Rasmus Falk scores a goal for F.C. Kobenhavn

This past summer I went to my third professional soccer match. All three were in Copenhagen. All three were blowouts in favor of the home team. All three were at a mostly empty Parken Stadium.

I don’t really understand how European soccer works, but F.C. Copenhagen won the Danish Superliga and the Danish Cup in the prior year and the Danish Superliga again before I saw this game. Maybe those games are better attended.

By the time I’m in Denmark in the middle of summer things have moved on to the UEFA Europa League, in which FCK dominates in the early rounds and gets crushed in later rounds. I’m only there for the early rounds. On this night, FCK beat the Crusaders F.C. (Belfast, Ireland) 6-0.

Posted on December 29th, 2016 under Denmark. Tags: copenhagen, F.C. København, kobenhavn, living in copenhagen, Nikon AF-S VR Zoom-NIKKOR 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6G IF-ED Telephoto Lens, Nikon D500, sports photography. Comments Off on Goal!

Lemmy of Motorhead @ London’s Crobar

@myMotorhead #rememberingLemmy #rockbar #crobar #london #AXSofSPADES

My image is of agony, my servants rape the land
Obsequious and arrogant, clandestine and vain
Two thousands years of misery, of torture in my name
Hypocrisy made paramount, paranoia the law
My name is called religion, sadistic, sacred whore.

Lemmy died a year ago today. Four days ago (on his birthday) I watched one of his final performances on AXS TV. I cried.

Of course, he’s looked liked he’s been on his last leg for decades, even when I last saw him (on the Orgasmatron tour early in 1987). However, it should have been plain to anyone who was at one of these last shows, or who saw the video before he died, that he didn’t have more than weeks or months in November of 2015.

Today’s photo comes from after his death. I took this pic this past summer when I was at a rock ‘n roll bar in London. Great place, BTW. I meet a friendly chap at Crobar, who was from across the Thames, who paid for all of my drinks.

Posted on December 28th, 2016 under London. Tags: crobar, metal, motorhead, Nikon 24-120mm f/4 VR G lens, Nikon D500. Comments Off on One year ago…

Posted on December 24th, 2016 under Oregon. Tags: beatty, christmas, Nikon AF-S VR Zoom-NIKKOR 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6G IF-ED Telephoto Lens, Nikon D500. Comments Off on Merry Christmas

Dawn @ Sycan Ranch (Beatty, Oregon)

We just got back from two nights at our friends’ ranch. We were planning on staying three nights, but winter storm warnings for tomorrow caused us to leave a day early.

I got up before the sun this morning to take some photos. The temperature outside was a balmy 15 degrees Fahrenheit. The ponds on the property were all frozen over. The kids went ice skating later in the day.

The white dot under the moon in this photo is Jupiter. The sun made its appearance about 15 minutes later.

Posted on December 22nd, 2016 under Oregon. Tags: beatty, moon, Nikon D500, sunrise, Tokina AT-X 11-20mm F2.8 PRO DX, winter. Comments Off on Moon, Jupiter, Sun rise

I was killing time one lovely afternoon in Copenhagen this past summer when I stumbled upon this neighborhood for the first time. I think I will do more random exploring of neighborhoods in Copenhagen next summer.

Anyway, this neighborhood is featured in the recent movie, The Danish Girl. I’m not sure if this church (Sankt Pauls Kirke) makes an appearance in the film or not. I’ll post a photo or two of the buildings that are in the movie soon.

Posted on December 13th, 2016 under Denmark. Tags: buildings, copenhagen, living in copenhagen, Nikon D500, Tokina AT-X 11-20mm F2.8 PRO DX. Comments Off on St. Paul’s Church, Copenhagen