I don’t think I’ve ever seen a cowbell used as a cow bell before going to Switzerland last week. They are all over the place making quite a symphony both in farming towns and the alps.

I wanted to capture the cowbells’ sound which is relatively hard to do with still photography. So I took my first video in years below. Forgive the sloppiness as my video settings were off on several issues (focusing, wind sound reduction, etc.)

After shooting the above one of the cows got a bit testy with me. She could have easily killed me, but chose not to, for which I am grateful.

Posted on August 5th, 2018 under Switzerland. Tags: Nikon D750, video. Comments Off on More cowbell!

@SchilthornPiz

The Swiss Alps were even better than expected. Our base was Mürren for three nights, and that was an awesome location to begin exploring. We took numerous hikes, but today’s photo comes from Schilthorn, 9,744 feet above sea level. This height was made all the more impressive as we were flying home and our plane’s altitude was at 9,000 feet. No details could be made out on the ground far, far below.

Posted on August 4th, 2018 under Switzerland. Tags: AF-S NIKKOR 24-85mm f/3.5-4.5G ED VR, Nikon D750. Comments Off on Tschingelhorn, Tschingelspitz, and Gspaltenhorn from Schilthorn

@LoveLakeComo

A week ago we arrived in Varenna, Italy for three nights on Lake Como. We had an awesome room (view here) that you can see in this photo as the second red building over from the left. Today’s photo is the reverse angle from the ferry boat on our way back from Bellagio.

Posted on August 2nd, 2018 under Other. Tags: AF-S NIKKOR 24-85mm f/3.5-4.5G ED VR, italy, lake como, Nikon D750. Comments Off on Varenna

@SchilthornPiz

Today we are leaving Mürren and heading to Lucerne (Luzern) for our last day in Europe. I’ve been here for over six weeks. Hopefully Ashland‘s smoke won’t be so bad by the time we return.

Today’s photo comes from Birg, a short gondola cableway from Mürren, at 8,783 feet in the Swiss Alps.

Posted on August 1st, 2018 under Switzerland. Tags: AF-S NIKKOR 24-85mm f/3.5-4.5G ED VR, Nikon D750, panorama. Comments Off on First (of many) photos from Switzerland

@archenemymetal

Posted on July 31st, 2018 under Other. Tags: AF-S NIKKOR 85mm f/1.8G lens, arch enemy, concert photography, gefle metal festival, metal, Nikon D750. Comments Off on Happy birthday, Alissa White-Gluz!