kevät – Ritva Sillanmäki Photography

Easter Sunday

By: Ritva Sillanmäki Photography April 17, 2022

Captures from Finland, Photography, Still lifefinland, food photography, Helsinki, kevät, meri, outdoors, photography, ruokakuva, Sea, spring, valo, valokuvaus, weather8 Comments

Let the photos show our Easter 🐣 activities. It was sunny but rather cool, but we had coffee at Löyly outdoor deck enjoying the ✨ sea. We enjoyed Late lunch at Sea Horse , a restaurant serving traditional food since 1932

Kopparnäs

By: Ritva Sillanmäki Photography May 25, 2021

Captures from Finland, Landscapes, PhotographyFinland Travel, Inkoo, kevät, Kopparnäs-Störsvik, Landscape, luontokuvaus, merimaisema, nature, seaside, spring, suomenluonto9 Comments

I took a drive by myself to enjoy the nature in Kopparnäs in Inkoo as it was a nice May day. Not cold, not hot. As it was a weekday I was one of the first to be there. When I arrived a group of kids in daycare had been enjoying the morning there and…

Stinging nettles

By: Ritva Sillanmäki Photography May 23, 2021May 23, 2021

Flowersbloom, kevät, nettles, nokkonen, nokkosen kukinto, plant, spring5 Comments

Looking closely at this plant that makes a memorable impression on you if you touch it in the foliage that is covered with stinging, mildly poisonous hairs, causing an instant rash. The stinging nettles, looks pretty when looking at it closely, as most plants do.

European Bird Cherry blossom

By: Ritva Sillanmäki Photography May 23, 2021

Flowersbloom, European bird cherry, kevät, kukinto, macro, Macrophotography, nature photpgraphy, spring, tuomenkukka4 Comments

I was walking taking photos of nature blooming – lost my spectacles luckily found them as I had to go through the same spots again. I was a bit frustrated, as I have lost two pair of sunglasses while taking photos. One in the rapids of Kumiankoski few years back, One in the Chapora River…

Blue calm

By: Ritva Sillanmäki Photography May 20, 2021May 19, 2021

Captures from Finland, Landscapesblue, calm, järvimaisema, kevät, Lahti, lakeview, spring, tyyni sää11 Comments

“A lake carries you into recesses of feeling otherwise impenetrable.” ― William Wordsworth

New green

By: Ritva Sillanmäki Photography May 19, 2021May 19, 2021

Captures from Finland, Landscapes, NatureFinland Travel, green, kevät, luontokuvaus, nature photpgraphy, new green, Salajärvi, spring, vihreä11 Comments

that is theme here at the moment, unfortunately it does not last for long.

So happy

What a difference a day makes. We got touch of summer today, the joy of it 😊. We took a short walk at Kloppen Marina. You could see the new green taking over the brown.

Small joys

By: Ritva Sillanmäki Photography April 25, 2021

Flowers, Photographycrocus, flowers, iloa, kevät, small joys, spring13 Comments

the weather has sent us backwards, the lovely spring days are gone and we are back to less nice temperatures and cloudy skies with rain, slush and winds. Still the early spring flowers pop up and bring color and joy to the brown tones of spring. This was good in away, my husband painted my…

Up on the hill

Back home, enjoying the view of the pine trees from my backyard, they look nice in the early evening light

High waters

By: Ritva Sillanmäki Photography April 20, 2021

Captures from Finland, Landscapes, Natureboats, kevät, korkea vesi, lake salajärvi, luonto, nature, RiVer Salajoki, salajoki, spring16 Comments

We have had a long weekend at the summer house, five days of sunshine and joys of spring. Rest for the arm and also to the mind. I can tell you, that I have been outside most of the time. Joy of the new season! I had my son with his family with us there…

Good night

First evening at our summer house, here I am sitting by the fire, now I can see the last moments of the sunset. This photo I took hour ago.

April morning

By: Ritva Sillanmäki Photography April 12, 2021

Captures from Finland, LandscapesApril, finland, huhtikuu, järvi, kevät, lakeview, nature, Salajärvi, spring7 Comments

Again the blackbirds sings; the streams / Wake, laughing, from their winter dreams, / And tremble in the April showers

Clean and tidy

By: Ritva Sillanmäki Photography April 4, 2021April 7, 2021

Interiors, Photographycottage, country living, countryside, interior, kevät, mökki, sisustus, spring, summer house, valo10 Comments

One day spent cleaning and tidying the summer house. First floor is now ready for the next visit.

Pastel blues

By: Ritva Sillanmäki Photography April 1, 2021May 19, 2021

Captures from Finland, Landscapes, Natureearly spring, fence, field, finland, kevät, luontokuva, misty fields, nature, pastel colors, road, summer house, sumuiset pellot12 Comments

April Ist, I should be pulling some prank, but I won’t bother, I will just post few more pastel blue, misty photos. The mist was so thick, that you can touch in in these. These are photos from two years back that I looked at again and well was rather happy about and I just…

Pastel landscapes

By: Ritva Sillanmäki Photography March 30, 2021May 19, 2021

Captures from Finland, Landscapes, Natureearly spring, field, finland, Finnish countryside, kevät, luontokuva, Nastola, nature, pastel colors, peltomaisema10 Comments

The nature brings out beautiful colors to fill all our senses, even the bare nature looks lovely in these colors. Mist always adds a magic touch to any photo, then again that is my opinion.

Misty blues

By: Ritva Sillanmäki Photography March 29, 2021

Landscapes, Natureearly spring, fence, field, finland, kevät, luontokuva, nature, summer house10 Comments

March has gone past so quickly, April is here soon. Easter. I have to mention is, because usually for many years now, we have started our summer house season then. Many times in the recent years easter has been in the middle or end of April, and that has helped regarding the weather. It has…

Listening to spring

By: Ritva Sillanmäki Photography March 25, 2021March 25, 2021

Nature, Photographycatkin, kevät, luontokuvaus, nature, rinne, spring, trees, uphill9 Comments

w I went for a walk, watched and listened to spring. Melting snow, running water. Blue sky and the slight breeze.

Reflections

By: Ritva Sillanmäki Photography March 4, 2021May 19, 2021

Captures from Finland, Photographyheijastukset, joki, kevät, nature, reflection, river, spring, trees11 Comments

The sun was warm but the wind was chill. You know how it is with an April day When the sun is out and the wind is still, You’re one month on in the middle of May. But if you so much as dare to speak, A cloud comes over the sunlit arch, A wind…

Fern #2

By: Ritva Sillanmäki Photography May 13, 2020

FlowersFern, Flower, green, kevät, kukka, plant, saniainen, spring3 Comments

Fresh from the camera 5/2020~3

By: Ritva Sillanmäki Photography May 10, 2020

Flowers, Naturegreens, kevät, leaves, nature, Plants, spring, uusi vihreä, wild plants2 Comments

Weekend finds from the summer house. The beautiful greens…

Fresh from the camera 5/2020 ~2

By: Ritva Sillanmäki Photography May 8, 2020

Flowers, Naturefinland, flowers, kevät, kukkia, luonto, nature, spring, valkovuokko5 Comments

I really enjoy this time of year, I marvel it at every spring. The nature coming out and bringing the fresh greens and yellows out for our enjoyment. The spring has had a boost the past week – I am loving it.

Fresh from the camera 5/2020

By: Ritva Sillanmäki Photography May 6, 2020

Flowers, Naturegrass, kevät, Plants, ruoho, spring, valkovuokko2 Comments

Snowdrops

By: Ritva Sillanmäki Photography March 19, 2020

Flowers, Photographyflowers, kevät, kukka, lumikello, luonto, nature, snowdrops, spring7 Comments

isn’t it one of the first signs of spring when snwdrops bloom in March. Today I spotted these in my garden. I did play around with the lightning to get different effects.

Apple tree in bloom

By: Ritva Sillanmäki Photography May 25, 2019

Flowers, Natureapple tree, bloom, bokeh, finland, flowers, kevät, kukkia, kuonto, luonto, nature, omenapuunkukka, spring

The apple tree flowers together with cherry tree flowers together make a lovely pair.

Cherry Blossom~I

By: Ritva Sillanmäki Photography May 25, 2019

Flowers, NatureCherry blossom, Cherry tree, flowers, kev't, kevät, kirsikankukka, kukka, Plants, spring2 Comments

The cherry trees are in full bloom, the pink cherry flowers are so beautiful. I truly enjoyed photographing them.

Fern II ~ Color or BW ?

By: Ritva Sillanmäki Photography May 22, 2019

Flowers, NatureFern, kasvi, kevät, kukka, plant, saniainen, spring flower11 Comments

This is an other take on the take on the Color versus BW. I thing the nuances are very small between the two posts very similar. Any opinions about this?