Copenhell in the rain

@COPENHELL @RealAliceCooper @solstafiroffcal

Day 1 at Copenhell VII (AKA Copenhell 2016) is in the books. Day 2 begins in a few hours. Today’s lineup is a good one. I’m really looking forward to Solstafir. Amon Amarth, Megadeth, Epica, Kadavar, King Diamond, Abbath, and Artillery are also on today’s bill. I haven’t seen King Diamond since the 1980s. Unfortunately, Abbath’s and Artillery’s sets overlap so I won’t be able to see all of them both.

Day 1 was lots of fun until things got wet, very wet. The lightning was impressive. My bike ride home was filled with it too. I wanted to see With The Dead, but I was soaked and headed home for a warm bath instead. Alice Cooper’s set was my favorite of the day.

June 24th, 2016 | Tags: blue hour, clouds, concert photography, copenhell, metal, Nikon D500, rain, Tokina AT-X 11-20mm F2.8 PRO DX | Category: Denmark | Comments Off on Copenhell Day 1

Copenhell 2016 (Copenhagen, Denmark)

@MetalMagicDK @UliJonRoth1 @scorpions @COPENHELL

Today is the first of three days of utter bliss for me. Luckily my jet lag should have me on a schedule which times fairly well with late night events.

Tonight I will see the Scorpions for the first time. Alice Cooper is also on today’s bill. I was a pretty big fan of the Scorpions in the late 70s and early 80s. “Taken by Force” is my favorite Scorpions album. Unfortunately, they will likely be mostly playing their hits and ballads from the late 80s and 90s, an era I’m not really interested in. In order to hear the songs performed live that I want to hear, I have to head over to the Metal Magic Festival in Fredericia, Denmark in a couple weeks to witness Uli Jon Roth, the Scorpions guitarist during their best era. He is far more likely to play songs like “The Sails of Charon”, “In Trance”, “Your Light”, “I’ve Got To Be Free”, and “We’ll Burn the Sky”.

That said, maybe the Scorpions will give us a treat and play “Born to Touch Your Feelings” tonight. Please. I do like some of the tunes they will play like “The Zoo”, “Coast to Coast”, “Blackout”, and “Dynamite”.

June 23rd, 2016 | Tags: copenhell, metal, scorpions | Category: Denmark | Comments Off on Copenhell

The day after I arrived in Hiroshima, three years ago today, I went for a walk and ended up at Hiroshima Castle. I was hoping to go to the Hiroshima Carp baseball game that night. However, the skies opened up, and the rain came down in buckets. Maybe you can see some of it in today’s photo. I got in a taxi, and the driver told me the game had been cancelled. Luckily there was a day game the next day so I went to it instead. However, that delayed my journey to Osaka which meant that I missed a Koshien game.

Today I’m boarding a plane for Copenhagen so expect some photos from Denmark soon. I’d like to get back to Japan next summer. Anyone have a job for me in Japan for a few weeks or a couple months next year? It need not pay much. よろしくお願いします. 行って来ます.

June 21st, 2016 | Tags: castle, hiroshima, Nikon 24-120mm f/4 VR G lens, Nikon D600, rain | Category: Japan | Comments Off on 3 years ago today…

Shirakawago, Japan

Not all of Shirakawago’s thatch-roof buildings are for the locals to live in (and rent out to tourists). This one, much smaller than the rest, appeared to be a storage shed and/or workshop.

June 20th, 2016 | Tags: shirakawago, thatch roof | Category: Japan | Comments Off on Gassho Zukuri storage shed

June 16th, 2016 | Tags: blue hour, dusk, guanajuato, Nikon 14-24mm f/2.8 AF-S NIKKOR G ED N, Nikon D600 | Category: Other | Comments Off on Two summers ago