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frosty walk

I should have learned by now to never leave a “real” camera home even if I’m just going for a short walk having a cold in the cold. It was a stunning, frosty day; made to be captured in a few shots and I couldn’t resist taking a few snap shots with my phone camera. The result was fairly OK – the colour balance has a lot left (despite my desperate attempts to tweak it and later on adjust it) and the clarity is so-so, but works if you don’t intend to do more than looking on them in a smaller size on a screen. I’m happy I tried and thus can share a few glimpses of my stunning winter walk. I will get myself a pair of smartphone friendly gloves – my fingers took a pretty bad hit by snapping these.

I love winter

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I love winter and snow. I’ll never grow up in that sense. I’m still a kid who makes a happy dance inside when the first snow falls. The snow that brings sparkles to the dark evenings. Snowy winters are peace, serenity and beauty. I love long, brisk walks in a snowy landscape, breathing cold, crisp air, feeling how the chill nips the cheeks. I love coming indoors after being out in the cold a whole day and cozy up in the sofa with a cup of tea, candle light and home made bread with a good hard cheese. I love the first snow fall of the season – the one that often melts away as it falls and the anticipation of Christmas and the New Year. I love going on photo excursions during the winter season – since most people are indoors I have an
undisturbed access to the world – just me, my camera and my thoughts.

I captured these in Uppsala when I happened to be home the two weeks the past winter when there actually was cold and snowy. I was very grateful for that.