A Thunder victory
Oklahoma City's Kevin Durant (35) reacts after making a block as Denver's Arron Afflalo (6) reacts during the NBA basketball game between the Denver Nuggets and the Oklahoma City Thunder in the first round of the NBA playoffs at the Oklahoma City Arena, Wednesday, April 27, 2011. Photo by Sarah Phipps, The Oklahoman
The Oklahoma City Thunder beat the Denver Nuggets tonight to win their first playoff series since the franchise moved from Seattle. Here’s a couple of images from Wednesday night’s game. You can see all the images turned in by Staff Photographers Bryan Terry and Sarah Phipps by clicking here or read more about tonight’s game by clicking here.
Denver's Kenyon Martin (4), Oklahoma City's Serge Ibaka (9) and Kevin Durant (35) hold Russell Westbrook (0) back after a being fouled by Denver's Nene (31) during the NBA basketball game between the Denver Nuggets and the Oklahoma City Thunder in the first round of the NBA playoffs at the Oklahoma City Arena, Wednesday, April 27, 2011. Photo by Bryan Terry, The Oklahoman
-John Clanton
Meanwhile, back in Memphis…
Memphis Grizzlies' Tony Allen, top, flips over San Antonio Spurs' Manu Ginobili, of Argentina, during the second quarter of Game 2 of a first-round NBA basketball playoff series, Wednesday, April 20, 2011, in San Antonio. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
The Oklahoma City Thunder will play game 5 against the Denver Nuggets tonight at the OKC Arena. If they win tonight’s game, the Thunder will advance to the next round and face either the San Antonio Spurs or the Memphis Grizzlies. Here’s a couple of images from that series that you may not have seen. Check back late tonight for images from Game 5 in Oklahoma City, or follow this link to read more about the Thunder.
San Antonio Spurs point guard Tony Parker (9), of France, gets an arm in the face from Memphis Grizzlies forward Zach Randolph, top right, during the first half of Game 3 of a first-round NBA basketball series on Saturday, April 23, 2011, in Memphis, Tenn. Also defending for Memphis is Mike Conley (11). (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)
San Antonio Spurs' Tony Parker (9), of France, drives to the basket as Memphis Grizzlies' Marc Gasol, left, of Spain, Tony Allen (9) and Mike Conley, right, defend during the first quarter of Game 2 of a first-round NBA basketball playoff series, Wednesday, April 20, 2011, in San Antonio. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
-John Clanton
Here comes the rain, finally
The cross at the lifechurch.tv, 4600 E.2nd St., is reflected in raindrops on a car's rear-view mirror during a thunderstorm, Sunday, April 24, 2011, in Edmond, Okla. Sarah Phipps/The Oklahoman
On Sunday I drove around searching for pictures of the city’s first significant rainfall in months. Here are a couple of selections.
— Sarah Phipps
An umbrella sits abandoned, during a thunderstorm, Sunday, April 24, 2011, in Norman, Okla. Photo by Sarah Phipps, The Oklahoma
Thunder at the OKC Arena
Oklahoma City's Kevin Durant (35) reacts after dunking the ball in front of Denver's Raymond Felton (20) during the first round NBA basketball playoff game between the Oklahoma City Thunder and the Denver Nuggets on Saturday, April 20, 2011, at the Oklahoma City Arena. Photo by Sarah Phipps, The Oklahoman
The Oklahoma City Thunder just won game 2 of the first round of NBA Playoffs against the Denver Nuggets. Here’s a couple of images from tonight’s game at the OKC Arena in downtown Oklahoma City. You can see more images from the game by clicking here or you can follow this link to read more about the Thunder’s win over the Nuggets.
Oklahoma City fan Chris Morris "The Heckler" taunts a Denver player's free throw during the first round NBA Playoff basketball game between the Thunder and the Nuggets at OKC Arena in downtown Oklahoma City on Wednesday, April 20, 2011. The Thunder beat the Nuggets 106-89 and lead the series 2-0. Photo by John Clanton, The Oklahoman
-John Clanton
Unpublished pictures and catching up
Five-year-old Kendall Hoorman runs down a sidewalk in search of eggs during the LIVE on the Plaza Easter egg hunt in Oklahoma City, Friday, April 8, 2011. Photo by Bryan Terry, The Oklahoman
In the last 10 days or so, Staff Photographers at The Oklahoman have turned in some nice pictures, not all of which have gotten published in the newspaper. Here’s a few pictures that deserve a second look.
We’ve turned in plenty of photo galleries, that you can see by clicking here, including galleries from the start of the NBA playoffs in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma State’s win during the Bedlam baseball series and the Southwest Street Rod Nationals. We’ve also put up a few slideshows recently, including one about sidewalk chalk and one about singers auditioning to sing the National Anthem for the RedHawks.
Paul Cates rides "Tilley" in an exercise arena at State Fair Park, Thursday, April 14, 2011, during the Oklahoma Centennial Horse Show. Cates is from Paul Cates Stables in Round Rock. Texas. Photo by Jim Beckel, The Oklahoman
Oklahoma City's Kevin Durant (35) is greeted by fans as he walks off the court after the 107-103 win over Denver during the first round NBA basketball playoff game between the Oklahoma City Thunder and the Denver Nuggets on Sunday, April 17, 2011, in Oklahoma City, Okla. Photo by Chris Landsberger, The Oklahoman
-John Clanton
16th Annual Day of Remembrance
Regina Bonny, of Oklahoma City, spends a moment with a chair dedicated to Shelly Bland during the 16th Annual Day of Remembrance at the Oklahoma City National Memorial and Museum in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma on Tuesday, April 19, 2011. Bonny, a survivor of the bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Building on April 19, 1995, visited the chairs of 5 co-workers who died in the bombing. Photo by John Clanton, The Oklahoman
It’s been sixteen years now since the bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City. Every year, survivors, family members, friends, emergency responders and local residents mark the anniversary with a ceremony at the Oklahoma City National Memorial and Museum. You can see more images from today’s ceremony by clicking here.
If you missed our coverage last year, take a look at two stories I photographed at the museum. One is about employees and volunteers cleaning the fence outside the memorial, the other is about the archives inside the museum.
Oklahoma City police officers and firefighters carry the 911 flag through the memorial to the museum after the Day of Remembrance Ceremony, Tuesday, April 19, 2011. This was the 16th annual Oklahoma City Bombing Memorial ceremony. Photo by David McDaniel, The Oklahoman
Flowers decorate a chair dedicated to Frankie Merrell during the 16th Annual Day of Remembrance at the Oklahoma City National Memorial and Museum in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma on Tuesday, April 19, 2011. Photo by John Clanton, The Oklahoman
-John Clanton
Spring Football
Brandon Willliams (23) is tackled by Aaron Colvin (14) during the University of Oklahoma Sooner's (OU) spring football game at Gaylord Family-Oklahoma Memorial Stadium on Saturday, April 16, 2011, in Norman, Okla. Photo by Steve Sisney, The Oklahoman
Staff Photographers from The Oklahoman covered spring football games today at OU’s Gaylord Family-Oklahoma Memorial Stadium in Norman and at OSU’s Boone Pickens Stadium in Stillwater. You can click these links to see more images of the Sooners and the Cowboys, or to read more about the games.
OSU's Justin Blackmon (81) misses a touchdown catch as Colby Ellis (49) defends during the Orange/White spring football game for the Oklahoma State University Cowboys at Boone Pickens Stadium in Stillwater, Okla., Saturday, April 16, 2011. Photo by Nate Billings, The Oklahoman
-John Clanton
Watching the Clouds Go By
The other night I had a few minutes of down time before the start of a high school soccer game that I was shooting at Deer Creek. As I waited for the game to start, my mind began to wonder just like a kid that plays the outfield in t-ball, and I began to notice the very interesting cloud formations that were floating by overhead. In order to not let them go to waste, I grabbed my camera and went to work. Here are a few of the clouds formations I captured. You can see a few more photo in the photo gallery.
Cloud formations in the sky on Tuesday, April 12, 2011, in Edmond, Okla. Photo by Chris Landsberger, The Oklahoman
Cloud formations in the sky on Tuesday, April 12, 2011, in Edmond, Okla. Photo by Chris Landsberger, The Oklahoman
Cloud formations in the sky on Tuesday, April 12, 2011, in Edmond, Okla. This photo was shot under exposed to capture the gold light in the clouds from the sunset. Photo by Chris Landsberger, The Oklahoman
Cloud formations in the sky on Tuesday, April 12, 2011, in Edmond, Okla. This photo was shot under exposed to capture the gold light in the clouds from the sunset. Photo by Chris Landsberger, The Oklahoman
Somebody bet on the even-toed ungulate
From left to right, Scott Wells and Sandblaster, G.R. Carter and Little Sheeba, and Jennifer Schmidt and Sahara Sara race camels during Extreme Racing, Sunday, April 10, 2011, at Remington Park in Oklahoma City. Photo by Sarah Phipps, The Oklahoman
Occasionally, we have the opportunity to photograph a unique assignment. Something we’ve never seen before. Staff Photographer Sarah Phipps had that opportunity on Sunday when she covered camel and ostrich races, called Extreme Racing, at Remington Park in Oklahoma City. Her pictures tell the story better than I could. Here’s a few, but you can click here to see all eleven pictures that she turned in.
J.D. Mithener rides Big Byrd during an ostrich race at Extreme Racing, Sunday, April 10, 2011, at Remington Park in Oklahoma City. Photo by Sarah Phipps, The Oklahoman
From left to right, G.R. Carter and Little Sheeba, and Jennifer Schmidt and Sahara Sara race during Extreme Racing, Sunday, April 10, 2011, at Remington Park in Oklahoma City. Photo by Sarah Phipps, The Oklahoman
-John Clanton
Pictures I Like-International version
An eldery Japanese man observes the area devastated by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami in the port town of Kesennuma, Miyagi prefecture, Japan, on Monday, April 11, 2011. Exactly a month ago today a massive earthquake and tsunami ravaged Japan's northeastern coastal region. (AP Photo/Sergey Ponomarev)
I’ve written several times about Merlin, the archive system that stores our pictures, but we also use Merlin to store images from the Associated Press. Over the weekend, there were pictures from news events submitted by photographers in places like Brazil, Japan, India, Spain, Australia and Japan. Here’s a couple of images taken in the last few days. You can always see local images by following this link to The Oklahoman’s photo galleries.
Spanish bullfighter Francisco Pajares performs during a bullfight at the Las Ventas Bullring in Madrid, Sunday, April 10, 2011. Bullfighting is an ancient tradition in Spain and the season runs from March to October. (AP Photo/Arturo Rodriguez)
A model coordinator asks models to line up before a show during the Wills Life Style India Fashion Week, in New Delhi, India, Thursday, April 7, 2011. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)
Bangladesh batsman Shahriar Nafees plays a shot in front of Australian wicketkeeper Brad Haddin during their second one-day international cricket match in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Monday, April 11, 2011. Australia won the first match of the three-game series on Saturday. (AP Photo/Mir Farid)
An anti-government protestor kisses a Yemeni army soldier during a demonstration demanding the resignation of Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh, in Taiz,Yemen, Thursday, April 7, 2011. The Yemeni opposition has welcomed an offer by Arab Gulf states to mediate between the president and opposition protesters who have demanded Ail Abdullah Saleh step down after 32 years in power. (AP Photo/Hani Mohammed)
-John Clanton
