nature – Ritva Sillanmäki Photography

The dock

By: Ritva Sillanmäki Photography October 30, 2020

Landscapes, Natureautumn vibes, Kirkkonummi, lokakuu, luonto, nature, nature photpgraphy, October, Pilvijärvi, syksyn valo1 Comment

This dock is at Pilvijärvi, a small lake in Kirkkonummi. It looked so nice in the low autumn light on this sunny morning at the end of October.

Oriental Bittersweet

By: Ritva Sillanmäki Photography October 25, 2020

Flowersberries, garden, japaninkelasköynös, lokakuu, luonto, marjat, nature, October, Oriental Bittersweet, puutarha1 Comment

These are some of the colors we still have in our backyard at home, orange, yellow, brown and green. In this post it is about Oriental Bittersweet that grows on our fence. What is left on it at the moment is orange color in the form of berries. Earlier in the autumn it was vivid…

At the lake

By: Ritva Sillanmäki Photography October 12, 2020

Landscapesautumn, autumn colors, finland, järvimaisema, lakeview, luonto, nature, ruska, Ruuhijärvi, syksy, syksynvärit6 Comments

Autumn carries more gold in its pocket than all the other seasons. ~Jim Bishop

Sunflower

By: Ritva Sillanmäki Photography September 29, 2020

Flowersauringonkukka, autumn, Flower, keltainen, kukka, luonto, nature, sunflower, sunflowers, syksy, yellow11 Comments

And the yellow sunflower by the brook, in autumn beauty stood.

Hello Yellow

By: Ritva Sillanmäki Photography September 28, 2020

Flowersautumn, berries, colors, keltainen, luonto, marjat, nature, pensas, plant, syksy, värit, yellow8 Comments

Yellow is the colour which is closest to light. We associate the rays of the sun and the stars with it. It is the radiance of the spirit. Ueli Seiler-Hugova

Joyful red

By: Ritva Sillanmäki Photography September 28, 2020

Flowersautumn, bokeh, bush, colors, nature, pensas, plant, punainen marja, red, red berry, syksy, värit3 Comments

Afternoon mist & blue moment

By: Ritva Sillanmäki Photography September 26, 2020

FlowersFlower, kosteus, kukka, luonto, macro, mist, nature, valkoinen kukka, white flower

A flower’s appeal is in its contradictions – so delicate in form yet strong in fragrance, so small in size yet big in beauty, so short in life yet long on effect. Adabella Radici

Clouds

By: Ritva Sillanmäki Photography September 25, 2020

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

Rock art

By: Ritva Sillanmäki Photography September 22, 2020September 25, 2020

Naturebedrock, kallio, kalliokuviot, luonto, nature, nature art, rocks2 Comments

Kopparnäs rock area is a multi-streaked rock type; the toughest the rock types are quartz-feldspar gneiss alongside the stripe is gneiss, granite and some shale rock types.

Kopparnäs

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

Landscapes, Natureautumn, Inkoo, Kopparnäs, luonto, merimaisema, nature, path in the woods, seaside, syksy3 Comments

It was Sunday again and it was sunny again, we went out of the house again. Lots of repeats! Last time we went to this place, it was on the Storvik side in the spring. Now in autumn we are on the more rocky side, in my opinion, at Kopparnäs. Lovely place, not crowded this…

All’s well, what’s a rainy day?

By: Ritva Sillanmäki Photography September 9, 2020

Naturefinland, Humaljärvi, lake, luonto, nature, rain, raindrops, sade5 Comments

All’s well, what’s a rainy day? / Never mind that cloud, behind that cloud you’ll find a golden ray. Jonathan Swift

Green Leaves

By: Ritva Sillanmäki Photography September 4, 2020September 4, 2020

Flowers, Photographyediting, editointi, green leaves, luonto, macro, nature, vihreät lehdet2 Comments

below you see the ones I used stronger editing to create different mood and colors. I find this fun and a learning experience. More “Art Photography” like. I am cultivating my editing skills, trying to create different atmospheres with one photo. The first one is the original with slight edits in contrast, clarity and vibrancy…

August moon

By: Ritva Sillanmäki Photography August 20, 2020August 20, 2020

Landscapesfield, finland, kuutamo, Lahti, Landscape, moon, nature, night time, summer17 Comments

Hi all, long time since I posted here, summer being one of the reasons. Other is my digital art project that i have organized. I have also deleted two of my sites. Trying to organize my hobbies. I will most likely revamp this site too now that I am on a roll. Just to here…

Garden nuisance

By: Ritva Sillanmäki Photography July 8, 2020July 8, 2020

Natureetana, luonto, nature, nilviäinen, snail4 Comments

Snails are a nuisance in the garden, they leave slim and holed leaves behind as the move around the garden.

Sunset

By: Ritva Sillanmäki Photography June 30, 2020September 16, 2020

Landscapesauringonlasku, finnish summer, kesä, nature, Ruuhijärvi, Salajärvi, salajoki, summer, sunset, suomenkesä9 Comments

Last weekend ended our long summer heat chapter of temperatures around +30 C, it is not that common to have that warm weather here. I am getting old, as I who loves the warm weather, thought that it wont’t hurt if it comes down a bit. It didn’t need to turn to +15 C and…

Hyvää juhannusta ! / happy midsummer!

Summer flowers

By: Ritva Sillanmäki Photography June 16, 2020June 16, 2020

Flowers, Natureflowers, kesä, kukkia, luonnonkukkia, luonto, nature, nature photpgraphy, wild flowers5 Comments

This time of the year one is for sure not without things to photograph, I’ve taken these from our summer house, where the nature is near and present at all times. I know I post similar photos every year, but I am also delighted by them yearly.

Summer evening

I drove to the lake to take photos of a swan family, but they were not there, so I’ve added a photo my son took the night before. We are enjoying beautiful weather in Finland at the moment, but we must take all the joy from now, as you never know when it ends.

Summer time

Time to enjoy and relax

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…

Blueberries

By: Ritva Sillanmäki Photography May 24, 2020

Flowers, Natureblueberries, finnishnature, kevät 2020, luonto, mustikanvarpu, mustikka, nature, spring, suomenluonto

it looks promising, the are so many beginnings on our blueberries, seems that we could have a great year for them, if the frost does not take them.

Bunny

By: Ritva Sillanmäki Photography May 19, 2020

Photographybunny, dandelions, jänis, nature, rabbit, voikukka4 Comments

I was once again sitting in my office editing photos, when I noticed a bunny eating dinner at out front yard. I looked so cute surrounded by dandelions. These are not the best pictures as I took them through my window ( which had by the way been cleaned the previous day) it stayed and…

New Edits #10

By: Ritva Sillanmäki Photography May 19, 2020

Photography, Traveling Australiaanimals, nature, Traveling Australia, turtles4 Comments

I saw these two turtles also when visiting Australia, as with previous post of the frog I totally forgot I had this shot, as I did go overboard with the amount of pictures I took there. Once again I am lifting my own tail, but this is rather nice shot. I could have have had…