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I tried to do these still in the spirit of the season. I have not altered the tones in the photos…trying to be true to the challenge and find the real colors in the photos!
Wishing everyone Happy New Year 2013!
I tried to do these still in the spirit of the season. I have not altered the tones in the photos…trying to be true to the challenge and find the real colors in the photos!
Wishing everyone Happy New Year 2013!
The sun was already going down and it was around 2 pm, in the first photos, and 4 pm in the last 4 photos.
Today – once again was snowing most of the day…nature looks lovely.
Here are few shots taken from taken this afternoon…
View from St Thomas Christmas Market
Here in Finland at this time of the year you do not see many exotic birds, so these are what I am able to spot in our winter skies…flying

I’m participating in the online adventure travel magazine LetsBeWild.com’s Wild Weekly Photo Challenge for bloggers
This week’s Challenge is: Flying!
Rytmi – haasteessa oli tarkoitus löytää rytmiä valokuva kohteista. Ohessa minun rytmini, on jazzia, marssimusiikkia sekä hip hoppia…
Rhythm – the challenge was to find a rhythm in the photography subjects.. Here is my visual rhythms, , the jazz, marching music, and hip hop .
Minun yhteys maailmaan vahvistuu aaltojen rytmistä ( pienistä laineista tai aallokosta)
… Onnellisuudessa ei ole kyse intensiteetistä vaan tasapainosta ja järjestyksen ja rytmin ja harmonian välillä.
My connection to the earth is reinforced through the rhythm of the waves, (small waves or the surf)
… Happiness is not a matter of intensity but of balance and order and rhythm and harmony.
In this week’s Wild Weekly Photo Challenge, we’re challenging bloggers to get outside & photograph things in nature which make them feel peaceful!
I do not like winter,but it is beautiful now that the snow has arrived to brighten the few hours of light we have here in the north, this scenery is peaceful in spite the fact that it’s freezing.
Continue reading “Peaceful”
Tämä vanha tammi puu on kuorittiin sen kaarnasta, alta löytyi tämä luonnon tekemä taideteos. Toukat olivat kaivertaneet sinne tämän hienon kuvion.

Challenge is: Texture in Nature!
I’m participating in the online adventure travel magazine LetsBeWild.com’s Wild Weekly Photo Challenge for bloggersThis week’s Challenge is: Texture in Nature!


The basic idea is to share one photo where you have altered the tones. Such as a black and white, sepia toned, selective coloring or colored photo.
Feel free to share the original and edit, or just the edit.
It is winter here in Finland and we got 20-40 cm of snow last Friday – so I have to go with textures of winter.
Snow flakes can be so beautiful…beauty in detail
Challenge is: Texture in Nature!
I’m participating in the online adventure travel magazine LetsBeWild.com’s Wild Weekly Photo Challenge for bloggersThis week’s Challenge is: Texture in Nature!
Tällä kertaa haastankin kaikki etsimään kuvauskohteeksi jotain valmiiksi/luonnostaan mustavalkoista,
eli kuvaa ei saa olla käsitelty mustavalkoiseksi, eikä sitä saa ottaa kameran mustavalkoasetuksilla!
This time, I challenge all to find a subject that is already / naturally black and white,
the image should not be treated black and white, and will not be allowed to take black and white camera settings!

The idea was to photograph water – I was trying to find new way of seeing it –
so I took photos of puddles, sea ripples, these are few of the photos I took…



Continue reading “Reflection of Uspenski Cathedral, Helsinki”
Kwai River and the River Kwai raft hotel scenery
Continue reading “Kwai River scenery & water Buffalos”
The day had few moments of sun, mainly grey day with lots of cold wind. I find the sea beautiful always…even in November
In this week’s Wild Weekly Photo Challenge, we’re challenging bloggers to photograph what they feel best represents water!
the following photographs are of white-water