Last night Jered Weaver of the Los Angeles Angels no hit the Minnesota Twins. Today’s photo is from a couple weeks ago when Weaver shutout my Oakland A’s in Anaheim. Weaver recorded his 1,000th career strikeout on that evening.

Posted on May 3rd, 2012 under outside of ashland, people. Tags: AF-S Teleconverter TC-17E 1.7X II for Nikon, baseball, los angeles, Nikon 70-200mm f/2.8G VR II, nikon d7000, sports. Comments: 2

Today’s photo comes from my San Francisco trip a few weeks ago. This Medusa art is just off of Haight Street, near the Haight-Ashbury intersection. I think it was on Masonic Avenue.

More graffiti art here…

Posted on May 2nd, 2012 under outside of ashland, places. Tags: nikon d7000, san francisco, street art, Tokina 11-16mm f/2.8 AT-X 116 Pro DX Autofocus Lens for Nikon. Comments Off on Medusa graffiti

It’s now May so the temperatures are a bit warmer on average, but that doesn’t mean we’ve seen the last of the snow or that there isn’t still a lot of snow on Mt. Ashland. In fact, there is more snow up on Mount A now (and the ski season ended on April 22) than when I took today’s photo back in January, when there was such a lack of snow on Mt. Ashland the slopes were not open for skiing. For the photo just after this one click here.

Posted on May 1st, 2012 under nature, only in ashland, people, places. Tags: ellie, mt. ashland, nikon 18-200mm vr ii, nikon d7000, snow, winter. Comments Off on Mt. Ashland sledding

I went back to the same location as this prior image to give this panorama shot another try without so much sun. This time I photomerged images taken at 24mm (on a crop sensor) instead of 11mm.

There is a bird flying through this photo just right of center. I think that is Pompadour Bluff in the center.

Posted on April 30th, 2012 under nature, only in ashland, places. Tags: clouds, grizzly peak, Nikon 24-70mm f/2.8G ED AF-S Nikkor Lens, nikon d7000, panorama, photoshop photomerge. Comments Off on Cloudy Ashland Panorama

I spent the last couple days in the San Francisco Bay Area. The highlight of the trip was the Mastodon/Opeth/Ghost show at the Fox Theater, a beautiful venue built almost 100 years ago and recently restored. I’ll be posting more photos from the concert on my other blog.

Posted on April 29th, 2012 under outside of ashland, places. Tags: california, national register of historic places, Nikon 24-70mm f/2.8G ED AF-S Nikkor Lens, nikon d7000, signs. Comments Off on Fox Oakland Theater

Watched my first high school softball game earlier this week at North Mountain Park.

Posted on April 28th, 2012 under only in ashland, people. Tags: ashland high school, Nikon 70-200mm f/2.8G VR II, nikon d7000, softball, sports. Comments Off on Ashland High School Softball

Ashland had some exciting weather a few nights ago. This was the view out my window.

Posted on April 26th, 2012 under nature, only in ashland. Tags: nature, night photography, nikon d7000, Tokina 11-16mm f/2.8 AT-X 116 Pro DX Autofocus Lens for Nikon. Comments Off on Lightning Storm

One of my first test shots with my new (to me) 24-70mm f/2.8G Lens… I took this photo this past weekend right on the border of Phoenix and Talent, just north of Ashland.

Posted on April 25th, 2012 under nature, outside of ashland, places. Tags: Nikon 24-70mm f/2.8G ED AF-S Nikkor Lens, nikon d7000. Comments Off on Pear blossoms

The Victorian on the right is for sale. You should buy it, and paint it some groovy color (as this is in the Haight-Ashbury District).

Posted on April 24th, 2012 under outside of ashland, places. Tags: buildings, california, houses, nikon d7000, san francisco, Tokina 11-16mm f/2.8 AT-X 116 Pro DX Autofocus Lens for Nikon. Comments: 3