It’s a new month again, so therefore I have a summary post for the previous month, the seventh one for the year. We are just done with the month of July and as often is the case in Sweden we’ve had a mixed bag of weather, from sweltering heatwaves to enormous downpours with lightning shooting across the skies.
The cover image is one that I took on the first photographers’ brunch/photowalk I’ve attended in 18 months. I took part in my last such event in February 2020 and I didn’t attend anything like it until this month, once I’d gotten the second shot and done the recommended waiting period. It felt exhilarating as well as a bit uncertain to do that event, to interact with other people again. I wrote about it in more detail in my previous blogpost.
Day 186 - July 5: Delicate
This image is an example of the fact that taking a camera along whenever you leave the house is a good idea. I just went for a walk to clear my head after being cooped up inside for the larger part of the day and went by a large shrubbery patch that had sprouted a selection of different beautiful flowers. Get close enough with the XT-3 and a 35 millimeter lens and you have a nice flower picture.
Day 190 - July 9: Second Jab
This image is pretty self-explanatory I think. To me it also means an immense feeling of relief. At long last I was able to receive the second dose of the Pfizer vaccine and could start thinking about a return to normalcy (or whatever constitutes normal once we’re out of this pandemic).
It’s also most likely going to be the only time I put a selfie in my 365 picture feed! There are so many prettier things out there to take pictures of!
Day 202 - July 21: Follow the path
Another of those pictures taken on a stroll to get some fresh air…this one I took at the Skrylle recreational area, a place I’ve returned to so, so, so many times through the years. This particular image is taken along the Ulastigen path, a more nature, less exercise type of path where there’s not as many people as there usually are on the other paths. To my Covid paranoid brain that sounded just fine…to have the path almost entirely to myself!
Day 210 - July 29: First Light
A benefit of being up early in the morning (in the summer anyway) is that sometimes nature awards you views and colors like this! Taken on an empty street in the small town of Staffanstorp, Sweden.
Day 211 - July 30: Sharing the food
I’ve never been much into macro shots of insects…in fact I tend to avoid them if I can, but occasionally I get a little bit closer than my comfort zone to take a picture. Especially if it involves somewhat friendly insects like these bumble bees gathering nectar and pollen from a flower in Malmö, Sweden. If it was wasps…nope…staying away from those guys, but these were not interested in suddenly attacking me, so it was all good! I liked the contrast between the blue flower with its round ball appearance and the two insects on it, and the fact that you can see other flowers in the background, yet they nicely out of focus. :-)