Posted on April 26th, 2020 under Saint Petersburg. Tags: AF-S DX NIKKOR 16-80mm f/2.8-4E ED VR DX lens, buildings, Nikon D500. Comments Off on The first and oldest landmark in St. Petersburg

Therion’s Christofer Johnsson @ 2019 Brutal Assault

@_Therion #brutalassault

Back in the 1990s I didn’t listen to, or like, much of the new music coming out. Grunge, alternative metal, nu metal, rap rock, and the like did nothing for me. Instead, for new music anyway, I turned to some of the sounds coming out of Scandinavia which included black metal and some of the heavier strains of symphonic metal. Among many other bands, I listened to exactly one of Therion’s albums, Theli.

Flash forward twenty or more years. Therion now has 16 studio albums of which I’ve heard one, and that one I haven’t listened to in close to two decades. They hit the stage of Brutal Assault and proceeded to perform the entire album that I’m familiar with! What are the odds?

Posted on April 23rd, 2020 under Other. Tags: AF-S DX NIKKOR 16-80mm f/2.8-4E ED VR DX lens, brutal assault festival, concert photography, Nikon D500, therion. Comments Off on To Mega Therion

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.

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

#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.

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

Posted on April 10th, 2020 under Arizona. Tags: clouds, fog, grand canyon, landscape, Nikon 24-120mm f/4 VR G lens, Nikon D500, snow, winter. Comments Off on Above the clouds but still on the ground