Skull chalice (Rosenborg Castle – Copenhagen, Denmark)

This golden chalice was made for King Christian IV’s sister, Duchess Augusta of Holstein-Gottorp in 1632. The engravings on the the chalice can also be found in the illustrations of the Lutheran Strasbourg translation of the Bible, published just two years before in 1630.

Posted on November 19th, 2018 under Denmark. Tags: copenhagen, Nikon 18-200mm VR II, nikon d7000, rosenborg. Comments Off on Duchess Augusta’s cup of death

#boston #davidortiz @davidortiz @RedSox

Today’s photo comes from the 2012 season. On this day, David Ortiz scored four times. He also had a home run. This may look like his home run swing, but it wasn’t.

Posted on November 18th, 2018 under Other. Tags: AF-S NIKKOR 70-200mm f/2.8G ED VR II, baseball, boston, fenway park, nikon d7000, sports photography. Comments Off on Happy birthday, Big Papi!

Bandon, Oregon

Posted on November 9th, 2018 under Oregon. Tags: bandon, beach, blue hour, nikon d7000, pacific ocean, Tokina 11-16mm f/2.8 Lens for Nikon. Comments Off on Bandon Blue Hour

My random, desktop image of the day reminded me that the 2018 MLB playoffs resume today. I have no horses in the race anymore so I don’t really care what happens. I haven’t seen a professional baseball game in several years now, perhaps the longest stretch of my life.

Anyway, today’s photo comes from 2012, the year Jesse Chavez started the season in Toronto and ended up in Oakland. Since pitching for my A’s from 2012 until 2015, Jesse has pitched for five different teams.

Posted on October 12th, 2018 under Other. Tags: AF-S NIKKOR 70-200mm f/2.8G ED VR II, baseball, fenway park, nikon d7000, sports photography. Comments Off on NLCS begins today

Posted on September 23rd, 2018 under Other. Tags: ellie, nikon d7000, pacific ocean, Tokina 11-16mm f/2.8 Lens for Nikon, volleyball. Comments Off on Six years ago…