More (mediocre) Emerald Bowl Photos
Not that more photos are really necessary, but seeing as how the Emerald Bowl was the first Cal game for both of my two sons, I feel obliged to add a few more shots.
None of the pictures below are particularly good. This owes to crappy upper-deck seats, a less-than-professional telephoto lens (and photographer!), and slow shutter speeds in the night light. But I nonetheless got one or two shots that may at least be of passing interest.
The day started with a long train ride up from the in-laws' house in San Jose and a pre-tailgate family "lunch" at the 21st Amendment. The beers were extra good this day, which helps to further explain why my photos are less than stellar.
The fantastic 21st Amendment, on 2nd street
Well lubricated, the family and I headed off for further eating and drinking and reuniting with friends at the CAA tailgate. Along the way, we stopped for this Hallmark moment:
CalPete and family at the Emerald Bowl.
Once the game began, I was just sober enough to get a couple of shots of each team lined up in their respective "I" formations. (Note Cal's 3-man defensive front, as opposed to Miami's 4-man D-line.)
Slow shutter speed meant my photo of Verran Tucker's big pass play was blurry, although it does sort of give the impression of Jahvid-like speed. At least you can make out Oski celebrating on the sidelines in the background.
This play, of course, set up Jahvid's first touchdown run. I didn't get a shot of the play in progress, but I did get the before and after--including a nice photo of Giorgio kicking the PAT. Bravo giovane numero quaranta!
If you squint real hard, you can see Nate "Lucy Van Pelt" Longshore thinking about pulling a fake.
After that score, I grew tired of watching the game through a camera lens, which also was giving me a premature hangover headache. So I put the Nikon away, except for another moment or two to catch the Cal band and final celebrations.
While it wasn't my finest day of photography, I screamed by voice hoarse, I made my beer-tuned taste buds very happy (and my liver rather unhappy), and my wife and I finally baptised our sons into the Blue and Gold. Growing up in SoCal, our boys have come to think of we Cal folk as something of an oppressed, disrespected, and more-than-a-little-eccentric minority. To take part in such a joyful celebration of the Golden Bears--as a member of the overwhelming majority--was very refreshing, both for them and for us. There's no place like home. Go Bears!!
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Is that street really named De Boom?
Sheriff of the Welcome Team
In Spite of Twist!
by Spazzy Mcgee on
Jan 4, 2009 12:30 AM PST
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Yup, that's it's name
I used to live in that neighborhood. Spent more than one drunken evening pondering the origins of DeBoom Street….
There's no crying in baseball!
by gigglingone on
Jan 5, 2009 2:11 AM PST
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Was it two? Did you spend two nights pondering the origins of DeBoom Street?
Please disregard the above ramblings as those of a clearly delusional fan.
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by TwistNHook on
Jan 7, 2009 5:21 PM PST
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Way to raise the sons right!
Considering you were in the upper deck, those pictures were pretty good. How did the view compare to higher seats at Memorial?
by norcalnick on
Jan 4, 2009 10:37 AM PST
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The pictures of the scoreboard are great, well lit good resolution. That thing is awesome, you should have have taken shots of that thing all game.
by CountDuku on
Jan 5, 2009 11:24 AM PST
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Keep up the Cal Brainwashing
your boys look great in Blue and Gold!
by classof87 on
Jan 5, 2009 2:01 PM PST
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Good Shots, just need a little color adjustment. I’ve got the good software if you want, be glad to do some adjustment for you!
by AndBears on
Jan 5, 2009 6:48 PM PST
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More Pix
Here’s how it looked from my seat along the first base line. All are from the first half. Lighting was seriously tweaky and I can’t be bothered to fix it THAT much.
by zoonews on
Jan 7, 2009 3:49 PM PST
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DAMN!
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by TwistNHook on
Jan 7, 2009 5:21 PM PST
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WOW!
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by TwistNHook on
Jan 7, 2009 5:21 PM PST
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SICK!
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by TwistNHook on
Jan 7, 2009 5:22 PM PST
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nice photos!
So, basically, you gotta Go Bears!
by ragnarok on
Jan 7, 2009 3:58 PM PST
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I told you all my pictures were mediocre
Nice shots, ZooNews!
Go Bears!
by California Pete on
Jan 7, 2009 5:30 PM PST
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Thanks Pete… my shots are evidence of the fun of zooming and cropping if nothing else. You can see I was having the same sort of lighting issues, not sure what’s up with that. I like your view from the crow’s nest, it’s cool to see some different angles on the same exact moments!
by zoonews on
Jan 7, 2009 5:45 PM PST
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thanks for the photos both pete an zoo!
Go Bears Go
by Rocksanddirt on
Jan 8, 2009 11:12 AM PST
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