Category: Travel

Traveling Eastern Finland #3

Landscapes, Photography, Travel

We drove to Imatra in the afternoon our aim to see the Imatrankoski flow, (“The Imatra Rapid”) is a rapid on the Vuoksi River in Imatra. It has been a famous tourist attraction since the late 1700s. The Vuoksi River and Imatrankoski were born about 5,000 BP as the waters of the Saimaa Lake penetrated the Salpausselkä ridge due to post-glacial rebound, forming a river flowing into the Lake Ladoga.It is also one of the National landscapes of Finland. Since 1929 the rapid has been blocked by a dam . Today, the dam is opened daily between June and August at 6 PM with the music of Sibelius playing in the background. Not that you can hear it down stream where we wnnt to watch it. The raw power of the water is awesome.

Traveling in Eastern Finland #2

Photography, Travel

Here are few random shots from Lake Saimaa. As I stated in the previous post it was raining so here are some artsy shots from the boat.

Traveling in eastern Finland

Photography, Travel

We spent a day in Eastern Finland at Lappeenranta and Imatra. In the few next post I will post few photos from those places. I will do them in chronicle order. It happened to be a cloudy and rainy day over there at home it was sunshine all day. Nonetheless we had a a nice day.

These are from lake Saimaa and the Mälkiä lock which is the first one it is the largest one with a drop of 12,4 meters.

approaching the lock – it was raining.

The Saimaa Canal is a transportation canal that connects lake Saimaa with the Gulf of Finland near Vyborg, Russia. The canal was built from 1845 to 1856 and opened on 7 September 1856 (Old Style: 26 August 1856). It was overhauled and widened in 1963–1968.

CB&W~Lines and Angles

Black and White photos, Travel

For this weeks CB&W challenge I am revisiting my Hong Kong photos from December. There are lots of lines in the building s over there

Lines and Angles –just because

CB&W – Any Kind of House

Black and White photos, Photography, Travel

Linked to https://ceenphotography.com/2019/05/30/cees-black-white-photo-challenge-any-kind-of-house/

Hong Kong – looking down

Cities, Photography, Travel

I will be posting more photos from my trip when I am over the euphoria of spring. But at the moment I will leave this topic for the next rainy day.

Hong Kong- first evening

Cities, Photography, Travel

It was in December that I visited Hong Kong and only now I went throught the photos, so they are new in that sense. I have been in a slump as I’ve stated before, now I am on the way up. My aim was to post the photos in a time line, but no, I will post them as I feel like. I will go back to my minimalist approach, few words and hopefully the picture will deliver what I want to convey; The world as I see it.

These are first impressions of the city after our arrival in the evening.

San Augustin

Landscapes, Nature, Photography, Travel

One more day at Gran Canary islands

The Grotto

Landscapes, Nature, Photography, Travel, Traveling Australia

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.

The Grotto at the Great Ocean Road

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.

Bay of Martyrs

Landscapes, Nature, Photography, Travel, Traveling Australia
Bay of Martyrs
Bay of Martyrs

The Bay of Martyrs at Peterborough is a ruggedly beautiful section of the Bay of Islands Coastal Park. Take in sweeping vistas of the coastline and rugged and colorful red limestone bluffs from a high cliff-top viewpoint, .

Paddy’a Creek

Nature, Photography, Travel, Traveling Australia

Paddy’s Creek in Talbingo in NSW was one of the spots my cousin took us, one we for sure would not have found on our own.

Rolling hills

Landscapes, Nature, Photography, Travel, Traveling Australia
Over the hills and far away

This greenness , lovely rolling hills, nature just blew my breath away

Dead Gum Trees

Landscapes, Nature, Photography, Travel, Traveling Australia
Dead Gum trees in Victoria Australia

Beach life

Landscapes, People, Travel, Traveling Australia

Lazy, or something else, Haven’t been editing my Australia photos as quickly as I would have liked to. Have not even touched the ones I took in Hong Kong. I think, no, I know, I have not taken my camera out but only once since January. I think I am slightly depressed as I am not able to create anything new, I plan, I plan again, but then I don’t get anything done. My head is in a mist.

Have you been at this kind of a slump in your photography. You know, why do this, there are so many better, more creative and talented people out there. Who cares. Point being, I have always done this for me, never had any real ambition to be something. Just to share, the world as I see it. Come spring, hopefully, I will get back on the track.

Misty Beach

Night time in the city

Cities, Photography, Travel, Traveling Australia

Melbourne, city, night time, skyline and sunset that is what this post is about.

Melbourne Street art

Cities, Travel

The best street art in Melbourne !
Don’t let one of the world’s biggest living art exhibitions pass you by… we didn’t 🙂 . Street art covers so many places in this, colourful city, but there are more highly concentrated clusters than others. We visited at least Hosier Lane, Beaney lane, Duckboard Place, Flinders Lane, and AC/DC Lane. I was impressed.