Wedding pictures were taken underneath these beautiful trees.
more at: A WORD A WEEK CHALLENGE – Underneath
Category: Photography
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
Weekly Photo Challenge: Good Morning!
What a joy, wake up refreshed after a good night of sleep, have a cup of coffee and a bite to eat and read the news … good morning,
Cee’s Which Way Challenge: No. 10
Here are few street views from Gastown in Vancouver Canada taken last summer.
more roads at: Cee’s Which Way Challenge: No. 10
Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: Candid Shots
I love taking photos of people, here are few candid shoots from my travels.
School girls in Sri Lanka(top) Woman shopping in Thailand below
A Nun in Thailand
Soldiers in Paris …and an old man in Cyprus
Fisher in Sri Lanka and a couple enjoying sunset in the same place – below
An Artist in Finland
Corner – Kulma
as this is a macro challenge – I am slowly making my way to it – as I automatically thought of street corners, windows, everything in bigger scale…
more corners at:
Makrohaaste 115
Heceta Head Lighthouse – Oregon
The Heceta Head Lighthouse and Light Keeper’s house are circa 1894. Both are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
The lighthouse is a working lighthouse. From a height of 205 feet above the ocean, its “first order” Fresnel lens, casts it’s beams some 21 miles out to sea. It is the brightest light on the Oregon coast. It is said to be the most photographed lighthouse in the United States.
The Heceta Head Keeper’s House is perched on a cliff with a magnificent view of the Pacific Ocean and the beach below. Paths from the Keeper’s House lead both to the beach and to the lighthouse.
more at:
Travel Photo Mondays #14 and tina´s wordless wednesday # 94
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
Orchid
Värikollaasi 146
Weekly Photo Challenge: Saturated
MakroTex: Clean – Puhdas
MaktoTex : Makrohaaste 114
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
värikollaasi
I had trouble finding all these colors, the petrol green for one thing, and the purple shade here…
the flower picture has all of them but the red…what do you think?
more colorful collages at Värikollaasi 145
September afternoon in Linlo island, Kirkkonummi
First it looks very grey, but we enjoy few moments of sunshine in this beautiful island.
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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
Cee’s Which Way Challenge: No. 9 – Bridges
This is linked to: Cee’s Which Way Challenge: No. 9
ein stück himmel # 90
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,,,
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
Cee’s Black & White Challenge: Abandoned or Alone
Steamed clams
I usually do not take photos of food – few times I’ve tried – here is one of my attempts to do so.
What do you think?
Ritva Sillanmäki Photography 