Weekly Photo Challenge: Let There Be Light!

November here in the north is mainly, grey, rainy, dull, dark so the topic Let there be light is on the top of everyone’s minds. We had this beautiful light this morning…these photos are taken at 10:30 and it looks like its ready to go down again…so you can understand the joy of seeing this light.

But also one uses these sources light to have a warm atmosphere during this season of darkness

Weekly Photo Challenge: Let There Be Light!

Weekend Reflections: Water reflections

You can find beauty in details – and they are art in their own right. You just have to keep your eyes open

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Golden light of November

These photos I took today at 10:30 am , and the shadows are already so long. But the light is golden.

Linked to: Skywatch Friday – USA Thanksgiving and Hanukkah Edition

Black and white – Trees

These well-trimmed trees with no foliage are photographed at Paris.
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Unexpected

We saw this wonderful sight at the coast of Sri Lanka. One rarely gets to see a blue whale so close. We were told to be quiet  and having listened to the captains orders;  the whale came to check out our boat.  It swam around and under our boat, so we were able to see it up and close –  It was impressive!

Weekly Photo Challenge: Unexpected

 

Skywatch Friday

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Skywatch Friday – Gettysburg Address Edition

The Weekend in Black and White

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The Weekend in Black and White

Kaamos

I tried to think the English word for kaamos  – maybe its constant darkness, or polar night. That is what we are in at the moment, daylight time is shortening all the time these photos are about beating it or  just it.

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Photos were shot at noon

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Candles help to beat this time of the year and good food

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Linked to  Valokuvatorstai 303. haaste

November light on trees in Northern hemisphere

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Linked to : Skywatch Friday

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Porkkala, Kirkkonummi – Autumn

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Water reflections – nature art at its best

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Vols – Kirkkonummi at fall

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Black and White Landscapes: Weekly Photography Challenge

Black and White Landscapes: Weekly Photography Challenge –

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Sunday Stills, the next challenge: Trees/ Fall Colours?

There is two weeks time between these photos, the winter is slowly coming, the beautiful yellow leaf are on he ground…dark November is upon us.

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Sunday Stills, the next challenge: Trees/ Fall Colours?

Cee’s Black & White Challenge: Trees from Orchards to Branches to a Leaf

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Cee’s Black & White Challenge: Trees from Orchards to Branches to a Leaf

Split toning with Sonel’s Corner – Change of season

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I have posted the pictures so that the original is on the top ans split tones below

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Split toning with Sonel’s Corner – Change of season

A WORD A WEEK CHALLENGE – FUR

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more Fur at: A WORD A WEEK CHALLENGE – FUR

Värikollaasi 149 – Toffee

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Värikollaasi 149

Frostbite

Roses

It is mid October in Finland, it’s dark, cold and windy this time of the year. Usually the roses do not bloom, but I took photos of these roses in my garden this morning.

Yellow roses and leafs

It is a good thing That I took hundreds of rose photos last summer – as I did not have anything yellow to photograph now in macro. Well – yeah – I have a yellow leaf.

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Topic; Keltainen / Yellow

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Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: Sand and Dirt

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Beach – footprints – joy.  Also below Dunes – all from Oregon

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More sand at: Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: Sand and Dirt