Southern Oregon University, sports. Comments Off on SOU softball

We get lots of foggy sunrises in the winter and spring seasons. This one is from yesterday. There probably won’t be many more in the next 8 months. I like ’em, in part, because no two are the same.

Posted on April 1st, 2011 under nature, only in ashland. Tags: fog, home, sunrise. Comments Off on Another foggy sunrise

Ashland can’t hold a candle to Japan when it comes to cherry blossoms, but we do have our fair share of blossoming trees anyway. They have begun to open in the past few days but are yet to peak. Hopefully, we’ll have weather like today’s for a week or two from here on out to fully enjoy them.

Posted on March 30th, 2011 under only in ashland. Tags: flowers, grizzly peak, spring. Comments Off on Cherry blossoms have begun to open

I didn’t know Ashland had a dog bar until a couple days ago. I just purchased a new camera which I went out to test. As I was looking for subject matter to photograph in front of the Ashland Springs Hotel (Lark’s actually) I spotted this dog bar. I have probably walked past this spot a hundred times or more and never noticed the dog bar. That’s one thing I like about photography. It forces you to see more.

Here is a wider shot so you can see why I may not have previously discovered it. I bent down to try it out and, sure enough, it works. I didn’t drink out of it, of course, but the button in the leaf does produce a flow of water.

BTW, these are the first D7000 photos (of many to come) on Ashland Daily Photo. As you can tell from the second photo, I’m still getting used to my new Nikon. I messed the shot up by focusing on the leaves of the plant instead of focusing on the dog bar. I’ll get better.

Posted on March 27th, 2011 under only in ashland. Tags: ashland springs hotel. Comments Off on Ashland’s Dog Bar

What a difference a few weeks can make! Remember this view of I-5 and horses through the barbed wire fence?

Posted on March 25th, 2011 under nature, only in ashland. Tags: grizzly peak. Comments Off on Same view, different season

Euclid Avenue in Ashland is a funny street. It cuts diagonally through a chunk of town in which all of the other streets form the more typical grid. I like the view from the top, pictured here. Grizzly Peak has been snow capped for a while now.

Posted on March 19th, 2011 under only in ashland, places. Tags: grizzly peak. Comments Off on Corner of Euclid Avenue and Ashland Street

We had a bit of snow this morning, not as much as in this picture from a few weeks ago. Notice the semi trucks in the background chaining up on I-5 before heading over the Siskiyou Summit.

Posted on March 16th, 2011 under only in ashland. Tags: lx3, snow, wildlife, winter. Comments: 1

I have shown you a picture from this location on this November morning before, but I think I like the sky in this version a little more.

Posted on March 14th, 2011 under nature, only in ashland, places. Tags: clouds, pilot rock, skywatch, sunrise. Comments Off on Looking down I-5

East Main Street in Ashland features many of Ashland’s well-known places such as the Ashland Springs Hotel, Travel Essentials, and the Columbia Hotel. The latter two are in the Enders Building (on the National Register of Historic Places), built in 1910. I believe the Columbia Hotel has been running in this location for over a hundred years now. Also notice the Oregon Shakespeare Festival heraldic banner.

Posted on March 12th, 2011 under only in ashland, places. Tags: ashland springs hotel, national register of historic places, night photography, snow, winter. Comments Off on Main Street