Rob Maramonte of the band Fallujah (March 22, 2013)
I went to Medford to see Witch Cult and Fallujah a couple weeks ago. It was the first (and last) time I have been to The Wreckroom. The sound was OK for Witch Cult, but it was awful for Fallujah so they only played a few songs. The lighting was also abysmal. It was like a concert in a small, dark closet. Hopefully, Fallujah will play somewhere else, like Musichead or Club 66, next time through.
Andrew Baird of Fallujah @ The Wreckroom in Medford, Oregon
April 2nd, 2013 | Tags: concert photography, medford, Nikon D600, sigma 85mm f/1.4 | Category: outside of ashland, people | Comments (3)
SOU campus between storms
The return of students to campus after spring break doesn’t have quite the mystique of the start of the school year in fall, but the campus today still has a bit more excitement in the air than normal.
April 1st, 2013 | Tags: campus, clouds, Nikon D600, Nikon Nikkor Wide-angle lens 24 mm F/2.8 D AF, photoshop photomerge, Southern Oregon University | Category: only in ashland, places | Comments Off on Back to school day
March 31st, 2013 | Tags: bokeh, easter, Nikon 70-200mm f/2.8G VR II, nikon d7000, spring | Category: only in ashland | Comments Off on Happy Easter!
Grizzly Peak photomerge
Grizzly Peak has been a frequent subject on this blog. I have taken photos from this spot on numerous occasions, but this is the first time that I photomerged nearly 180 degrees of scenery from this location including a bit of East Main Street. I stood so that both sets of power lines would run straight from my position once photomerged even though they actually are perpendicular to each other.
March 30th, 2013 | Tags: clouds, grizzly peak, Nikon D600, Nikon Nikkor Wide-angle lens 24 mm F/2.8 D AF, panorama, photoshop photomerge | Category: nature, only in ashland, places | Comments Off on Grizzly Peak panorama from East Main Street
Upper Yosemite Falls from Mist Trail
On my other blog, I’ll be posting a dozen photos or so from our spring break trip to Yosemite earlier this week. Today’s photo is from early on in the Mist Trail, perhaps our favorite of the several trails we walked.
March 29th, 2013 | Tags: hike, Nikon D600, Nikon Nikkor Wide-angle lens 24 mm F/2.8 D AF, yosemite national park | Category: nature, outside of ashland | Comments Off on View from Yosemite’s Mist Trail
Another one from Ashland today with my wide angle, manual, prime lens.
March 28th, 2013 | Tags: buildings, Nikon 20mm f/2.8 NIKKOR AI-s lens, Nikon D600, plaza | Category: only in ashland, places | Comments Off on Art FX Fine Jewelry
This one is a bit out of focus as I set the focus for just under infinity when I should have just turned it to infinity. With my AF lenses, just under infinity seems to work best for manual focusing, but with this lens, going to infinity for anything more than about 8-10 feet away yields best results.
March 27th, 2013 | Tags: ashland springs hotel, grizzly peak, Nikon 20mm f/2.8 NIKKOR AI-s lens, Nikon D600, spring | Category: nature, only in ashland, places | Comments Off on Grizzly Peak and the Ashland Springs Hotel
Interior of Medford, Oregon library
“Books are the treasured wealth of the world and the fit inheritance of generations and nations.”
― Henry David Thoreau, Walden
March 26th, 2013 | Tags: medford, Nikon 20mm f/2.8 NIKKOR AI-s lens, Nikon D600 | Category: outside of ashland, places | Comments Off on Medford Library
Medford, Oregon’s Higher Education Center (SOU/RCC campus)
March 25th, 2013 | Tags: buildings, campus, medford, Nikon 20mm f/2.8 NIKKOR AI-s lens, Nikon D600, Southern Oregon University | Category: outside of ashland, places | Comments Off on RCC/SOU HEC
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.
March 24th, 2013 | Tags: grizzly peak, Nikon 20mm f/2.8 NIKKOR AI-s lens, Nikon D600, softball, Southern Oregon University | Category: only in ashland, places | Comments (2)
