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The temperature in Ashland has dropped over the past week or two. It no longer feels like summer, and that means no more Green Show before the OSF plays at night. This past weekend featured the last Green Show acts of the 2012 season. Saturday night’s performers were a touring troupe known as the Mud Bay Jugglers. These three pictured here were backed by a four-piece band, and they put on a great show.
On my way back from Sacramento I pulled off of I-5 somewhere between Dunsmuir and Weed to pee. I looked up at the beautiful Milky Way and decided a photo was needed. So I opened my shutter while doing my business and this pic was the result.
I’ll be posting photos from the Death Angel, Testament, and Anthrax show on my other blog over the next little while.
Yesterday afternoon while taking my daily bike ride I couldn’t help but notice the thousands of tents being set up on the Iowa Street softball fields. I decided to go back last night to see what Cycle Oregon’s visit to Ashland would look like under the stars.
Every once in a blue moon a night can be very special AND feature an actual blue moon. No, the color of the moon wasn’t blue (although I took this photo when blue light from the stage was bathing the audience). But on August 31, 2012, when Brandi Carlile played at Britt Festivals in Jacksonville, we had our second full moon of the month which is what a blue moon is. The next calendar blue moon won’t be until July of 2015. Hopefully Brandi will be back at Britt on that evening too.
We can see the Milky Way on some nights in Ashland, but camping at the Lake Siskiyou Camp Resort in Northern California provides a much better view of the Milky Way. The smoke you see in today’s photo (below the Milky Way and above my tent) was coming from the next campsite over. I slept with just tent netting on the other side of the tent so that I could gaze at the Milky Way through the night. Unfortunately, clouds gathered, thunder and lightning began, and soon thereafter I was getting wet and had to close things up.
Ashland had some exciting weather a few nights ago. This was the view out my window.
To the left you can see the Fairmont Hotel and to the right is the Bank of America Building (and Bay Bridge in the distance). The Transamerica Pyramid Building is in the center. I took this photo from the top of the Mark Hopkins Hotel.
I spent the past few nights in the San Francisco Bay Area. A couple of those were spent at the Silverado Resort in Napa, a place I hadn’t visited since my wedding reception 20 years ago. I woke up early the first morning to see if I could get some sunrise photos. Unfortunately, the sun never rose; we had nothing but clouds the entire time in Napa. I still got some decent pics I’ll be sharing with you.
Since acquiring my Tokina 11-16mm lens last month I’ve been waiting for a moonless, clear evening to see if I could capture a piece of the Milky Way. While I still have a ways to go to come up with the image in my head, today’s photo is a first attempt.
I took this in my backyard, while in house slippers, standing in an inch or two of snow. My house looked completely dark to my eyes. However, when reviewing this image I went to find the source of blue light. It turns out that one little blue light on a power cord for a netbook was all it took to cause the room to glow like this with a 25 second exposure.
