Four Seasons Hotel Lion Palace (St. Petersburg, Russia)

Today’s photo comes from last summer, a summer that ended my run of European summers at four in a row. Hopefully, things are back to normal next summer. My 2020 plans of hitting new countries like Poland, Slovenia, and Austria have been postponed for at least a year.

This photo was taken just before, or just after–I don’t remember, I had an amazing meal of beef Stroganov in its place of origin. The golden doom in the background is not part of the Four Season Hotel. Instead, it’s part of St. Isaac’s Cathedral.

April 21st, 2020 | Tags: AF-S DX NIKKOR 16-80mm f/2.8-4E ED VR DX lens, blue hour, buildings, Nikon D500 | Category: Saint Petersburg | Comments Off on Saint Petersburg Revisited

@COPENHELL #copenhell #copenhell2018

No Copenhell, vikings, or wolves this summer. So sad.

April 20th, 2020 | Tags: AF-S NIKKOR 24-85mm f/3.5-4.5G ED VR, concert photography, copenhell, crowd, Nikon D750 | Category: Denmark | Comments Off on Metal Monday

#bicycleday

Fun facts:
1) Today’s photo was a test shot to make sure my Nikkor 300mm f/4E lens still worked after it was involved in an accident on my way to Copenhagen last summer.
2) April 19 became the official bicycle day back in the 1980s when Dr. Albert Hofmann took LSD for the first time and then decided to ride his bicycle home.

April 19th, 2020 | Tags: bikes, living in copenhagen, Nikon 300mm f/4 VR ED-IF AF-S Nikkor Lens, Nikon D500 | Category: Denmark | Comments Off on Bicycle day

Today’s photo comes from a college visit to Whitman College (more than four years ago as she is graduating from Oregon State University in a couple months). We were on our way back to Ashland and stopped at Multnomah Falls near Portland.

April 18th, 2020 | Tags: ellie, Nikon 24-120mm f/4 VR G lens, Nikon D750, portland, waterfalls | Category: Oregon | Comments Off on Happy birthday to my little girl!

@OfficialOpeth @COPENHELL #copenhell

So sad that I won’t be seeing you in a couple months (@ the now canceled 2020 Copenhell)…

April 17th, 2020 | Tags: AF-S NIKKOR 85mm f/1.8G lens, concert photography, copenhell, Nikon D750, opeth | Category: Denmark | Comments Off on Happy birthday, Mikael Åkerfeldt!