Mar 13
Not as warm as you’d think
I hate to keep repeating myself but I seem to be coming no closer to end of my photographic slump. Spring is definitely on the way now, we’ve been having some warm days and the snow has started melting but it’s also been very windy and the snow is covered with wind blown debris. Maybe someone can take landscape pictures under these conditions, but not me. Seems like it’s April already, just with more snow. And I don’t like April.
Anyway, despite the conditions, I actually had a few ideas. I drove to Fågelsjö, equipped with both digital and film cameras, that’s how inspired I was! The afternoon sun was looking very nice and warm on the old buildings at Hembygdsgården. 
Emphasis on the word “look” – the wind was heavy and cold and I felt the inspiration sink along with my body temperature. But there was this one building in particular which looks gorgeous in the warm light so I set up the tripod and film camera and composed my picture and pressed the shutter and … nothing. How could this happen again?? My worst nightmare, press the shutter button and nothing happens. A closer inspection of the camera revealed that it’s probably a battery problem. The display is flashing “bc”, the manual says it can be the battery but it could also be a connection issue, with the lens or pretty much anything else. I tried another lens but it didn’t help, so either it’s the battery or then the camera is kaput. It’s not worth sending it to service in any case, so I hope I get away with the price of a new 2CR5.
Good thing I had both cameras with me then. I took the picture with digital instead and took off in search for more pictures. And found nothing. Nothing! I followed the snowmobile trail for a while but it was pointless. My plan was to wait for the sunset but I didn’t feel like standing around in Fågelsjö for an hour in the bitingly cold wind, so I decided to drive back home via Hamra, the road should take me to some viewpoints in case the sunset would be nice. And of course it wasn’t anything special now that I had a chance to shoot it. It’s been nice just about every evening this week, as I’ve seen from the bus window… but not today.
I promise I won’t complain in my next post! I probably won’t post anything until May…
4 comments
Grumph! Spring’s wonderful, all springs! What would a Tricker be without its springs? And a cold water spring in the mountains a warm summer day is nice. So don’t complain about spring! ;o)
Nu byter jag till ett språk som jag själv kan klaga lite mer bekvämt på. Första dagarna med vårkänning, takdropp och snödrivor är en vacker kombination. Snötäcket sätter sig och skidföret blir toppen en tid. Ny kamera inför de kommande härliga vårmånaderna. Då bryter jag benet! Halkade utanför boulehallen i tisdags kväll. Nu sitter jag i dagrummet på Akademiska sjukhuset avd. 70 och kollar mejl o rss, första datorkontakten på fem dar faktiskt.
Så för den här gången kan jag hålla med dig om att våren kom lite tidigt!
ps. Cyberfoto hade väldigt lågt pris på 2CR5 när jag kollade, i tisdags, min EOS 100 har också slut på soppa.
Ojojoj! Det var då inte alls trevligt. Hoppas på att du är snart uppe på fötterna igen!
Då ska jag sluta klaga, jag kunde i varje vall gå en fin promenad idag. Visserligen utan kamera men ändå bättre än att ligga på ett sjukhus! Jag var nära att vurpa själv… blankis under ett tunt lager snö som föll i natt. Man ska verkligen ta det försiktigt!
Well, if this time of year does not provide anything to take photos of, then it’s just enough for me to enjoy it otherwise. At least I welcome sunshine and warmth
Got the new battery, camera works fine, problem solved! Now I just need find something worth the Velvia roll.