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SOU softball field with Grizzly Peak in the background
Major League Baseball begins regular season play in just over a week. Today’s photo is the view between games of a softball doubleheader last weekend in Ashland. The Lady Raiders won both games.
Normally I’d need to take three or four photos and photomerge them together for a shot like this. However, I used my new (to me, it’s a used lens actually) Nikon 20mm f/2.8 prime lens and was able to capture foul pole to foul pole in a single image. I love this lens for its optics, size, and weight, but I only purchased it because it was part of a package deal with a 50mm f/1.2 lens. I also have a 24mm f/2.8 (and a 14-24mm f/2.8) so I don’t really need both (or all three). Therefore, if you are interested in the 20mm f/2.8 manual focus lens, make me an offer I can’t refuse, and it will be yours. Oh yeah, and if you shoot with a Canon, it also came with a Fotodiox Lens Mount Adapter which allows you to use this, or any, Nikon lens on a Canon DSLR. I’ll toss this in at no extra charge.
More Witchaven pics
Witchaven
180° from the Ashland Street Overpass
Ashland has had some fantastic skies the past few days. I’m hoping these kind of skies and clouds follow me to Yosemite where I will be spending much of my spring break next week.
It may not look it from this panorama, but I nearly froze to death taking these eight photos (which were photomerged into one in CS6 later). These clouds were moving through quickly, the wind was howling, and the temperature was probably below freezing with the wind chill factor. I didn’t stick around for long to enjoy the view.
Fire in the Northwest returns to Club 66 tomorrow night
Noah Smith of “Fire in the Northwest” @ Club 66
Tomorrow night I don’t know what to do. Three bands I want to see are playing at three different venues. Witch Cult will be at Northwest Pizza, and Stoneburner will be at Johnny B’s in Medford.
If only bands started on a schedule in this part of the world like they do in most other places, I could probably figure out a way to see at least two of them.
I’ll probably end up going to see Stoneburner since I can see Witch Cult and Fire in the Nortwest next week in Ashland.
Lithia Way in the snow
Snowy Ashland, Oregon
Today’s photo is a little more than two years old. This is one of the last photos I took with my old LX3 before upgrading to DSLR technology.
It’s not often that you see the Oregon Shakespeare Festival’s heraldic banners in the snow since the banners don’t go up until late February (when OSF begins), and Ashland gets most of its snow before then.
Arlo Brooks @ Northwest Pizza and Pasta Company
Arlo Brooks
Northwest Pizza and Pasta Company has transformed itself under new ownership over the past year and a half. They now have an open mic night. After hours they have started having live acts as well.
I headed to Northwest last night to hear Twice Born Gypsies, a band I’d never heard of before, but the “psychedelic space rock” description sounded good. “Fuck! A Monster” was listed as the opening act on the ad I saw, but given that members are also in FatherDoug (who was playing in Medford at the same time), I figured that wouldn’t happen. Arlo Brooks, who is in Fuck! A Monster but not FatherDoug, opened. His set was a trip, and everything he used to make the sounds he created fit in his backpack.
OLCC gives Club 66 a thumbs up
I headed in to Club 66 for lunch today. Until yesterday, the drink menu consisted of Rockstar and soda.
Now these empty glasses…
…can be filled with beer.
Bring your family for lunch or dinner, but once 8 p.m. rolls around you now have to be 21 at Club 66. Tonight’s hip hop / reggae show (Absract Rude, Mista Chief, Ekrostik, Stryk9, LuciBe, Efxhand, etc.) should have a huge crowd.
Witch Cult @ Club 66
Witch Cult @ Club 66 (2/27/13)
Witch Cult opened for Sarcalogos last week at Club 66. If you were there, no doubt you will be there on March 20 when they will open for Witchaven and Exmortus. If you weren’t there, you will have another chance.
