
Ok, I admit it, it isn't February anymore, and neither is the photograph in this post taken during last month. Time passed so quickly and before I knew it, it was March. But winter still holds the pond in a quite firm grasp, although this winter has been a lot more gentle than the two previous ones. I suspect that when I return in the beginning of April, there will be no more ice on the water, and slowly life will emerge in the pond once again.
Keeping up with my pond study during the winter months proved to be harder than I imagined before I started. I don't feel that the images are good enough - what I want is to catch the mood, the feel about the place, something I only partly have achieved. But the place seems somewhat dead in the images, and I still feel that after the initial lucky shoot, I have only made bland copies. I guess I just have to do the work.
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Februar kom og gikk, og jeg rakk aldri å ta de bildene jeg hadde planlagt ved Drengsrudvanna. I går var jeg endelig på plass igjen - bedre sent enn aldri. Bildet over har fint solys over isen i en sen ettermiddagstime. Å få tatt bilder til Drengsrudvann-priosjektet mitt i vinter ble vanskeligere enn jeg hadde trodd. Jeg synes ikke at bildene mine har nok liv i seg, og jeg føler ikke at de formidler noe særlig utover det åpenbare. Antagelig er det bare en ting å gjøre: Fortsette å jobbe med motivene, kanskje utvide prosjektet til et år til? Tjernet er jo der, og jeg har ingen andre begrensninger på dette enn de jeg gir meg selv.
Focal width 28mm, ISO 200, aperture f/18 and shutter speed 1/50