Treasure Pond

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Treasure PondJuha Haataja


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A SoFoBoMo 2011 photo bookmade by Juha Haataja


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Treasure Pond

Juha Haataja


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look, and see nothingask, and nobody knows

the pond has no eyes

and growsyou who have eyes

do you grow?

arrive at the pondmeet a dragonfly

like an old friend

thirsttogether with pine, birch

arrive, never leavinglook aroundseek the heart

of the pondof you


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Arriving


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hidingin plain sightnever awayalways to be found

hard to see

red elderberry,pine, birch, fir, willowmaple (set to fire with the first night frost)

adult eyesasleep, not seeingswim against the flow

water reflectingfindingall of it is in the searching


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Forest


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Inflow


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Sapling


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Walk


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Dry


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no water for weekssun like a firewilting in the heateven a pine shrivels

thirstingwind rests in barren treetopswaiting for clouds

burning in the rushesyellow iris and cattail

seeds taking to airlike smoking embers

still, enduring

library of thousand bookson the shelves of the pond


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Flowers and seeds


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Fire


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Dusty water


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Rain


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in the treesleaves are nestingready for the rain to come

dropdrop dropdrop

drop dropthirst no more

song remains in the windbranch, bending

steps of the rainare they different from yours?


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Fireweed


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Wet


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Eaten


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Downpour


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Cattail


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Surface


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Flowers


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fields, covered insnow of the flowers

is thiswhere all that is

comes from

more colorsthan a camera can capturea feast for young eyes

who can know flowers?the windthe bugs

can a camera see more?than the eyethan the heart


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Flower field


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Pioneer species


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Twist


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Blue


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Poisonberry


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Four winds


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Threesome


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Water


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pondshape like a curled willow leafsilent sorrows

drowning reflections

bright colors of the flowersand the black water

isnt that enoughfor any destination?


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Reflect


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Close


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Nettle


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Yellow iris


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Forest side


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Damselflies


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damselflies, awkward in flightclimbing upthe lashes of the reedswhen they fall down

endurancein such abundancegracefulin their clumsy ways


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Lestes sponsa


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Lestes sponsa


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Lestes sponsa


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Lestes sponsa


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Coenagrion hastulatum


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Coenagrion hastulatum


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Lestes sponsa


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Dragonfly


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like a grand friendreturning, changedknowing anew

what once was

in a strange waywill be again


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Aeshna grandis


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Aeshna grandis


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butterflies

k bl hidi


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unremarkable, hiding and also flaunting their colorstheir secret is hiddenit is life itself

blind, deafhumans pass bybeware, the price in blood

butterflies light as feathersslow snails, never speedingno need for advertisementbeing as they are


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Snail


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Aphantopus hyperantus


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Flies


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Thymelicus lineola


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Price in blood


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around

look at the white, white sparks


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in the field of flowersand behind

red elderberryand behind

alder, scorched, suckling waterand behind

birch sapling, knee-high, seeking the skyand behind

wild calla, heart of the wet

a way of being silentof not hurting itself

when the old are eatenthere will be new leaves


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White sparks


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Red elderberry


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Alder


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Birch


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fog of speechhides the landscape


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remember the pondalways at restnever swim against the flow

if human beings would be human beingslike a pond is a pondthey might be worth a look


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Ditch


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Bending


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Birch forest


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Flow


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Into a lake

Afterword


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A walking distance from where I live is a man-made pond full ofsurprises. There is a lot to explore, and a lot to observe, as life goes on

developing, from first steps towards something like a mature ecosystem.It is also a place where on a lucky day you can learn something ofwhat you are as an individual.

SoFoBoMo is a group event where photographers all around the worldmake solo photo books in PDF form, in 31 days, start to finish, and youneed to have at least 35 photographs in the book.

The photographs in this book were taken during July 10th and 12th,2011, and the typesetting was done on July 12th. Some proofreading andcorrections were made the next day, as well as completing the intro textsfor each chapter. And deleting a dozen pages; that was needed as well.

I have used the square format (1:1 aspect ratio) for the photographs. Allphotographs were taken with the Panasonic LX3, and the photographsare straight jpeg files from the camera. The only exception was themosquito photograph. I didnt correct the exposure while taking it, andso I had to fix it later.

Thanks to fellow photo bloggers: for inspiring, for teaching.

I wish you happy moments with this little book!

Juha HaatajaJuly 13th 2011Vantaa, Finlandhttp://lightscrape.blogspot.com/
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This is a SoFoBoMo 2011 photo bookmade by Juha Haataja. All images

were taken by the author usinga Panasonic LX3 camera between July

10th and 12th, 2011.

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