This week we traveled to Death Valley National Park, about 7 hours by automobile from the Phoenix area. Death Valley is located in California, along its border with Nevada, two hours northwest of Las Vegas. First discovered by non-natives in 1849, the area was designated a National Monument in 1933 and then a National Park…
Month: March 2012
Mammatus
After 80+ days without rain in the Phoenix area, the weather changed and today we had rain, cool temperatures and some thunderstorms. A friend called to alert me to a nice rainbow, knowing that I might like to photograph it. I missed the rainbow but was delighted to see Mammatus cloud formations, something that I…
High Throw to Second
As promised, a sequence of shots taken at yesterday’s ball game. I was attempting to capture a play in a series of shots, in this case a failed attempt to throw out a runner at second base. I had the camera set on continuous shooting and by simply holding down the shutter and aiming the…
Take Me Out to the Ballgame
It’s time again for baseball. Spring training in the desert. The Cactus League is in full swing with 15 major league teams training in the Phoenix area. We went to the new training complex in Scottsdale today, Salt River Fields, the springtime home for the Arizona Diamondbacks and the the Colorado Rockies. The new training…
Trees
We do a little walking in our Scottsdale neighbourhood for exercise. I’ve begun carrying my camera, you never know what will make an appealing photograph. In the last few days I’ve been taking shots of trees in the area, quite different obviously from the trees we have at home. I’ve tried to apply some new…