This morning I went to the Luukki forest for a walk, hoping that the snow would carry a person walking. But the snow wasn't dense enough to carry a person, except in places where wet snow had fallen from trees, or when there were tracks from skis or snowshoes. I tested this by trying a shortcut through unbroken snow, and it was really heavy going, snow depth was 70 cm or so and at almost each step I was knee-deep in snow.
But it was sunny, temperature was about -11 °C, and I enjoyed the walk a lot. Later today I went for another walk in Nuuksio, but that is another story (or posting).
(Posting title is from the poem Cold Blooded Creatures by Elinor Wylie.)
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You have many wonderful images of the snow/trees/water. I am wondering if you have tried these in monochrome. I am reminded of the Vermont photographer, Fred Picker, who printed similar images in B&W. I think the B&W composition should emphasize the form and text in the images, which are their strongest elements.
John, thanks for the hint about Fred Picker, he seems to have been quite a dedicated b&w specialist. Some books of his seem to be available at least in second-hand versions, but many seem to be technical guides, which is not my primary interest.
B&w does interest me, but not so much with my own photographs, it is more that I enjoy looking at the work of the masters like Ansel Adams, Pentti Sammallahti etc.
During winter I'm craving color in my photographs, and even a little bit of color helps. This winter has been the darkest in 50 years here in Finland (least amount of sunshine), so the craving for color has been great.
I made in 2010 a photo book titled "Summer in black and white squared", and this taught me how hard b&w work is. Also, this was during summer when I didn't have such a craving for color in my photographs.
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