Rounding Third and Heading for Home...

I got a call early last week from someone who was looking for a photograph of Great American Ball Park to give as a gift to her sister for Christmas. Turns out she's a big fan of the Cincinnati Reds and especially of the late, great Joe Nuxhall. The main request was to have Nuxhall's famous phrase "Rounding Third and Heading for Home" featured in the picture.

I didn't have anything in my library that fit the bill, but I was able to get out and shoot early one morning...Fortunately I caught a break in our typically dreary Cincinnati winter weather and had a decent looking sky. I did have to employ some HDR techniques in order to get a decent exposure, but that's just the reality of the situation. It was either that or have a blown out, pure white sky!

While I was there I shot a few other subjects nearby, but didn't spend too much time. One that I particularly like is this black and white of the stadium lights:Hitting the road early tomorrow morning to visit my folks in Cleveland... I heard that there won't be a lot of snow there this week, but I guess we'll soon see. (For the record, snow doesn't really bother me - it's the fact that people seem to have a hard time driving in it (and yet insist to drive in it anyway) that makes me nuts.)