Nature – Ritva Sillanmäki Photography

From Nature

Midsummer celebrations are over and we are now officially losing light, but not to worry there is still plenty of it. Today I went to near grove woods and lakeside in Vols to take some photos of the beautiful greens we are surrounded with this time of the year.

Summer light

Nature’s pearl

Past few days we have had several rainy days and that has let me to a droplet chase. I am rather pleased with few. You will be seeing them in my coming posts. The green is so powerful and healing. The droplets are nature’s pearls. I added also the B&W versions too. This minimalist style also works in rather well in B&W photos, in my humble opinion 🙂

Droplets

Leopards pane and droplets

Leaf

Apple tree in bloom

The apple tree flowers together with cherry tree flowers together make a lovely pair.

Cherry Blossom~I

The cherry trees are in full bloom, the pink cherry flowers are so beautiful. I truly enjoyed photographing them.

Softness

Fern II ~ Color or BW ?

This is an other take on the take on the Color versus BW. I thing the nuances are very small between the two posts very similar. Any opinions about this?

Fern ~ BW or color?

Dandelion & forget-me-nots

these weeds brighten the nature as does forget-me-nots

Blue moon of May

The past weekend was beautiful, warm and sunny skies. Loved it. I also loved the moon that lit up the field behind our summer place, it was so bright and shine.

green field

I will once again start documenting the seasons with this view.

Spring 2019 – Wood sorrel 2

An other color and BW combo of wood sorrel. Which one works better?

Spring 2019 – Wood sorrel 1

I love this moment of the year, the nature is waking up ( me too, by the way 🙂 ) and all the small details and greenery plus the the light. Yes!! I am over the moon, once again I survived the dark winter.

Here are some wood sorrel that raised its head at my summer house.

San Augustin

One more day at Gran Canary islands

The Grotto is perhaps the most enchanting of all the rock formations in this part of Australia along the Great Ocean Road . Part-blowhole, part-archway, part-cave, it offers a peaceful place to enjoy the sea views and soak in the wonderful things nature is capable of.

Standing about halfway up the cliff from the sea level, the geological formation is reachable via a decked staircase that leads down from the viewing platform at the top. You can either view the wonder from above, or head down and explore it at eye-level.

Inside, the Grotto is filled with smooth boulders and serene rock pools that have been carved out of the limestone. For the best view, look into the Grotto from the lower viewing platform, where you can see the horizon, the pools, and the jutting rock formations in one go.