Yield to a direction of significance

Reeds 1

Reeds 2

Reeds 3

Reeds 4

Reeds 5

On March 23rd I went for a walk with my daughter to Oittaa, south of lake Bodom. There were reeds by the shore.

I commuted by bicycle today. Some muscles, especially in the arms, were rather sore due to the things I did during the weekend. Probably changing summer tires to the car was the reason. If one would do it regularly the muscles would be used to it, but twice a year is not quite enough to keep in shape for that kind of work.

(Posting title is from the poem Corsons Inlet by A. R. Ammons.)

Autumn in black and white

Reed, originally uploaded by jiihaa.

Fallen, originally uploaded by jiihaa.

I have taken mostly color photographs lately, but every so often I take some in black and white. I have looked at b&w photographs quite a lot, re-reading my photography books. There is so much to learn that sometimes it seems impossible to even start taking photographs.

Here are two photographs from today, when we went for a walk in to the Tremanskärr marsh and the Kurkijärvi lake. Nights are getting cold now, quite often below 0 °C, and thus autumn proceeds rapidly. But at daytime the temperature still gets between 5-10 °C, so it is not so cold yet. First snow, yet to come here in the capital region of Finland. (But in north Finland they are already cross-country skiing.)

Another thematic series: ice and reeds

Still life on ice, originally uploaded by jiihaa.

On the edge, originally uploaded by jiihaa.

Melting ice, originally uploaded by jiihaa.

Two pairs, originally uploaded by jiihaa.

Looking at the images from today, I realized another possible theme for a photobook: ice and reeds. It seems that - thanks to SoFoBoMo '09 - I'm seeing themes everywhere. Of course, this theme wouldn't work in SoFoBoMo '09, at least here in southern Finland, because all ice should have melted before first of May. A yearly disappearing act...