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Edition #237 January 1, 2015
Here Comes the Rain
Photographer: Miško Kranjec
Photo by Miško Kranjec
Here Comes the Rain
Long, long time
ago, when I was still aspiring to become the photographer, the late editor of
the Modern Photography magazine Herbert Kepler wrote approximately this in his
editorial: If you want to get the different photos, take the camera and go out
when it rains. The people behave differently, they dress differently, the scene
is different, and the light is different.
These words came to my mind next to the last Saturday in July when the weather
alarm on the radio announced the heavy thunderstorm with the heavy rain and the
gale winds, even with possible hail, is fast approaching Ljubljana. The western
sky was already black, the monumental thunderstorm clouds were rising menacingly
into the sky, and from a distance the threatening thunder could be heard. I
quickly dressed for what was coming, grabbed both cameras and 15 minutes later I
was standing on the platform 5-6, where the international trains call. The
platform was quite full of passengers, foremost the young ones with the enormous
rucksacks and sleeping bags attached to them - modern day tourists discovering
Europe by train. Mostly they were waiting for IC211, the eastbound Sava Express,
which would take them to Zagreb, Croatia, where they will board the trains to
the Dalmatian coast, or the train to Greece or Turkey, while some were waiting
for its westbound twin, IC210, for the trip to Munich, and from there most
probably back home - who knows where in Europe. Normally these trains call at
Ljubljana 30 minutes apart, but that day both were late - IC211 around 50
minutes, and IC210 around 15 minutes, meaning that they could meet here at the
station.
When I arrived at the station, the weather was still calm and warm, but 15
minutes later the sudden gust changed the scene completely. Dust and debris were
flaying all around, joined by the big tin plate, part of the advertisement panel
surrounding one of the platform pillars, and then the big, heavy raindrops began
to fall. The strong wind was carrying them almost horizontally and almost
instantly half of the platform was wet. People tried to protect themselves from
cold and rain by squeezing together into a heap, finding the meager shelter
behind the pillars, or much cozier one in the underground corridor. However,
their misery didn't last too long as both expresses arrived shortly in quick
succession and saved them, while the newly arrived passengers hastily took their
places. Fortunately, the storm soon calmed down, the the stormy clouds sailed to
the east, the platform was empty, and only the big puddles on tarmac reminded of
what happened in the past hour
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