Category: Nature
A WORD A WEEK CHALLENGE – Silhouette
I have thousands of pictures like most of us, but it was kind of hard to find silhouettes from them. And if I was smart I would only post one, but as I did find few – I am going to share more that a few ( I know its three) So I’ll have few titles – people, boats, trees
Trees at the top, Ships and boats below
Silhouettes with people in them
MORE silhouettes at: A WORD A WEEK CHALLENGE – Silhouette
Sunday Stills, the next challenge: Landscapes
These photos are showcasing Finland – southern Finland to be precise – Kirkkonummi and Nastola. Lakes and woods, and sea!
That what is close to me, fields. Enjoy!
more at: Sunday Stills, the next challenge: Landscapes
Sunday Stills, the next challenge: Birds and Travel theme: Birds Birds
these two on the top are taken in In a bird sanctuary. These below are taken in BC Canada.
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These were spotted in Kirkkonummi Finland
the last picture is from San Diego Zoo
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More birds at:
Sunday Stills, the next challenge: Birds and
Travel theme: Birds
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Saturated
Sunday Stills – Creepy Things
This was hard, I do not often photograph creepy things,
The first is a bird skull found at our summer-house, a bird somehow gotten into our roof and died trying to get out – creepy..
A small mouse or some other rodent , well creepy?… aah!
But as a women I have to say I do not find them delightful 🙂 I nearly stepped on this when working in the field, cute here, but when in the house
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Shunday Stills, the next Challenge: Creepy Things
Black & White Challenge: Animals = Monkeys
More to be found at : Cee’s Black & White Challenge: Animals
September afternoon in Linlo island, Kirkkonummi
First it looks very grey, but we enjoy few moments of sunshine in this beautiful island.
This post is linked to
Travel Photo Mondays #13 and ein stück himmel # 90
Sunday Stills, the next challenge: Boats
I love the sea, boats, sailboats…here are few I’ve photographed.
First four are from Sri Lanka, Negombo,
This Sailboat was in Hope Springs in Canada (below)
These last three ones are from Thailand
Sunday Stills, the next challenge: Boats
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Takana/ Behind
What can I say, these are close – ups of something behind. I took the challenge literally… the fly agaric is behind grass
one of the pine cones is behind the others,,, why am I explaining these?
this table setting is behind the window…yes I know this is not a close-up..I could do with a glass of wine…
This post is linked to; Makrohaaste 113
Cats in the nature
the wonderful colors of autumn
Heinola bird garden
Heinola bird garden was established in 1963. Heinola Town Supervisor, Anthony Bosley donated a variety of parrots to the city, and the bird nursery started. Over the years the business has expanded. Bird nursery’s mission is to take care of injured wild birds and return them to back to the nature after recovery. About 300 birds have been treated so far, but the number of lives all the time. The annual number of treated birds is approximately 200 – 250 individuals, of which about 30-40% can be returned back to the wild.
The main causes of injuries are, traffic, power lines and various types of large glass surfaces. These birds that wont survive in the wild, but are able to live independently at the shelter, remain in the nursery. . Many species, such as owls are difficult to spot in the wild
Here are few pictures I was able to take there,,,
Autumn colors
I took these photos during the weekend…beautiful colors. There was so much leaves falling down the trees, autumn is here for sure.
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Cee’s Which Way Challenge: Green path
This week I’m displaying Which Ways – where there is a lot of grass in the photo. Whether the grass is the actual path or surrounds the path. Here is my green path road. 
more at :
Cee’s Which Way Challenge: No. 8
Black and white – Trees
Colors – Red and Green
The topic was color, my first thought was flowers so colorful and vibrant, Instead I chose buildings with color…but they are not macro,so no they are out, these are kind of macro photos of apples and berries
Linked to MakroTex: Makrohaaste 112
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Sunday Stills: Watershots
These water shots are from Kumian mylly , in Nastola.
More at:
Sunday Stills, the next challenge: Watershots
Weekly Photo Challenge – Different Point of View
I took photos of this old wooden barn – I have not taken one single shot of the whole building, but the parts that are about to be destroyed by time.
I do not once again know if this a different point of view… of what. But it is beautiful in its ugliness.
water
I was taking photos of water last week – in the rain. My attempts – well, OK. Today as I went thru them again I noticed that I was laughed at by a water ghost.
I have not altered this image – only added a bit contrast. Funny isn’t it?
linkes to http://weekendreflection.blogspot.fi/
Weekly Photo Challenge: Sea
Sea – here are photos of it photographed at Finland, Canada, Thailand and US
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Sea
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Vesi / Water
More pictures of water at: Makrohaaste 110
Nature – Black and White
I’m participating in the onlineadventure travel and photography magazine LetsBeWild.com’s Wild Weekly Photo Challenge for bloggers
This week’s Challenge is: Black and White!
I find that when photographing nature in black and white has to have good shadows and light all in balance, also I find that graphic shapes come out looking best. Tree trunks, roads, flowers with graphic shape…here are some of my shots.
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