#autumnlight

Autumn Light & Stormy Sky, 2025

Canon EOS M100, EF-M15-45mm f/3.5-6.3 IS STM

[EN] I was supposed to leave earlier, but the dogs broke through the gate again. I had to stop and patch up yet another gap they’d chewed out for themselves. Luckily, Olek helped me and brought them back.

And what now? It’s already dark, ladies and gentlemen. The days are short, and soon the clocks will change. I took the tripod with me. I once bought a very expensive carbon fiber tripod — back when I could afford it. Bought it, but rarely carry it. It weighs almost nothing, and yet… well. This time I did take it. And since I did, I took a few shots.

Funny how quickly the tone of a day can change. Just moments earlier I was running around the yard, fixing boards and patching holes made by the dogs — and then, suddenly, I was standing there in silence, camera on tripod, staring into the darkness. As if the world had finally stopped struggling. As if someone had hit “pause” for a moment.

The time is coming when I’ll have to make peace with bringing it along — if I want to keep up this habit of taking photos while out walking.

[PL] Miałem wyjść wcześniej, ale psy znowu sforsowały bramkę. Musiałem się zatrzymać i załatać kolejną szczelinę, którą sobie wygryzły. Na szczęście Olek pomógł mi i przyprowadził je z powrotem.

No i co? Ciemno już, panowie i panie. Dni krótkie, a zaraz zmiana czasu. Wziąłem ze sobą statyw. Kupiłem kiedyś bardzo drogi statyw z włókna węglowego, bo było mnie stać. Kupiłem ale rzadko noszę. On prawie nic nie waży, a mimo to… no właśnie. Tym razem jednak wziąłem. No i skoro już wziąłem, to zrobiłem te kilka zdjęć.

Zabawne, jak szybko potrafi się zmienić ton dnia. Jeszcze chwilę wcześniej biegałem po podwórku, mocując deski i łatając dziury po psach, a potem stałem już w ciszy, z aparatem na statywie, wpatrzony w ciemność. Jakby świat wreszcie przestał się szarpać. Jakby ktoś na chwilę wcisnął „pauzę”.

We waited and waited.

All of us. Didn't the shrink know that waiting was one of the things that drove people crazy? People waited all their lives. They waited to live, they waited to die. They waited in line to buy toilet paper. They waited in line for money. And if they didn't have any money they waited in longer lines. You waited to go to sleep and then you waited to awaken. You waited to get married and you waited to get divorced. You waited for it to rain, you waited for it to stop. You waited to eat and then you waited to eat again. You waited in a shrink's office with a bunch of psychos and you wondered if you were one.