This evening I shot the Pullman High School football game against our Quad City neighbor, Clarkston High School. Clarkston got out to an early lead. They lead the whole game until the final minute of the game. Pullman had tied up the game at 34 to 34 with a chance for a PAT to go up by one. It failed but the opportunity for the game winning field goal was not missed and Pullman went on to win 37-34.
I shot with my normal setup — a 70D with a 50mm prime lens and a 6D Mark II with a 70-200mm lens. But with the crop factor of the 70D the lens acts like a 70mm. That is pretty much what I am already using. I used to put a 18-135mm zoom lens on the 70D but it is not fast glass and I miss some shots.
I have two things I am going to learn from tonight’s game. Number one is to periodically check my shutter speed. I accidentally dialed it down to 1/350 which is way too slow for football. I started the game at 1/1000. After I got home I found some blurring in a lot of photos because the shutter was too slow to stop the action.
Secondly, after tonight I realized having a camera set up that does exactly what my other camera does is pointless. Next time I will use the zoom lens even though it is slower glass.
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.
Pullman, Washington — The Washington State University Cougars took on the University of Southern California Trojans at Field Court in Beasley Coliseum on the WSU Campus. The Trojans came to Pullman ranked number 7 in the nation.
The WSU Women played tight with the Trojans for the first half. The Cougs went to the locker room with a one point deficit but shortly after re-appearing after half time they Cougs worked to take the lead and expand their lead to a double-digit lead.
The Cougar Women went on to win with a score of 74 – 57. This is reported to be the biggest upset in Cougar Women’s basketball history!
After this victory the Cougs sit number five in the Pac-12 with a 3-2 conference record and 8-8 overall record.
The was my second basketball shoot with my new lens. I settled on a slightly slower shutter speed and a slightly lower ISO setting. But I still had them pretty high. I was sitting closer to the court and at a different angle then at the men’s game. I found I liked the angle I had at the men’s game better. I was in the corner rather than along the long edge of the court.
The corner gave me better angles to some of the action. That said my seat at the women’s game did not obscure any of the shots because of the backboard. So there were pros and cons.
I got a couple shots in this game that I really liked. I also missed one that would have been awesome. One of the players was falling down and grabbed a hold of the referee to keep herself from completely falling to the ground. I was I had gotten it. But that taught me to realize that just because the goes out of play doesn’t mean great shots are not available.
Congratulations to the Cougs in this great victory!
"Always be a good sport, be a good sport all ways." - Bob Robertson
I will hearing him say "Touchdown Washington State!!"
"Always be a good sport, be a good sport all ways." - Bob Robertson
I will hearing him say "Touchdown Washington State!!"
The WSU Drumline playing during the pre-game player introductions.
The WSU Drumline playing during the pre-game player introductions.
Johanna Muzet #10 inbounds a ball as Caila Hailey #1 watches.
Johanna Muzet #10 inbounds a ball as Caila Hailey #1 watches.
Sadie Edwards #14 jumps high to get her shot to fall.
Sadie Edwards #14 jumps high to get her shot to fall.
Kayla Washington #5 shooting a layup.
Kayla Washington #5 shooting a layup.
Minyon Moore #3 prepares to shoot the ball as Caila Hailey #1 tries to get into place to defend the shot.
Minyon Moore #3 prepares to shoot the ball as Caila Hailey #1 tries to get into place to defend the shot.
Ivana Kmetovska #15 shoots from the middle of the key.
Ivana Kmetovska #15 shoots from the middle of the key.
Sadie Edwards #14 puts up a one handed shot over Ivana Kmetovska #15.
Sadie Edwards #14 puts up a one handed shot over Ivana Kmetovska #15.
Pinelopi Pavlopoulou #22 and Minyon Moore #3 from USC battle to reach a loose ball.
Pinelopi Pavlopoulou #22 and Minyon Moore #3 from USC battle to reach a loose ball.
Coach June Daugherty speaks to the team during a timeout.
Coach June Daugherty speaks to the team during a timeout.
Ivana Kmetovska #15 protects the ball from Dani Milisic #32 of USC.
Ivana Kmetovska #15 protects the ball from Dani Milisic #32 of USC.
Johanna Muzet #10 saves the ball from going out of bounds.
Johanna Muzet #10 saves the ball from going out of bounds.
Sadie Edwards #14 of USC tries to lay in a shot around Pinelopi Pavlopoulou #22.
Sadie Edwards #14 of USC tries to lay in a shot around Pinelopi Pavlopoulou #22.
Ivana Kmetovska #15 shoots over Kristen Simon #35 from the key.
Ivana Kmetovska #15 shoots over Kristen Simon #35 from the key.
The voice of WSU Women's Basketball, Steve Grubbs, is doing his broadcast courtside.
The voice of WSU Women's Basketball, Steve Grubbs, is doing his broadcast courtside.
Frozen in time. This basketball headed to the hoop.
Frozen in time. This basketball headed to the hoop.
Alexys Swedlund #23 drives to the basketball while Jordan Adams #1 defends the hoop.
Alexys Swedlund #23 drives to the basketball while Jordan Adams #1 defends the hoop.
Courtney Jaco #10 scores a three-pointer.
Courtney Jaco #10 scores a three-pointer.
Courtney Jaco #10 for USC puts up a shot from the middle of the key.
Courtney Jaco #10 for USC puts up a shot from the middle of the key.
Alexys Swedlund #23 puts up a shot.
Alexys Swedlund #23 puts up a shot.
Butch T. Cougar watches as Alexys Swedlund #23 shoots a free throw.
Butch T. Cougar watches as Alexys Swedlund #23 shoots a free throw.
USC Coach Cynthia Cooper-Syke directing her players.
USC Coach Cynthia Cooper-Syke directing her players.
Nothing but net!
Nothing but net!
Nike McClure #21 lined up for a free-throw.
Nike McClure #21 lined up for a free-throw.
Pinelopi Pavlopoulou #22 dribbles the ball while Valerie Higgins #22 provides a full-court press.
Pinelopi Pavlopoulou #22 dribbles the ball while Valerie Higgins #22 provides a full-court press.
Pinelopi Pavlopoulou #22 passes the ball over Valerie Higgins #22 from USC who is giving a full-court press.
Pinelopi Pavlopoulou #22 passes the ball over Valerie Higgins #22 from USC who is giving a full-court press.
Caila Hailey #1, Maria Kostourkova #20, Kayla Washington #5, and Cameron Fernandez #12 celebrate WSU's victory.
Caila Hailey #1, Maria Kostourkova #20, Kayla Washington #5, and Cameron Fernandez #12 celebrate WSU's victory.
