Apr 9
The light of spring
Cancel Easter. It has got to be the most wasted holiday of the year… especially when it falls late enough to miss the spring snow and it will obviously never be early enough to benefit from the spring growth. Well, “never” as in a decade or so, with what’s going on with the climate. *sigh*
Anyway, I made an effort to shoot the crocuses in Färila yesterday. The wind seems to have beaten them into submission and I only found a couple of flowers that were borderline photogenic but not enough to bother to make a spectacle out of myself by the busy road so I gave up before I even started. And the hepatica behind my garage are taking their time to bloom properly… they probably don’t quite appreciate the cold weather, but I reckon they’ll be just fine for the next weekend.
So what happened? I ended up by the same small creek I photographed to death in December and January while waiting for the snow.
I hate April.
*sigh*
But, as some wise photographer once said, if you can see the light - then shoot it!
Yup, been there, seen that :/ Yesterday, I spent the whole morning and midday outside searching for that missing light. Shot couple of hundred pics and threw them all away. Wind, hard light and stressed mind are a bad combination what comes to creativity. Best picture was shot on the pond where two coots were fighting. My precious trashcan was overwhelmingly full after my analysis. No new pics for me this time. Have also found out that coltsfoot are quite ugly and beaten right now.