Saturday, January 19, 2008

Terrell High School basketball

Friday night I attended a high school basketball game for the first time since I graduated from Cahokia, Illinois High School in 1982. The Terrell Tigers played host to the Forney Jackrabbits. Terrell won by a large margin, the final score was 67-41. I was able to get a few good pictures, but really need a better camera if I want to take sports pictures. You can see a few more of my pictures from the game here.






Yesterday Southern Heart gave me a "You make my day" award. She has a great site for Memphis, TN. Thank you.

The award rules say: "Give the award to 10 people whose blogs bring you happiness and inspiration and make you feel happy about blogland. Let them know by posting a comment on their blog so they can pass it on. Beware you may get the award several times."

So, I cant break the rules. I have way more than 10 sites that I enjoy, so I will try to list the sites that haven't gotten the award yet.

Dan from McKinney, TX
Jana from Susanville, CA
Brian from Terrell, TX
Thien from Seguin, TX
Petrea from Pasadena, CA
Annie from American Fork, UT
B.C. from Chicago, IL.
Mo from Las Vegas, NV
J.Andrew from Van Buren, AR
Kim from Celina, TX

There are so many more I could list, that I enjoy every day.

20 comments:

Dan said...

I love sports photos! I think this is one of my favorite subjects. Your pics are great. I also have some you can check out at http://southwindphoto.smugmug.com/

Congrats on your "You Make My Day" award! It is well deserved.

Gwen said...

The motion in the photograph portrays the game activity well--what other kind of camera are you considering.

Petrea said...

Jim,
Congratulations on your "You Make My Day" award--and thank you for mine! Thanks even more for this list of more great blogs to enjoy.

What am I gonna do? I'm so addicted to Daily Photo blogs I'm not getting anything else done.

Thiên said...

Jim, congrats and also thanks for passing on the award! I'm working on my post for today.

Here's a digicam to check out: Nikon D40 or D80, depends on how much you wanna spend. BUT, I love my Kodak Z612. 6mp and 12x zoom. Very nice settings also for sports and other conditions. You can check out flickr.com (I'm tgretchen) for a sample of the kinds of pics I have taken with it. :)

Jim said...

Thanks Thien, I have been messing around with mine this morning and I think I may have an action setting. I am going to have to go out and try it. There are so many things on it that I dont know about.

Kim said...

Thanks for the award Jim! I will get busy on passing it on, as I'm working on some pics of a parade that was held here this morning in honor of our football team making state history! Come check it out later today!

smilnsigh said...

Hey, it's still a great shot!!

Action is soooo hard to capture. I had no luck at my Granddaughter's JV basketball game. -pout-

But this is pretty darn great.

Mari-Nanci

Isadora said...

Go guys!

Gordon said...

Your shot captures the moment. Action shots are hard, especially in lower light conditions. I spent several hours trying at a recent event, but shots were out of focus or I missed what I was trying to get.

Thanks for visiting Adelaide in Photos

Kim said...

Tag.....back at cha with the award!

Dan said...

Jim,

Thanks for the award!

imac said...

Interesting post.

Lessie said...

There's nothing like high school basketball -- love the excitement in such a small space. Great pic.

Joy said...

I enjoy basketball games myself. Nice photo.

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Rambling Round said...

Basketball is a big sport here too.
We got a inch of snow and it is almost gone!

Southern Heart said...

How fun...we love attending basketball games (actually, the guys love just about any sporting event :) You did a great job with the photo today...nice action shot. You also have a wonderful award list!

Have a great weekend!

J. Andrew Lockhart said...

I miss those high school days (sometimes) :)
Thanks for the award. That's nice of you. :)

Jana said...

Thanks Jim! I appreciate it!

High school basketball. Brings back memories. My hubby played ball when we were kids. Good times.

b.c. said...

Thanks very much for the award, it's very nice to get it, I'm working on passing it on now and I'm returning it to you--I really enjoy your blog and the way you always lean towards the fun side of things, thanks!!!

Mary Stebbins Taitt said...

Cool action shot.