The flower photography season is now open – even if these are just buds! But I just couldn’t wait any longer, the snow is dirty and weather is boring but the spring crocus buds are absolutely beautiful. Every day when I come home from work, I pause by the flowers and just look at them, marvelling at how they grow even when it’s a cold day.

This is just about the first time I’m using the Sigma 150mm f2.8 for its intended purpose – macros. Can’t complain! I also found it to be an absolute joy to be working with a shallow DOF again.

I planted the bulbs in organised rows, which might not have been the best of ideas. But now that the flowers are starting to grow, I can see that they are spreading out, and the lines can effectively be used for creating OOF foreground.

I also saw some wild flowers today – coltsfoot! Last year I found the first hepatica blooming on this date, but now I can’t find a trace of them yet. I’ll settle for the crocuses then and keep my fingers crossed for the snowdrops. I can see some leaves already.

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I drove to Gävle yesterday to buy motorbike clothes. So now I’m all set up – the only thing I need is a dry road! It will take a while though, because the weather seems to be cooling now and SMHI is forecasting snowfall.