Today was another cold but sunny spring day. It was also windy, so we went for a walk to lake Myllyjärvi. The area is forested and hilly, so the wind doesn't have much effect there. I should note that there are several lakes with the same name here nearby, this one is located close to lake Bodom, which is a big one.
There was still some ice remaining in the shadowed rocky hillside, making complex melting patterns. I have several times tried to make images of the ice formations, will little luck so far. I'm not sure what is the problem, perhaps I just don't have the aptitude to see this place in the right way.
In the forests along the path to lake Myllyjärvi the first blue anemones (Hepatica nobilis) were flowering. The blue color has proven a bit difficult to capture right, and this time there wasn't much time to try to take photographs as the children were eager to go to the lake.
At lake Myllyjärvi it was sunny, and ice still covered most of the lake, although near the sun-warmed shore there was a bit of open water. While we were there a couple arrived and went to the pier, where they started to cut a hole in the ice with an axe. Apparently they wanted to go swimming into the icy water. It makes me shudder even to think of this.
While returning from the lake, the strong sunlight generated patterns in the thick forest. It isn't easy to get the exposure right, and you need to think a bit of what you want to show: shadow or light. But I think some of these photographs succeeded well.
During the last week I have taken a lot of photographs, between 100 and 450 per day. The spring inspires. And the best time is just starting.
Come to think of this, lake Myllyjärvi (or any other of the nearby lakes) would make a nice subject for a SoFoBoMo project. Out of the 400+ photographs I took today about 40 were worth saving. But you need more than images to make a book.
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