Finding Beauty in Small Steps

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Being sick for weeks isn’t exactly the most exciting chapter in anyone’s life. But the previous weekend, the weather was calling, and I couldn’t resist the urge to step outside, even though my body wasn’t fully on board with the idea.

Armed with my camera and a heavy dose of determination, I went for a walk. It wasn’t a grand trek—more like a shuffle with frequent pit stops every 500 meters. But in those small, slow steps, I found moments of beauty that made it all worthwhile.

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Fungi clinging to tree trunks, vibrant leaves scattered like nature’s confetti, and even a lone berry clinging to life on a thorny branch—it all felt like a reminder to notice the small things, even when you’re not at your best.

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Sure, I wasn’t running a marathon (I was barely walking one mile), but I came home with a memory card full of stunning photos and a little more gratitude for the healing process.

Sometimes, it’s okay to go slow. You might still surprise yourself with what you find.

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Captured with: Canon R5 & Canon EF 100 f2.8 L Macro lens Edited using: Lightroom Mobile & Skylum Luminar AI
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Yay for slow walks in nature, and gorgeous photos from the adventure! You really did capture some glorious shots, @borniet! A fea days ago I had to move many thousands of photos from my phone to my computer (*or one installation of Arch Linux *), because I ran out of room in internal storage...lol! So many photos! Now I can take a few thousand more! Yahooey! 😁 🙏 💚 ✨ 🤙

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Yay for talking more photo’s!!!! :-D !LOLZ
Thanks! Yeah, although the walk itself was a complete disaster, I did enjoy the act of photographing, and the photographs themselves afterwards :-)
Got plenty more coming in the next weeks btw ;-)
And yup, storage is always an issue with photography, I’m at about 100Tb now I believe, everything combined :-D
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Exactly, I heartily agree! Of course, you're ever so welcome! Photography makes everything better, especially when you get some killer shots! Awesomeness, I very much look forward to seeing them! Haha...yep, it sure is, and it's wild how quickly it disappears! 100TB?!? Holy moly, the hard drives with my Arch installations are only 1TB! 😁🙏💚✨🤙

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Well, over 20 yrs of professionally photographing does add up of course :-) I have a closet full of harddrives of 1-5Tb each :-D
Pretty insane, I know…

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Well, you've definitely got some time on me! I've only been so deeply into photography for around 3 years, since it was Hive that got me into it...lol! Wowzers! Given how quickly I've accumulated photos, I can certainly see how you would have so many, and I've never done it professionally! Wild to the max indeed! 😁 🙏 💚 ✨ 🤙

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!INDEED :-) And actually, 20yrs of pro-photography, it started as a hobby when I was about 7yrs old :-D But back then it was still film of course…

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Oh lordy, I'm a baby in photographic terms then! I do remember taking photos with film camera, and taking the photo rolls to be developed. My how things have changed! 😁 🙏 💚 ✨ 🤙

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IT definitely has changed a lot, from full manual film cameras to the current “you don’t even have to point correctly to shoot” fully automatic camera’s :-D lol
Still enjoy all parts of it, and still have all my darkroom equipment!

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Oh my goodness yes! I don't actually want a camera that does everything for me, as that takes all skill out of what should be an art!

That's excellent! That's one thing that I've never done, develop my own film, though I do remember watching my dad do it, which was pretty cool, as it seemed like magic! 😁 🙏 💚 ✨ 🤙

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Yup! It’s a kind of magic ;-) And hard to replicate digitally, slowly seeing the image appear on the paper in the developing fluid. Loved it, and learned it from my mom and dad !INDEED !
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Yeah, physical film and digital photographs are two totally different worlds! That's super cool that you learned it from your parents! I should have learned when I had the chance! Oh well, I work with what I have now! 😁 🙏 💚 ✨ 🤙

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Well, learned the basics and the passion from the parents, learned the rest in school :-) And still very glad for both of those!
Yup, quite a difference between the two, and yet, no difference at all if you look at it…

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That's a great way to go about learning and developing in photography, passion and basics from your parents, and various techniques and specifics from school training!

Haha...well, yes, that's true too, it's the same thing, just in a different medium! 😁 🙏 💚 ✨ 🤙

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Beautiful photos, I also have several posts on my profile with the theme of natural detail. It's a very interesting and rewarding topic

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It sure is a great topic for photograph! Thanks for your nice comment! Will take a look at your profile as well ;-)
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That determination comes with a lot of benefits. You did awesome for going out with that camera, and shots beautiful photos.

lt's great you are doing okay, take good care of yourself, greetings

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"Slow and steady wins the race", so the saying goes. You took the bold step to answer nature's call by taking the walk, even though it was for a short distance, and you came home rejuvenated, fulfilled and grateful. Nothing beats the healing power of nature. And the pictures are indeed a beautiful collection.
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Thank you very much for your kind words! Yes indeed, nothing beats the healing power of nature ;-)
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It was a pleasure reading your post and I enjoyed it.
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Wow
These are amazing photos.
They are so beautiful, especially the lone berry photo.
Nice one dear.

Wishing you speedy recovery.

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Thank you very much! Appreciated!
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And yes, gradually getting better again now!
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You are welcome dear 😊

Do enjoy your day.

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