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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

A feeling of…

By: Ritva Sillanmäki Photography February 25, 2022

Flowersbeauty, colors, emotion, mandala, meri, olotila, Sea, tunnelma, värit9 Comments

I am stressed and anxious. So I really got into playing with my images making them into rounded shape, Mandala’s. My thoughts are going around, I an surrounded by emotions that do around again and again. Me, trying to escape.

Friends

By: Ritva Sillanmäki Photography July 14, 2021

Captures from Finland, Landscapes, Photographyclouds, finland, Landscape, maisema, meri, pilvet, Sea, summer, valo, weather9 Comments

Friends, the essential part of my life, extended family. Someone to share thoughts and laughs with. Yesterday evening I did just that on a warm evening by the sea

The marina view

By: Ritva Sillanmäki Photography November 13, 2020

Landscapesclouds, docks, finland, forest, kaislat, Kirkkonummi, laiturit, Linlo Kirkkonummi, Marina, marraskuu, meri, November, pilvet, Sea, venesatama

Linlo island walk bridge view towards the marina. Same spot same time of the day as in the previous post, but the skies look so different.

Linlo bridge view

By: Ritva Sillanmäki Photography November 13, 2020

Landscapesclouds, finland, forest, kaislat, Kirkkonummi, Linlo Kirkkonummi, marraskuu, meri, metsikkö, November, pilvet, reeds, Sea

I had the wrong shoes on so I did not go for a walk on this little Linlo island, I just took photos from the walk bridge and few meters into the island. I think I like the best in these photos is the contrast of colors, the reeds and the darkening sky. I thought…

November, gray

By: Ritva Sillanmäki Photography November 1, 2020October 25, 2020

Landscapesgray, harmaa, marraskuu, meri, November, Sea

Spring is brown; summer, green; autumn, yellow; winter, white; November, gray. ~ Henry David Thoreau

Calm of the morning

By: Ritva Sillanmäki Photography October 6, 2020

Landscapes, Peopleautumn, lokakuu, meri, People, romance, Sea, swimming, sykssy2 Comments

To me the sea is a continual miracle; The fishes that swim, the rocks, the motion of the waves, the ships with men in them. What stranger miracles are there? ~Walt Whitman The voice of the sea speaks to the soul. The touch of the sea is sensuous, enfolding the body in its soft, close…

Störsvik

By: Ritva Sillanmäki Photography October 5, 2020

Landscapes, Naturefinland, heijastukset, Inkoo, Landscape, maisema, meri, reflections, seaview, Störsvik2 Comments

Beautiful morning enjoying nature is good for the mind and soul

Clouds

By: Ritva Sillanmäki Photography September 25, 2020

Landscapesautumn, clouds, luonto, meri, nature, pilvet, Sea, seaside, syksy4 Comments

Glimmering sea

By: Ritva Sillanmäki Photography September 25, 2020

Landscapes, Natureclouds in the sky, glimmer, Inkoo, kimallus, Kopparnäs, Landscape, maisema, meri, merimaisema, pilvet, purjevene, sailboat, Sea, seaview7 Comments

Anyone who has followed my for a longer period of time ( I have been on WordPress for NINE years) knows I love the sea, sailboats and clouds. I captured these when visiting Kopparnäs, Inkoo last Sunday. I got so much pleasure watching the beautiful glimmering sea and the sailboats in the distance. If you…

Kopparnäs seaside

By: Ritva Sillanmäki Photography September 22, 2020September 22, 2020

Landscapes, Natureautumn, Inkoo, Kopparnäs, meri, merimaisema, rocks, seaside, syksy2 Comments

Naples Pier – Before & After

By: Ritva Sillanmäki Photography August 28, 2020

Black and White photos, Traveling USauringonlasku, auringonsäde, dock, Florida, laituri, meri, Naples Florida, ocean, pier, sunset9 Comments

I like this shot of the Naples Pier I took few years ago. The sun was low and it came shining under the pier. I transformed it to blank and white image. I think i works both ways.

New Edits #16

No words needed.

New Edits #13

By: Ritva Sillanmäki Photography May 27, 2020

Travel, Traveling Australialuonto, matkustus, meri, nature, ocean, sunset, The Twelve Apostles (Victoria), travel, Traveling Australia, Victoria9 Comments

I Witnessed the rugged splendour of the famous 12 Apostles, magnificent rock stacks that rise up majestically from the Southern Ocean on Victoria’s dramatic coastline. And you can tell I was impressed by the amount of photos I took there. Created by constant erosion of the limestone cliffs of the mainland beginning 10–20 million years…

B&W Edits #1

By: Ritva Sillanmäki Photography May 4, 2020

Black and White photos, Travelaallot, BW, BW edit, meri, Monochrome picture, mustavalkoinen kuva, New Edits, Sea, waves, wind surfing4 Comments

Sitting on the the Negombo beach I watched wind surfers do their magic. Looking at the photos again I thought they would look good also with a B&W edit. What do you think?

Beach Life

By: Ritva Sillanmäki Photography February 18, 2020February 18, 2020

Landscapes, Traveling USbeach, Big Sur, california, Footprints in the sand, meri, ocean, Pomponio State park, ranta, traveling US8 Comments

I know you must be tired of seeing my photos of beaches and cliffs, I don’t care. We stopped here also for a moment (Pomponio State Beach) . I have admit that these too are photos that do justice to the atmosphere on the beach that day, I rather like these. I also did a set…

McWay Falls

By: Ritva Sillanmäki Photography February 16, 2020

Landscapes, Travel, Traveling UScalifornia, falls, matkustus, McWay Falls, meri, Pfeiffer State Park, US traveling, vesiputous, Waterfalls4 Comments

McWay Falls( 80-foot-tall (24 m) waterfall) is “that” waterfall in Big Sur that everyone has seen and many have photographed. That now includes me. The Cliff areas beyond the fenced boundaries, including the beach, saddle rock and the falls area are completely off limits. So the end of the trail was where you could take…

Andrew Molera State Park

By: Ritva Sillanmäki Photography January 13, 2020

Landscapes, Traveling USAndrew Molera State Park, Big Sur, california, meri, nature, ocedan, traveling US

ig Sur river flowing out into the Pacific Ocean at Andrew Molera State Park south of Monterey

The Garrapata State Beach Park

By: Ritva Sillanmäki Photography January 13, 2020January 13, 2020

Landscapes, Traveling USBig Sur, coastline, Garrapata State beach park, laineet, meri, ocean, rantaviiva, traveling US3 Comments

The refreshing Big Sur Coast Of California With Waves Crashing Against Rocky Shores all glowing at Garrapata State Beach Park

Kollaasi 214 (2/2020) Safiiri!

By: Ritva Sillanmäki Photography January 12, 2020

Landscapesblues, clouds, kuvakollaasi, meri, Sea, värikollaasit12 Comments

Värikollaasi

CB&W – Moving water

By: Ritva Sillanmäki Photography January 12, 2020

Black and White photos, Landscapes, Still lifeCB&W, meri, moving water, Sea, viinilasi, water, water movement, wine glass4 Comments

Moving water is the theme Cheers! By the sea below and splash of water above.

Palm trees

Bay of Martyrs

By: Ritva Sillanmäki Photography March 23, 2019

Landscapes, Nature, TravelAustralia, Bay of Martyrs, beach, bush, meri, ocean, travel australia, Victoria4 Comments

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, .