"I do"

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As a friend of mine says - "sometimes life gets in the way of photography". But I hope to find more time for my favorite hobby in the weeks to come. Todays post is an image I shot with my smartphone last summer. The bridal party has just left, and there was just something about this scene that caught my attention.

B&W Ferns

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Here is an example of the B&W shots I have been working on lately. It is a shot from last summer, and yes - some ferns again. I have worked a little with contrast, light and shadows to bring out the budding ferns from the moss surrounding them. 

Don't move

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I bet most of the images you have seen of waterfalls, or any running water for that matter, will have been taken with a long exposure time to blur the movement of the water. Even I have presented a few such images. But if you go the opposite way and chose a short exposure time you may catch fascinating details. 

Waterfall from above

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As I pointed out a couple of posts back, this winter has been quite mild and we have had a lot of rain. The temperature started to drop below 0ºC less than a week ago, but streams that would normally would be frozen at this time of year still carry a lot of water which makes shots like this possible. I have chosen to keep it dark to make it a bit surreal.

Not a White Christmas

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A year ago we had a lot of snow, and we had a few days with could and clear weather with nice and colorful sunsets. This year we have hardly had any snow, and it certainly was no white Christmas. The weather has been mild and grey, and we have had a lot of rain. Even if this is not a typical winter scene from my neck of the woods, it illustrates the kind of winter we have had so far.