I went to the Autumnal Equinox, the autumn festival thing along Akerselva! I went to the top, where a dam is by bus and walked down! It was like the word equinox half good and half bad; later more about that!
As I said, I went up the river by bus. I actually had intended to meet some random people, from the couch-surfing network, but the busses were so full and I could not get onto the first one and the second one was super slow. It was one of the a**h***-bus drivers who is annoyed at so many people and although the bus is super full is putting the heating on maximum, that everybody is nice and sweaty afterwards.
Anyways, when I arrived at the meeting point I didn't even look for the people, since they had been gone already for more that half an hour. I knew that there were also people from my office going there, but since, literally, thousands of people were walking along the Akerselva, it would have been impossible to find them.
So I walked alone, which was nice somehow; I could take as much time at every station as I wanted and take as many pictures as I wanted! I could try a lot of settings and could play around with the camera!
I was taking all pictures without flash, which meant, that I had to stand extremely still or use my tripod! This was the first time I really needed it! It was good to have and I am happy with it.
I walked along the river and over the path, which was lid my torches and took a lot of pictures. When I came down to the first of many waterfalls I wanted to use my tripod's special function; it is soft and had a modules, so you can put it onto a rail or something.
I did that before and wanted to do it also today again. Somehow I have to have been too eager or something; suddenly it made "plop" and from one of the legs of the tripod the last two modules come off. The problem was, that this was at a rail... the part I "plopped"-off fell down and is now lying below a waterfall on a rock. I know where it is, but it was dark and I didn't know if I should or could go down there! I will go tomorrow there again and see in daylight what I can do!
I was super mad and close to just going home, but I calmed down and went on on the path. I am happy, that I didn't go home, since I passed so many nice things on the way!
In the beginning, I walked slow, stopped at everything and anything, but the longer it went, the fewer I stopped! There were everywhere bands playing, choirs singing or artists showing whatever they were good at!
It was a long long way to walk and it took me over three hours to come back home!
Especially in the end, when it started raining... well pouring, I went fast! I tried to keep my camera dry and just got it out if I saw something special. I was far away from home still, but I didn't know how far! I was soaked, I didn't know where I was, the only landmark I had was the river!
I was walking and walking and didn't recognize a thing! Just about the time, when the water started coming into my shoes from above I saw a building I knew! I knew I wasnt far anymore. 
The problem was, that I didn't wanted to leave the path, because it was so nice; but the last part was the tightest and the people moved slowly. I passed a couple of people by crossing a bridge, walking on the less crowded side of the river and then turning back onto the crowded side!
Anyways, I made it home, dried myself and changed! It was really nice, I am happy that I did it! As I said, it was half nice half not so nice! The first half was good weather, then it started raining; I lost the foot of my tripod, but I took a lot of nice pictures; I was lost, but I am safely home! All in all I have to say it was super nice!
~M~
PS: All pictures are taken without flash, with long exposure times and high ISO!
As I said, I went up the river by bus. I actually had intended to meet some random people, from the couch-surfing network, but the busses were so full and I could not get onto the first one and the second one was super slow. It was one of the a**h***-bus drivers who is annoyed at so many people and although the bus is super full is putting the heating on maximum, that everybody is nice and sweaty afterwards.
Anyways, when I arrived at the meeting point I didn't even look for the people, since they had been gone already for more that half an hour. I knew that there were also people from my office going there, but since, literally, thousands of people were walking along the Akerselva, it would have been impossible to find them.
So I walked alone, which was nice somehow; I could take as much time at every station as I wanted and take as many pictures as I wanted! I could try a lot of settings and could play around with the camera!
I was taking all pictures without flash, which meant, that I had to stand extremely still or use my tripod! This was the first time I really needed it! It was good to have and I am happy with it.I walked along the river and over the path, which was lid my torches and took a lot of pictures. When I came down to the first of many waterfalls I wanted to use my tripod's special function; it is soft and had a modules, so you can put it onto a rail or something.
I did that before and wanted to do it also today again. Somehow I have to have been too eager or something; suddenly it made "plop" and from one of the legs of the tripod the last two modules come off. The problem was, that this was at a rail... the part I "plopped"-off fell down and is now lying below a waterfall on a rock. I know where it is, but it was dark and I didn't know if I should or could go down there! I will go tomorrow there again and see in daylight what I can do!
I was super mad and close to just going home, but I calmed down and went on on the path. I am happy, that I didn't go home, since I passed so many nice things on the way!
In the beginning, I walked slow, stopped at everything and anything, but the longer it went, the fewer I stopped! There were everywhere bands playing, choirs singing or artists showing whatever they were good at!
It was a long long way to walk and it took me over three hours to come back home!
Especially in the end, when it started raining... well pouring, I went fast! I tried to keep my camera dry and just got it out if I saw something special. I was far away from home still, but I didn't know how far! I was soaked, I didn't know where I was, the only landmark I had was the river!
I was walking and walking and didn't recognize a thing! Just about the time, when the water started coming into my shoes from above I saw a building I knew! I knew I wasnt far anymore. 
The problem was, that I didn't wanted to leave the path, because it was so nice; but the last part was the tightest and the people moved slowly. I passed a couple of people by crossing a bridge, walking on the less crowded side of the river and then turning back onto the crowded side!
Anyways, I made it home, dried myself and changed! It was really nice, I am happy that I did it! As I said, it was half nice half not so nice! The first half was good weather, then it started raining; I lost the foot of my tripod, but I took a lot of nice pictures; I was lost, but I am safely home! All in all I have to say it was super nice!~M~
PS: All pictures are taken without flash, with long exposure times and high ISO!
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