It’s a confusing time period in the world at the moment, where we’re not supposed to do anything outside the house (preferably), and definitely not interact with other people if we can avoid it. Yet, the sun did decide to return to us here in the northern hemisphere after all and the vibrant green of the returning leaves beckons us to go out there, cameras in hand.
Thankfully here in Sweden we haven’t had the draconian regulations that would fine us if we’re outside the house for any reason other than food or medicine procurement or walking a pet, so a stroll in the woods is still okay. Of course the social distancing still applies and people are supposed to stay a good six feet or about 2 meters away from one another. The fact that some people are too dense to understand that…well, what can you do, other than try to back as far away as its possible on the paths and walkways.
I’ve put in some colorful photos above from the Agriculture University in Alnarp in this blogpost…perhaps to compensate for the fact that I’ve not put up a blogpost in over two months. It just hasn’t felt like I had anything good or innovative to put in a blogpost. I’ve been out in nature quite a bit and that’s been lovely, but at a certain point you have shot all the spring colored beech forest scenes you need for the year. It’s still amazing and most refreshing to the soul to be out there; to smell the way it smell, to hear the birds chirping away and to feel the wind no longer freezing your face as it sweeps by…it just feels photographed out for the moment.
Of course that can change at any time, if I am at a location that I find interesting, if I see shapes that are interesting, a shadow that swoops around in a way that attracts my eye. For the time being though I think I am content with the number of spring foliage pictures I’ve gotten this year - which is just as well, since we’re just a day or two away from the summer month of June (hard to believe with how cold it’s been at night here right up until the last two weeks!).
I figured I could throw in a few more pictures in a blogpost since I’ve been “slacking” on uploading stuff for the last few (many) weeks. So…below are photos from two locations not too far from here - the nature preserves at Billebjer and Måryd where it is definitely colorful right now.
The photos from these two locations as well as the flower closeups above were all taken with the Fujifilm XT-3 mirrorless camera and the Fujifilm Velvia film simulation. I must say that I am quite happy with this camera and the colors I can achieve with them, after a minor tweak here and there in Adobe Lightroom Classic. I don’t miss my bulky and slow Canon 600D at all…in fact if my niece (who recently got accepted to the high school program of her choice) needs to use a DSLR for her photography classes…she is welcome to have it on a long term loan…and hopefully she and I can go on a photowalk now and then once the Covid-19 madness is over. :-)
