Black & White Challenge: Animals = Monkeys

baby in thought baby close-up care please

More to be found at :  Cee’s Black & White Challenge: Animals

värikollaasi

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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?

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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.

This post is linked to

Travel Photo Mondays #13 and ein stück himmel # 90

Weekly Photo Challenge: From Lines to Patterns

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More at: Weekly Photo Challenge: From Lines to Patterns

Takana/ Behind

What can I say, these are close – ups of something behind. I took the challenge literally… the fly agaric is behind grass

kärpässieni

 

cone

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…

behind a window

 

This post is linked to; Makrohaaste 113

Weekly photo challenge – inside

I had trouble deciding what kind of pictures I would like to add to this. Here are two different approaches to it. The first picture are taken in valley of the Kings in Cyprus
Spread over a vast area, these impressive underground tombs date back to the 4th century BC. They are carved out of solid rock while some are decorated with Doric pillars. High officials rather than Kings were buried here, but the magnificence of the tombs gave the locality its name.

The other set is home of the elephant farm workers in Thailand…totally different take.

home home home

More of inside pictures at;

Weekly photo challenge – inside

 

Cee’s Black & White Challenge: Abandoned or Alone

mine is Abandoned old barn in Finland

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more at:  Cee’s Black & White Challenge: Abandoned or Alone

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

red and green

red and green

Linked to  MakroTex: Makrohaaste 112

Light

Light light

 

I have linked this to  ein stück himmel # 89

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.

Weekly Photo Challenge – Different Point of View

Portrait

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Sunday Stills: Headshots

I love taking portraits so I have posted here, three of them.

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more headshots  at: Sunday Stills

 

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?

aave

 

linkes to http://weekendreflection.blogspot.fi/

Yaquina Bay lighthouse

KOTI / HOME

This was the home of the Yaquina Bay lighthouse keeper

Linked to: Valokuvatorstai

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Taika – Magic

This weeks challenge was hard for me – magic  – how shall I photograph it in Macro ? Well in books, you can find it there…anyway you like.

Taika Taika

 

more interpretations of Magic at  Makrohaaste 111

Sunday Still – Back of a car

Linked to –

The Next Challenge: Backs of Things

Weekly Photo Challenge: Sea

Sea – here are photos of it photographed at Finland, Canada, Thailand and US

San Diego Finland SONY DSC Oregon 5-Helsinki 060

This post is linked to:

Weekly Photo Challenge: Sea

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Fuzzy flower

Sunday Stills: Shades of Blue

More shades at: Shades of Blue and pieces of heaven at: ein stück himmel # 86

Berries of Lilly of the valley

The picture of Lilly of the valley with yellow berries was taken a week ago during the week they have changed in to nice orange-red.

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