A motherload of motifs!

There's not going to be much philosophy going on in this post, since I've been pretty preoccupied lately. Just some nice photos for you to look at :) 

I had been feeling sick for a few days, but when Sondre and Magnus asked me to come along on a short trip out to where Magnus' family has a cabin, I couldn't refuse :) and I found a lot of nice things to photograph.. this tiny flower for instance. 

After a bit of climbing and rummaging around in bushes I found this old tree :) and standing knee deep in tick-infested underbrush was definitely worth it x)

Forcing a New View

After months of pneumonias and colds, and moving etc, I've finally started to feel a little better and I've even been out a couple of times with my camera. However, after I got a wide angle lens for xmas I've been thinking about how I usually only go around looking for the same kind of views and motifs whenever I go out. So with a couple of new lenses I decided to try to force myself to start looking for new things. By limiting myself to only one lens each time I go out, I have to force myself to look at the world from a new perspective. I've gotten so used to the macro-oriented style that it can feel a little uninspiring. So the first time I went out, I decided to only use my wide angle lens, and this was one of the results:

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There are more photos from that trip, but I haven't gotten around to editing them yet.

I liked the way this made me think and made me search for new views, so I did it again only this time with my telezoom. I was extremely lucky with the light too.. there was a very, very thin mist hanging over the entire landscape, and if not for the bright sunlight it would have been easy to miss.

These are some of the results:

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The last set of photos can also be viewed here: Google + Album: A New View :)

So in conclusion: experimentation is important, and above all else; fun.