Did my weekly walk again to take a look at the flowers. The daphne in my favourite daphne spot have just started to bloom so I approached them with the macro lens and extension tube. I’m pretty happy with the daphne pictures I took last year so the only new thing I could think of was to get closer to them. Too bad it’s not possible to capture the scent of the flowers… just amazing!

In the afternoon I drove to Svansjöbäcken. I discovered relatively late last year and fell in love with the place right away so I was really looking forward to seeing it again. The light was just about the worst possible, there was a thin cover of clouds that had moved in so there were too many highlights in the water for intimate landscapes but the light was too diffused for any wideangle pictures. So initially I was just walking along and then stopped for a cup of coffee and wondered if I’d find anything at all. I wouldn’t call it a wasted trip because it was so nice to be there, but it’s always a little bit disappointing to come back without pictures. Then I found a couple of spots right when a thicker cloud moved in and suddenly I had my opportunities. Well, two of them to be exact, but it felt like plenty!

I have never followed the brook all the way down to the Voxnan river so I remedied that today. The brook itself is not very interesting at that point because it’s not even a brook anyway, it just flows into this small lake slash marsh before joining the river. But there’s a nice little ridge with sparse pine forest, very pleasant to walk through. And I found a couple of new spots, but they need the right light. Early morning or late evening would be a better time for a trip to Svansjöbäcken than afternoon like I did today. Or an overcast day, that would definitely work. I have all summer… I’ll be back!