This morning I had the opportunity to shoot photos at a ceremony for retired Coroner Peter J. Martin who had received a Bronze Star during the Vietnam War. Unfortunately, due to circumstances outside of his control, he was never officially awarded his Bronze Star, until today. Alfie Alvarado, Director, Washington State Department of Veterans Affairs, was in Pullman, Washington and officially pinned his Bronze Star. Larry Alcantara, with the Washington State Department of Veterans Affairs, read the information about what Martin did to earn the Bronze Star. This was a wonderful ceremony and well deserved.
The room was at the SEL event center. I used my Canon 70D camera along with my Canon 70-200mm f/2.8l IS II USM lens to capture the photos. I used a flash to bounce off the wall behind me in order to get a little more light into the room.
All the photos were taken with f/4.5, 1/100 second shutter speed, and an ISO 800 setting. In spite of the crop factor the room was large enough for me to get some good photos of the ceremony.
Over the past several months I have been getting some photos of the night sky and other similar types of photos. I decided to take several of the photos and turn it into a post.
All the photos were taken with my Canon 70D camera. Most were taken using a tripod.
In the close up photo of the moon I used a Canon EF 70-200 f/2.8L with a 2x extender.
In the next set of moon photos I was traveling east on I90 just east of North Bend when I saw the moon over the top of the cascades. It was around four in the afternoon and it was still light outside. The moon was noticed by many people several pulled off I90 to take photos. Many of these photos were taken with the stock EF-S 18-135 lens, f/5.6, 20mm zoom.
To experiment with long exposure I went to Western Whitman County where I know about an abandoned farm house and out buildings. It was shortly before midnight and there was very little ambient light. I left the parking lights on my vehicle illuminated on the off-chance a vehicle were to happen down the gravel road at midnight. But the red lights from the vehicle cast a red light into the photos. The photos had an approximately 25 second exposure with settings of ISO800 f/5.6.
I have wanted to do some night sky photos to see the stars. I see so many incredible photos. This is the first time I did it where it turned out okay. I would not say they are the best. But they are okay. I am happy because something other than a black sky appeared. I also tried to get a long exposure photo with the vehicle and the stars in the background. I need to work on that a lot. But again, I am happy it was not all black.
The last photo was taken on Christmas day in Renton, Washington showing a white Christmas.
The moon as seen from outside of Pullman, Washington.
The moon as seen from outside of Pullman, Washington.
A black and white version of the moon as it rises over the Cascade Mountains near North Bend, Washington.
A black and white version of the moon as it rises over the Cascade Mountains near North Bend, Washington.
The moon as it rises over the Cascade Mountains near North Bend, Washington.
The moon as it rises over the Cascade Mountains near North Bend, Washington.
The moon as it rises over the Cascade Mountains near North Bend, Washington.
The moon as it rises over the Cascade Mountains near North Bend, Washington.
An abandoned farm near Lacrosse, Washington. Taken at near midnight using a long exposure.
An abandoned farm near Lacrosse, Washington. Taken at near midnight using a long exposure.
An abandoned farm near Lacrosse, Washington. Taken at near midnight using a long exposure.
An abandoned farm near Lacrosse, Washington. Taken at near midnight using a long exposure.
The Big Dipper with any of its star friends over Western Whitman County
The Big Dipper with any of its star friends over Western Whitman County
This evening the Cougar Country Nadirs played in the first round of the post-season single-elim tournament. The Nadirs are ranked #6 playing against the #7 Scared Hitless.
The Nadirs hit the ball well enough to score seven runs. But two were all the was needed to knocked off their first round opponent.
The Cougar Country Nadirs are now onto the second round playing against the Sig Ep Raiders.
Tonight’s game featured:
Danny Jones
TJ Byrne
Brant Johnson
Eric Blackburn
Marc Cussatt
Garrett D’Angelo
Drew Nordi
Kelly Stewart
Johnny Murphy
Kelly Smith
Eric Blackburn gets a couple practice swings in.
Eric Blackburn gets a couple practice swings in.
Johnny Murphy does some pre-game warm-ups.
Johnny Murphy does some pre-game warm-ups.
Danny Jones (Field General Jones the 2nd) is working on the line-up for the game.
Danny Jones (Field General Jones the 2nd) is working on the line-up for the game.
TJ Byrne doing some warm-up throwing.
TJ Byrne doing some warm-up throwing.
Danny Jones doing some pre-game warm-ups.
Danny Jones doing some pre-game warm-ups.
Johnny Murphy doing some warm-up throwing.
Johnny Murphy doing some warm-up throwing.
Drew Nordi doing some warm-up throwing.
Drew Nordi doing some warm-up throwing.
Danny Jones doing some pre-game warm-ups.
Danny Jones doing some pre-game warm-ups.
Marc Cussatt pitching.
Marc Cussatt pitching.
Drew Nordi catches the ball thrown to him at first base for the out.
Drew Nordi catches the ball thrown to him at first base for the out.
Kelly Stewart is always smiling and laughing.
Kelly Stewart is always smiling and laughing.
Danny Jones in his swing.
Danny Jones in his swing.
A member of Scared Hitless catches a flyball at the warning track.
A member of Scared Hitless catches a flyball at the warning track.
Kelly Stewart at the plate.
Kelly Stewart at the plate.
Johnny Murphy in full swing.
Johnny Murphy in full swing.
Kelly Stewart turning two.
Kelly Stewart turning two.
Kelly Smith at the plate.
Kelly Smith at the plate.
Garrett D'Angelo has his game face on.
Garrett D'Angelo has his game face on.
A member of the team Scared Hitless catches a long flyball hit by Danny Jones.
A member of the team Scared Hitless catches a long flyball hit by Danny Jones.
Brant Johnson catches a fly ball into the outfield.
Brant Johnson catches a fly ball into the outfield.
This evening the Cougar Country Nadirs played in the final regular season softball game of the Spring 2017 IM softball season. Coming into the final regulars game the Nadirs were 2-0-1 playing against the CM Homies.
The game features a lot of flyballs and a low score until late into the game. Finally the Nadirs had a 2 run lead going into the bottom of the sixth and last inning. Unfortunately the CM Homies hit a walk-off single to score the game’s tying and go-ahead run.
The Cougar Country Nadirs ended the regular season with 2-1-1 going into the end of the season single-elim bracket.
Tonight’s game featured:
Danny Jones
TJ Byrne
Brant Johnson
Eric Blackburn
Daniel Tiengo
Marc Cussatt
Garrett D’Angelo
Drew Nordi
Dusty Olson
Nick Jones
and Austin (Oz) Bartleson with Marty Rogstad for the CM Homies.
Brant in pre-game warmups.
Brant in pre-game warmups.
Daniel in pre-game warmups.
Daniel in pre-game warmups.
Daniel in pre-game warmups.
Daniel in pre-game warmups.
Dusty in pre-game warmups.
Dusty in pre-game warmups.
TJ in pre-game warmups.
TJ in pre-game warmups.
Nick in pre-game warmups.
Nick in pre-game warmups.
Danny in pre-game warmups.
Danny in pre-game warmups.
Danny at the plate.
Danny at the plate.
TJ making contact.
TJ making contact.
Brant swinging.
Brant swinging.
Oz making a catch.
Oz making a catch.
Eric at the plate.
Eric at the plate.
Daniel swinging.
Daniel swinging.
A member from the Construction Management team fires a ball to first.
A member from the Construction Management team fires a ball to first.
Drew making a force out at first.
Drew making a force out at first.
Garrett making a catch.
Garrett making a catch.
Oz at the plate.
Oz at the plate.
Oz at first base.
Oz at first base.
Dusty charging a ball.
Dusty charging a ball.
Marty at the plate.
Marty at the plate.
Daniel throwing the ball in from the outfield.
Daniel throwing the ball in from the outfield.
Danny making a play on the ball.
Danny making a play on the ball.
Marc at the plate.
Marc at the plate.
Garrett swinging.
Garrett swinging.
Marty catching a flyball in right field.
Marty catching a flyball in right field.
Marc pitching.
Marc pitching.
Dusty at the plate.
Dusty at the plate.
Dusty hitting the ball.
Dusty hitting the ball.
TJ at the plate.
TJ at the plate.
Marc throwing to second.
Marc throwing to second.
Danny turning two.
Danny turning two.
Oz at the plate.
Oz at the plate.
Brant catching a ball after running too hard to get to it.
Brant catching a ball after running too hard to get to it.
Marc on his way to third on an inside-the-park-homerun.
Marc on his way to third on an inside-the-park-homerun.
Drew hitting.
Drew hitting.
Marc pitching.
Marc pitching.
Garrett throws a ball in from the outfield.
Garrett throws a ball in from the outfield.
Marty at the plate.
Marty at the plate.
Nick hitting.
Nick hitting.
TJ rounds first on his way to second on a well hit ball.
TJ rounds first on his way to second on a well hit ball.
Brant prepares to throw a ball in from the outfield.
Brant prepares to throw a ball in from the outfield.
Danny catches a pop-up.
Danny catches a pop-up.
Marc fires a ball off to first base.
Marc fires a ball off to first base.
Marty in full extension on his swing.
Marty in full extension on his swing.
Nick catches the ball as Marty slides into second.
Nick catches the ball as Marty slides into second.
On Saturday afternoon I had a chance to ride along with Deputy Stevens from the Whitman County Sheriff’s Office.
We went to the WSU campus to do a couple photos of him with some of the campus in the background. We didn’t make it there until the sun was really setting. This causes some troubles with the backlighting and the lack of lighting for the foreground. I ended up shooting from a different angle so we didn’t get the campus as the backdrop as wanted.
I shot all the photos with my Canon 70D with a EF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS II.
