Waiting for autumn

Autumn colors, originally uploaded by jiihaa.

Glass, originally uploaded by jiihaa.

There are more and more autumn colors. From further away, forests seem still green, but closer you see some of the leaves in autumn colors. More and more leaves are falling to the ground as well.

And there is less light. I'm starting to use f/2.0 again, and even then I'm resorting to longer shutter speeds, up to 1/4 second handheld. Soon it is time to either increase ISO or to start to use a mini-tripod once again. On the other hand, between 6 am and 6 pm there is still plenty of light available, so it is not so bad yet.

Colors and forms

Clouds, originally uploaded by jiihaa.

Forms, originally uploaded by jiihaa.

Clouds, originally uploaded by jiihaa.

During the last few days, I have had quite a lot of exercise in various forms, mostly outside. And the weather has been good, despite occasional light rain.

There has been some opporturnities for photography, but much less than usually. And I haven't been very eager either, my interesting in taking photographs is not so great now. But when the autumn leaf colors start really to appear, this will probably change quite a lot.

In any case, here are some photographs taken during the last two days. I'm interested in forms of various kinds, but colors are starting to be attracting again, although I'm still shooting regularly in b&w also.

Update: I have now over 5000 photographs stored at Flickr, much more than I initially was planning for. Despite some flaws, Flickr has worked well for my purposes. I hope Flickr continues to provide services for several years to come - too many web sites close up after a couple of years.

Best in black and white

Windows, originally uploaded by jiihaa.

View, originally uploaded by jiihaa.

Currently, I'm taking more photographs in black and white than in color. (Even though the autumn colors are a great temptation.) But b&w brings out the forms and relations much better, and I want to see these things. Here are two photographs from today, taken at the Luukki park.