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First snow

Friday, February 3rd, 2012

Actually, this is the second snow. The first one was a couple of nights ago, a very thin layer, which disappeared quickly again. Didn’t “count” ;-)

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Early December

Friday, January 6th, 2012

Oops, better late than never – these were taken about 4 weeks ago.

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Misty

Monday, November 21st, 2011

Mist is just the best and easiest backdrop to work with ;-)

Hello again

Sunday, October 2nd, 2011

Contrary to what the facts may indicate, I haven’t given up on photography just yet ;-)

I also didn’t stop taking photos, I just couldn’t be bothered to pick out the best ones and edit and post them.

And I still can’t.

But… I’ve decided to make it easier to get photos posted here, as I really do want to keep photographing and try to get better at it.

I found that the one thing I’ve always got with me, even when running a 5 minute errand around the corner, is my phone. It’s not a dSLR, but it takes photos. It’s also a lot lighter and smaller than my D5000, and much less hassle to get out for a quick snap of someting.

Some people might call it lazy (and maybe it is!), but after taking a photo with it, I can apply a one-click filter that comes close to what I sometimes add with 20 minutes of curves fiddling in PhotoShop.

So, the plan is to get back to regular posting from now on, and I’m starting with some of the photos I took today on my bike ride in the hot summer sun. Yes it’s October, but the weather clearly forgot to check the calendar the last couple of days! :-)

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By the way, if you’re on Instagram, you can see all the photos there (I’m locusmeus) – I won’t post each and every one here on the blog.

Week 50: Magnolia

Saturday, April 16th, 2011

This one was taken in Ness Gardens last week Friday.

Week 49: Cherry blossom

Wednesday, April 13th, 2011

Four days late, I think I broke my own record there :-) My excuse: I was travelling, and taking lots of photos!
I’ll be posting more over the next couple of days, but this is my entry for last week, taken last Friday not very long before sunset.

Week 46: Blossom buds

Sunday, March 20th, 2011

I think it’s still early really, but some of the trees in my neighbourhood have already started blossoming. I’m not good at determining the name of the tree they’re on though, so I can’t tell whether they are cherry, apple, pear, or maybe even something completely different.

Most of the trees still look like this:

I know from last year though, that their flowers will be the white/light pink type with lots of petals per flower.

One that I didn’t photograph today (but did two years ago) is in near full bloom already, and then there’s one that’s got a lot of buds still, but also some flowers already:

If anyone can tell me which is which, I’d be grateful :-)

Week 42: Alder catkins

Saturday, February 19th, 2011

Noteworthy: the alder tree in Dutch, has the same name as I have.

Week 41: Tree

Wednesday, February 16th, 2011

This tree is full of brown leaves that should have fallen off last autumn. I guess it tried to skip the winter and succeeded, sort of…

Week 27: Path

Sunday, November 7th, 2010