steeple and flying bird © Lilly Schwartz

On Wednesday I had a last driving lesson before my 4 hour drive on roads connecting smaller cities and villages. It gave me a reason to go out during the day and I wandered around after I had finished driving around town. On the way to the supermarket I took some pictures with my telephoto lens and had to notice that it was already getting too dark for it. I had to make a considerable effort to hold the camera steady after not having used that lens in a while. In the dark it’s not much use so with these gloomy days and dark nights I have been relying on my 18-55mm lens. Although I’m not very happy with the results from this venture, because I had too many shaky pictures, I’m quite glad that I decided to look up. Finally I found a perspective for the steeple of the nearby church which wasn’t entirely boring. Without the bird it would be only half as interesting though. Postcard church views or beach sunsets are just so incredibly boring if you don’t give them some additional twist.