The photographs were taken on April 22nd.
I got eight hours of exercise in five days, commuting by bicycle. So far this year I have got 2,312 km riding the bicycle.
(Posting title is from the poem McDonalds Is Impossible by Chelsea Martin.)
The photographs were taken on December 22nd, while walking around lake Myllyjärvi and lake Häkläjärvi.
This morning I walked for 2 hours 20 minutes in Luukki, exploring ice formations at Lakistonjoki river west of lake Väärälampi. There was a little bit of new snow coming down. It is much warmer now than yesterday, -12 °C.
(Posting title is from the poem Dreamer by Primus St. John.)
On July 21st I walked in Tremanskärr, exploring forests and swamps around lake Kurkijärvi.
(Posting title is from the poem The Laurel Tree by Louis Simpson.)
Yesterday I rode the bicycle for 1 1/2 hours. Today I walked in Luukki for almost three hours. Quite a lot of exercise already for this week.
There are plenty of blueberries to be eaten. Today I found a place where there were a lot of wild strawberries. And there were also ripe cloudberries on the edges of open swamps.
The photographs were taken in Nuuksio on July 5th.
(Posting title is from the poem I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud by William Wordsworth.)
Here are some more twig photographs, taken in Sipoonkorpi National Park on April 30th. For today the weather forecast promises some rain. I'm planning to explore Nuuksio National Park, such remote corners which I haven't yet visited.
(Posting title is from the poem Genealogy by Jennifer Chang.)
Yesterday I had some supremely happy moments when taking photographs of cherry tree blossoms. But I also realized that despite being excessively busy I have had plenty of happy moments at work as well. It is a pleasure to work with people who are not only highly skilled professionals but also blessed with a great sense of humour.
The photographs were taken on April 25th in Tremanskärr. As you can see, I'm continuing to practise the skill of a twig photographer.
(Posting title is from the song You Can't Hurry Love by The Supremes.)
I commuted by bicycle each day this week, and it was a pleasure, thanks to the dry weather, even though the temperature dropped to below 0 °C in the morning. Today I checked my weight, and it is at the lowest in 25 years, body mass index dropping to below 25, even though I'm eating quite a lot, feeling hungry almost all the time.
There is no end to hairy problems in need of solving at work, and somehow this photograph of twigs fits the mood.
(Posting title is from Gilgamesh: Tablet 1 by David Ferry.)
I traveled today to Seinäjoki by train, which was fine. I like trains, they are a pleasant way to go from one place to another, and they also allow working via WLAN network.
The photograph was taken in Vierumäki on May 8th.
(Posting title is from the poem Frequency Modulation by Raymond McDaniel.)
These photographs were taken in Nuuksio by lake Ruuhijärvi on February 21st. I walked for almost three hours, and enjoyed it greatly.
Last night the temperature dropped below 0 °C, but tomorrow seems to be a rather warm day, +5 °C. I'm planning to commute by bicycle, which helps to keep the weight down. On the other hand, I feel hungry rather often. Still, my weight is 13 kg less that it was in 2011.
(Posting title is "computer poetry" generated with Infinite Monkeys N-GRAM Algorithm.)
I commuted by bicycle yesterday, and it was a bumpy ride, because snow and snow slush had frozen. Also, I now have a somewhat longer route to work, as part of the way is now covered by skiing tracks and I have to circle around. But still, it was good to be riding the bicycle and not stuck in the traffic jam in a car (even though that sometimes allows the taking of photographs).
These photographs were taken in Meiko on January 26th, when I went for a walk with my daughter to lake Tränuhals and back. It was a cold day, and we didn't meet anyone while walking, even though some tracks of people were visible. Someone had even pulled a sled to Tränuhals and back.
(Posting title is from the poem Horses on the Grass by Grace Schulman.)
Please note that Mark Hobson has put together a rather impressive book: "Tangles, Thickets, and Twigs ~ Fields of Visual Energy".
This is how Mark discribes the book, and this is quite a sales pitch, in itself worth the price of the book: 'While each individual picture in the book is, IMO, worthy of consideration as stand alone "greatest hits", when viewed together, they positively sing - musically speaking, all the individual notes come together to create quite a pleasing symphony.'
Do you think I could resist?
Continuing the twig theme from yesterday...
Update: There is a new review of the Olympus XZ-1 at Digital Trends. A short one, with not much new, but there once again popped up the discussion on the lens - should one have it wide (as in 24 mm of the LX5) or bright (as in f/1.8..2.5 of the XZ-1). I prefer 24 mm. The difference between 28 mm of the XZ-1 and 24 mm of the LX5 seems small, but it is quite significant.
We had hard wind yesterday and today, and it dropped a lot of twigs and other stuff from the trees on the snow. So, you could say we are having a feast for a twig photographer (see also here).
I wrote a little bit about using the LX3 at Andreas' blog, regarding the use of manual focus. I didn't mean that one should try to focus on a subject through the LCD - I have done it a couple of times when the LX3 has been on a tripod, and it is not really a pleasure.
What I meant is to use the DOF range which is shown on the LCD to set up the desired range. This of course works well only if you use aperture priority. (And I don't use anything else on the LX3 except by mistake.)
For example, you may set the focus range from 2 meters to infinity - a good setting for general street photography. Or set it to 1...3 meters and take photographs of subjects in this range.
I have used this in night photography (with long exposures), and also with motion blur: set the desired focus range and take photographs of subjects while walking/skiing/in a car etc. As a bonus, there is no focus lag so the camera responds instantly.
Update: There is a fresh review of the Panasonic LX5 at aPHOTOzine, well made and containing several interesting practical observations on the use. (Found via 1001 Noisy Cameras.)
