Rain dance

Look at those children, they just love the rain. I do too, the rain really sucks out the most beautiful colours from everyday things that usually get unnoticed. Not that the children would have passed unnoticed, but you know what I mean. This was at midsummer eve, a day many Swedes by tradition get out to dance around the midsummer pole, a tall wooden cross that has been dressed in foliage and flowers. While most, including myself most of the time, watched and photographed the scene of the day, these children played around in the background, having a great time. It was not raining any more, but they really loved those umbrellas. Who wouldn’t? I loved getting this photo. Manual focusing running children with a Lensbaby lens at f/4 was not the very easiest task. I was lucky.

Exif:

June 19, 2009
1/1600 s
f/4
ISO 100
Leica Digilux 3 + Lensbaby Composer 50 mm (35 mm eqv: 100 mm)