#geflemetalfestival #geflemetal @GraveOfficial @MikaLagren

Filling in, at the last minute, for Sodom at the 2017 Gefle Metal Festival was Sweden’s own Grave.

August 13th, 2018 | Tags: AF-S NIKKOR 85mm f/1.8G lens, concert photography, gefle metal festival, grave, metal, Nikon D750 | Category: Other | Comments Off on Metal Monday

@NBCSAthletics #mlb #athletics @Athletics

Today’s photo obviously isn’t from today’s game. This is from 2012, another season in which the A’s had the fourth best record in baseball and a payroll not in the top 28. They are currently 70-48 with a payroll under $80 million. Compare that to, say, the 59-60 Giants and their $207 million payroll or the team they beat today, the 59-60 Angels, and their $173 million payroll.

August 12th, 2018 | Tags: AF-S NIKKOR 70-200mm f/2.8G ED VR II, baseball, nikon d7000, oakland, sports photography | Category: Other | Comments Off on A’s win again

Happy Sunday everyone!

Today’s photo comes from four years ago. These critically endangered Hawksbill turtles were chilling on the Punalu’u Black Sand Beach on the Big Island of Hawaii.

August 12th, 2018 | Tags: beach, hawaii, nature, Nikon AF-S VR Zoom-NIKKOR 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6G IF-ED Telephoto Lens, Nikon D600, wildlife | Category: Hawaii | Comments Off on A day of rest

At Metal Magic XI I was chatting with a Danish guy, and the discussion turned to Metal Magic IX with Uli Jon Roth. The Danish guy said something like, “listening to Uli Jon Roth is like having someone make love to your ear canal” to which I cannot disagree.

August 11th, 2018 | Tags: AF-S NIKKOR 85mm f/1.8G lens, concert photography, metal, metal magic festival, Nikon D500, uli jon roth | Category: Denmark | Comments Off on Making love to your ear canal

Stockholm’s Vasa

…the Vasa headed out of Stockholm harbor on its maiden voyage. Less than a mile later it sunk. 330 years passed before it was brought to the surface again. The Vasa Museum is the current resting place where I took these (five) photos (and stitched them into one) last summer.

August 10th, 2018 | Tags: museums, Nikon 24-120mm f/4 VR G lens, Nikon D750, photomerge, stockholm, sweden | Category: Other | Comments Off on 390 years ago today…