Monday, July 19, 2010

Summer Baseball Championship (#183)

Shawnee right fielder TJ Sloan hangs his head after being tagged out by Leipsic first baseman Brady Schroeder Sunday during the ACME championship game at Columbus Grove. Leipsic broke through in the fourth inning when they scored 5 runs. They would go on to beat Shawnee 15 - 12. 

Even though Shawnee lost the game, due to the double-elimination rules (Shawnee had yet to be defeated in tournament play), the two teams will play again tonight to determine the winner.

photo 07/18/10

Northwest Ohio Rib Cook-Off (#182)





photos 07/17/10

Sunday, July 18, 2010

Baseball (#181)


Couple images from a recent summer league baseball game. Usually, I take a few photos of the pitcher as backup, in case nothing else happens. But I really like this shot just because of the unusual shape his body made as he wound up to throw.

photos 07/16/10

Monday, July 12, 2010

Summer Swim (#180)

Images from the Western Ohio Aquatic League Summer Swimming Championships






photos 07/10/10

Friday, July 9, 2010

Nature walk (#179)

Johnny Appleseed Metro Park Naturalist Mark Morr shows a group of ten to 14-year-olds a patch of wild blackberries Tuesday during a survival skills camp at Ottawa Metro Park. The kids learned about edible plants and trees, fire starting and survival shelters.

photo 07/06/10

Sand (#178)

Makenna Pauff, 11, of Lima, laughs as her sister Madison, 13, (left) and friends Aaron Dickreve, 13, (background) and Ryan Dickreve, 10, cover her sand Tuesday at the Ottawa Metro Park swimming pond.

photo 07/06/10

Monday, July 5, 2010

Bay Days - Amanda (#177)

Amanda from the top of the parachute ride @ Avon Lake's Bay Days Festival.

photo 07/03/10

Bay Days (#176)

Avon Lake's Bay Days Festival. :-)

photo 07/03/10

Limaland (#175)

Mud flies from the tires of stock car 21z as it veers off the track and into the infield Friday during hot laps at Limaland Motorsports Park.

*I normally wouldn't post a photo from limaland, but I decided to shoot from the infield this time, and I was kneeling somewhat close to the track, shooting with a wide-angle lens, and this stock car lost control for a minute and came right at me. Of course my first thought was, "Oh, what a cool shot!" ... followed quickly by, "I should move! Now!"

photo 07/02/10

Splash (#174)

Austin Adams, 9, of Lima, slides off the end of the Aquaslide inflatible slide Tuesday at Winona Lake.

photo 06/29/10