It’s one of those strange sunny days which are not really sunny. You know, thin high cloud vailing the sun so the sky is milky blue, a total disaster for landscape photography. Lucky I’m not a landscape photographer… I did some sightseeing again and checked out Putkinotko, which used to be one of the local sights in Savonlinna. Now it’s more or less dilapidated and they’ve even removed the sign from the main road. Lucky I only came for the flowers… I didn’t find any interesting though, apart from the hedge bindweed (Calystegia sepium) which I remembered grew by the road from many years ago when I last was there. Back at the cabin, I tried my hand at wildlife photography. I had spotted a group of common lizards sunning on a rock pile so I mounted the camera+300mm on the tripod and slowly stalked closer so the lizards wouldn’t scurry away. Initially they did, but after a while when I sat still, they returned. I kept inching ever closer and the small reptiles tolerated me, even if they kept a watchful eye on me every time I moved. I had hoped that I could shoot some lizards on this holiday, so now I can check this one off my list!
