@bluelagoonis #BlueLagoonIceland @Icelandair #mystopover

Later this month I’ll be booking my tickets for Europe this summer. If my flight goes through Iceland on my way to Copenhagen, again, I will likely spend a couple nights north of Reykjavik. The Blue Lagoon won’t be on my agenda this year. Instead I’ll try to get to places like the fjords in the northwestern part of Iceland. Any suggestions for particular “must sees”?

Another possibility is a couple nights in Frankfurt, Germany on my way in. Any fans of Frankfurt who would encourage that option? I’ve been to Berlin but only the airport in Frankfurt.

Posted on February 2nd, 2019 under Iceland. Tags: blue lagoon, Nikon 24-120mm f/4 VR G lens, Nikon D750, panorama, photomerge. Comments Off on Blue Lagoon

#oakland

Today’s photo comes from 2017, when we were on our way to Hawaii via San Francisco. However, it’s a photo of territory I frequented far more often in my earlier years.

You can see the Oakland Coliseum, my home away from home during my first 19 years of life, in the very center of this photograph. The “island” in front of Oakland (now actually attached to Oakland, yet part of Alameda, thanks to landfill) is Bay Farm Island, and the San Leandro Bay is the water between the two. We used to drive up Doolittle Drive on Christmas Eve every year to eat at Alameda’s Acapulco restaurant. I also rode my bike up Doolittle to the stadium sometimes. My house was a few miles to the right of this photo.

You can also see some of the runways for the Oakland Airport in this photo. Fun fact: the Oakland Airport was the first airport in the continental U.S. to offer flights to Hawaii. My first flight to Hawaii was from Oakland, but my flight on this day was out of SFO.

Posted on February 1st, 2019 under Other. Tags: aerial photography, Nikon 24-120mm f/4 VR G lens, Nikon D750, o.co, oakland. Comments Off on Old stomping grounds

Today’s photo comes from my neighborhood in Copenhagen in 2017. I would bike home from work via a different route each time so as to fully take in the neighborhood. The houses were lovely and the streets were fun for biking. I looked up the cost of houses on this particular street, and they started at about USD $4 million. I lived in an apartment on the other side of the church (The Jesus Church which was funded by Brewer Carl Jacobsen, co-founder of the Carlsberg Breweries) in today’s photo.

Posted on January 31st, 2019 under Denmark. Tags: buildings, clouds, living in copenhagen, Nikon 24-120mm f/4 VR G lens, Nikon D750, valby. Comments Off on Carlsberg district

@COPENHELL #copenhell #copenhell2017 @MetalMagicDK

Excited to see Slaegt again this summer (at least two times–Metal Magic and Brutal Assault). Hopefully they’ll get added to Copenhell and/or Gefle Metal Festival so I can see them three or four times.

Posted on January 28th, 2019 under Denmark. Tags: concert photography, copenhell, metal, Nikon 24-120mm f/4 VR G lens, Nikon D750, Slægt. Comments Off on Metal Monday

#landscapephotography #hawaii #nature #PacificOcean #oahu #waimea

Posted on January 27th, 2019 under Hawaii. Tags: beach, clouds, Nikon 24-120mm f/4 VR G lens, Nikon D750, oahu, panorama, photomerge, sunset. Comments Off on Waimea Bay Beach Park