tree – Ritva Sillanmäki Photography

Exploring Artistic Variations of a South Australian Landscape

Landscapes, Nature, Photography, Traveling Australia

I played with this image of a gnarled tree on the hills in South Australia, capturing the rugged beauty and unique character of the landscape. The first photo is the edited original, which tell a story of resilience against the elements. Following this are three distinct color variations; one is a monochrome that emphasizes the stark contrasts and shadows, allowing the viewer to focus on the shape and form of the tree, while the others offer vibrant hues that breathe life into the scene, both highlighting different aspects of the surrounding environment. Or just having fun with artistic liberties 🙂

This is my contrubution for One-to-Three Photo Processing Challenge: April 2025

Home decorated for Christmas

Photography

So this is Christmas 🎄 Happy Holidays!

Seasons greetings to you all!

Spring

Flowers, Photography

Warm and sunny day, oh the 🤩 joy

Cee’s FOTD

Green fruits of Maple

Nature

I am posting this for no other reason that I came across it when looking at my archives of photos. well I liked it.

Acer platanoides, Forest Maple it’s called in Finland or just maple, is a deciduous tree, growing to 20–30 m (65–100 ft) tall with a trunk up to 1.5 m (5 ft) in diameter, and a broad, rounded crown. The bark is grey-brown and shallowly grooved. Unlike many other maples, mature trees do not tend to develop a shaggy bark. The shoots are green at first, soon becoming pale brown.

Something I noticed #2

Captures from Finland, Nature

I will be posting random posts with a title Something I noticed. It can be a flower, a landscape, person, still life, you name it. Hope you enjoy my ranbom shots, life is pieced together from random experiences, so my next month is filled with small bits of joy or pleasurable sights.

I already posted one post about Mustion Linna , Mustio Manor, last time a falsely named it Mustio castle 🙂 The old trees in the garden are so lovely.

Tree Silhouettes

Landscapes

Beautiful tree

Landscapes

I have posted photos of this beautiful old oak tree during summer, and autumn, maybe even spring. . I notice it everytime I drive past it. So here is the winter version.

On the Road #2

Landscapes, Travel, Traveling US

I loved spotting the trees on the rolling hills. Considering I took these from a moving car I think they came out rather good. For some reason this kind of images appeal to me. I often take photos of a lonely tree of few trees? Do you have a favorite topic you come back to?

All the rolling hills on this part of the drive appeal to my aesthetic sensibilities 🙂

CFFC – Trees

Landscapes, Nature

the lungs of the earth. Love them,it is also the totpic on CFFC this week.

View to Pälkäne lake over the trees in Padasjoki

Electric poles

Cities, Landscapes, Photography, Travel, Traveling Australia

May – Macro#6

Nature, Photography

The miracle of sunshine. The new life grows from smallest of cracks. This birch tree is trying to grow from our yard fence. Minimalist (5 of 22) Minimalist (7 of 22)

March 10

Nature, Photography

SONY DSC

February 17

Landscapes, Nature, Photography, Travel

Boy, life has given some blows this week and also some awesome news. This is a post from a three time grandma, by grandson number three was born two days ago. So I have been some what preoccupied this week. But, here is a palm tree, the original or the edited one, which do you like better? a palm tree (1 of 3) a palm tree (2 of 3)