Pines, moon, and bald eagle (Beatty, Oregon)

It has been a year since I took today’s photo. I’m still mad at myself for not having a longer lens with me at the time. Here is a cropped version of the same photo so you can see a bit more bald eagle detail:

Posted on June 10th, 2014 under nature, outside of ashland. Tags: beatty, Nikon 24-120mm f/4G ED AF-S VR, Nikon D600. Comments Off on Beatty Bald Eagle

OSU baseball – Michael Conforto

@mconforto8 Congratulations to Michael Conforto for his high draft pick today! A pick this high should net him about $3 million if he gives up his senior season at OSU.

I took today’s photo last season. Conforto had just broken a 0-0 tie against the Ducks with a home run. He had 31 such dingers during his three years with the Beavers. More impressive perhaps was his consistently high batting average and on base percentage. In over 175 games he maintained a .341 batting average and .463 on base percentage.

Posted on June 5th, 2014 under outside of ashland, people. Tags: baseball, eugene, Nikon 70-200mm f/2.8G VR II, Nikon D600, oregon state university, sports photography. Comments Off on Oregon State’s Michael Conforto taken by the Mets in the first round with the #10 pick

Davis Lynch of Insanity’s Reign @ Medford’s Musichead

If you missed Insanity’s Reign performance this past Sunday evening, you won’t have to wait long to see them as they are playing with Ceremonial Castings, Haywood Macabre, and Sylent Storm Saturday night (6/7/14) at Musichead. The show starts at 6 p.m.

Dan Stone of Insanity’s Reign

Rusty Lee with the Slayer guitar

Insanity’s Reign @ Musichead (6/1/14)

Posted on June 5th, 2014 under outside of ashland, people. Tags: concert photography, insanity's reign, musichead, Nikon 85mm f/1.8 g lens, Nikon D600. Comments Off on Insanity’s Reign @ Musichead (June 1, 2014)

Warriors of Light @ Musichead (6/1/14)

Posted on June 3rd, 2014 under outside of ashland, people. Tags: concert photography, musichead, Nikon 85mm f/1.8 g lens, Nikon D600. Comments Off on Warriors of Light @ Musichead

OSU’s Andy Peterson

@AJ_Peterson1 Regionals begin this weekend with the Beavers staying home to host UNLV, UC Irvine, and North Dakota State.

Today’s photo is from the 2013 season. Andy Peterson has since changed numbers to #1. He leads the Beavers in stolen bases this season with 9. He is also tied for second on the team with 41 runs scored.

Posted on May 27th, 2014 under outside of ashland, people. Tags: baseball, Nikon 70-200mm f/2.8G VR II, Nikon D600, oregon state university, sports photography. Comments Off on Oregon State enters 2014 NCAA Baseball Tournament as #1 seed

Lower Table Rock lizard

Whenever I go for a hike I face the dilemma of whether or not to bring my camera and if I bring it which lens. Sometimes I just attach a prime 24mm lens to minimize weight and size. But if I had gone that route when we did Lower Table Rock a couple weeks ago I would have missed out on this shot. My 24-120mm comes in very handy in such situations.

Posted on May 19th, 2014 under nature, outside of ashland, photography. Tags: hike, Lower Table Rock, Nikon 24-120mm f/4G ED AF-S VR, Nikon D600, wildlife. Comments Off on Hiking lens

Oregon Ducks Softball – Cheridan Hawkins struck out 11 Wisconsin batters in 7 innings

@OregonSB @CheridanH11 The Ducks hosted three other teams trying to get through them to the 2014 College Softball World Series this weekend. The regionals are a double-elimination format. The #1 ranked Ducks didn’t even use their one allowed loss. Instead, they went 3-0 to set up next weekend’s best two out of three series with #16 Minnesota. The winner will be going to the NCAA Women’s College Softball World Series.

Cheridan Hawkins is 31-4 so far this season with 302 strikeouts in 217 innings of work. Wisconsin was ranked #25 before losing twice to Oregon.

Posted on May 18th, 2014 under outside of ashland, people. Tags: cheridan hawkins, eugene, Nikkor 200-400mm f/4 VR lens, Nikon D600, softball, sports photography, UofO. Comments Off on #1 Oregon Ducks sweep regionals

Focus stacked Mount McLoughlin and wildflowers from Lower Table Rock

I tried another focus stack from a couple of photos I took this past weekend on Lower Table Rock. The results are better than my first attempt on Upper Table Rock earlier this year.

Posted on May 15th, 2014 under outside of ashland. Tags: flowers, focus stack auto blend layers, Lower Table Rock, mount mcloughlin, Mt. McLaughlin, Nikon 24-120mm f/4G ED AF-S VR, Nikon D600. Comments Off on Keeping it all in focus

Upper Table Rock and Mt. McLoughlin

We took a little hike for Mother’s Day yesterday. While I’ve done the Upper Table Rock hike a half dozen times or so over the 14 years I’ve lived in the Rogue Valley, this was my first time going up Lower Table Rock.

Posted on May 12th, 2014 under nature, outside of ashland. Tags: hike, Lower Table Rock, mount mcloughlin, Mt. McLaughlin, Nikon 24-120mm f/4G ED AF-S VR, Nikon D600, Upper Table Rock. Comments Off on Upper Table Rock from Lower Table Rock