Photo shoot with Tinka
Category: Photography
NF Blo-Ma – Floating feather
Macro Monday – Bluebell
Värikollaasi 186 – Summer
Silent Sunday – Hello sunshine
After a month of cold weather we are enjoying a warm sunny Sunday! Loving it!
Pink rose
summer sky
The Weekend in Black and White
A street view from Tammisaari, Finland
This post is linked to The Weekend in Black and White
Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: Squares, Triangles and Angles
Billnäs Mill reflected on a river – Weekend Reflections
Black and White Wednesday ~ Lighthouse
Finnish countryside
Stripes for MakroTex
One Word Photo Challenge: Maroon
Maroon, so hard to find even if an elegant color. Then I looked out my window – this plant has maroon leaves
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A Word a Week Challenge – Remote
On the first part of the journey
I was looking at all the life
There were plants and birds and rocks and things
There was sand and hills and rings
The first thing I met was a fly with a buzz
And the sky with no clouds
The heat was hot and the ground was dry
But the air was full of sound
I’ve been through the desert on a horse with no name …
After two days in the desert sun
My skin began to turn red
After three days in the desert fun
I was looking at a river bed
And the story it told of a river that flowed 
Sunday Stills, the next challenge: Power Lines
I have here three sets of power lines – one monkeying about. Power lines that are looking so safe and power lines in the river.
Macro Monday – Round Rocks
linked to Macro Monday 2
Light in the window
Odd – Old stuff in a warehouse
I don’t know, if it is odd to photograph stuff, old unused stuff. I have been doing a lot of this lately. In the places everything is chaos, but in a photo it suddenly looks good, the mess, so odd. These are from a old carpenters workroom , not in use any more. The tools are old as you can see, as are the bikes.
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Silent Sunday
Black brick detail
I saw these black bricks today – they were just beautiful – this is a very close detail of one.
The Raseborg castle ruins
The Raseborg castle ruins
The Raseborg castle ruins, situated on a rock by Raseborg stream, are the remainders of a castle that was probably built in the 14th century, when the rock was still surrounded by water. Raseborg is officially mentioned for the first time in a letter dated 1378. It is a typical medieval castle of a simpler kind that has been constructed during a long time period. There is no other similar castle in Finland.
Strategic meaning
Raseborg’s greatest importance was probably in the area of trade. It was constructed on a sheltered location on the south coast, presumably to defend Swedish interests against the successful Hanseatic town Reval (Tallinn). Both Danish and Swedish troops, as well as more undefinable pirate fleets, fought over the command of the castle, which shows that the castle was regarded as an important base. On the so called Galgbacken (Gallows Hill) north of the castle ruins, bishop Hemming Gadh was executed in December 1520. That was the Danish king Christian II getting even with his political opponents. When Gustavus Vasa seized power in Sweden and made the nearby town of Ekenäs the centre of administration in the province in 1528, Raseborg lost its strategic importance. It was abandoned in the 1550’s and laid deserted for more than 300 years. Raseborg experienced its heyday in the middle of the 15th century when (the expelled) king Karl Knutsson Bonde (Charles VIII of Sweden) kept court in the castle on repeated occasions. more at: http://www.raseborg.org/slott/eng/
Daily Post – Contrast
The Espoo Cathedral interior details
The Espoo Cathedral interior
The church was originally designed in the late 15th century by an unknown “Espoo master” and built between 1485 and 1490 under his supervision. The only remaining parts of the medieval church are the eastern and western parts of the nave. The weapons room was removed between 1804 and 1806 and certain other parts of the church, including the original sacristy, were taken apart between 1821 and 1823 when the building was converted into a more spacious cruciform church.
The vaults and walls of the older parts of the cathedral are decorated with murals, largely painted in the 1510s, that depict both biblical scenes and events in the daily life of the people. The paintings were covered in the 18th century as they were thought to be “crude and superstitious” but uncovered again and conserved during renovations in 1931. The current campanile of the cathedral was completed in 1767 and its top part was redone between 1868 and 1869.( Wikipedia)
The Espoo Cathedral
The church was originally designed in the late 15th century by an unknown “Espoo master” and built between 1485 and 1490 under his supervision. The only remaining parts of the medieval church are the eastern and western parts of the nave. The weapons room was removed between 1804 and 1806 and certain other parts of the church, including the original sacristy, were taken apart between 1821 and 1823 when the building was converted into a more spacious cruciform church.
The vaults and walls of the older parts of the cathedral are decorated with murals, largely painted in the 1510s, that depict both biblical scenes and events in the daily life of the people. The paintings were covered in the 18th century as they were thought to be “crude and superstitious” but uncovered again and conserved during renovations in 1931. The current campanile of the cathedral was completed in 1767 and its top part was redone between 1868 and 1869.( Wikipedia)
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