Welcome to Wednesday around the world!!

Still waiting  for spring and flowers to pop up in the nature, but Easter is approaching us, maybe some decorations  should be added to flowers. All photos can be enlarged by clicking them.

 

Pieni Lintu

Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: Patterns

More at: Cee’s Blog

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Sunday Stills, the next challenge: Yellow

I find yellow a challenge to photograph, mostly my yellows are  flowers. These are from my archives,  as yellow is not available in the nature at this time. Here are few OK  shots, in my humble opinion, at least they are yellow.

Sunday Stills, the next challenge: Yellow

Cee’s Which Way Challenge

This path under the trees can be found in Riga, Latvia.  Click  the photos to enlarge them.

More roads and paths at Cee’s Photography

Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: Texture

Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: Texture

Weekly Photo Challenge: Reflections

Yesterday afternoon, lovely reflections

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Weekly Photo Challenge: Reflections

Skywatch Friday

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Grey skies, we just had more snow last night, but it is supposed to warm up again this weekend. Hopefully spring will be here to stay this time. Blue skies is so much more appealing than grey skies.

More skies at; Skywatch Friday

Tulips III

I bought 30 tulips today, different colors, the elegance and simplicity of Tulip is beautiful – so photographic. I only took 145 photos… I will not post all of them today. 😀

One Word Photo Challenge: Red

I usually do not remember flower names, but this on is Rock and Roll, the name stood out as slightly different, so it stuck on my mind. This red light below is so beautiful so I posted that also…as a sidekick.

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Weekend Reflections # 233

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Merry-Go-Round (Weekend Reflections # 233)

three version of a flower

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Welcome to Wednesday around the world!! – I took a walk in the woods!

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Here is southern Finland the spring is very early, like a month ahead. Today it was +9 C and I took a walk in the woods, loved seeing the sun coming between the trees. Beautiful shadows and love  details to see…this does good to the soul.

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Ritva Sillanmäki (20 of 120)

Ritva Sillanmäki (23 of 120)

Pieni Lintu

Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: Two Colors or Hues only

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Now finding two colors  was harder than I thought, I was trying very hard to even eliminate the various shades as the are different colors, but that was hopeless.here are my two color photos – how did I do?
Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge

One Word Photo Challenge: Purple

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First flowers I spotted this spring

Ritva Sillanmäki (98 of 120)

 

Värikollaasi #169 – Color Photo-collage

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The idea in this challenge is to use 3-4 colors from the sample, I’ve added the sample colors into the photo-collage. I aim to use the original colors in the photos, that way it is more challenging to find the colors. This is what I came up with this week.

More behing the link: Värikollaasi 169

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Macro Monday

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Weekly Photo Challenge: Treasure

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I usually do not explain my photo choices. This lane takes me to a place I treasure for peace,my summer home. Watching this road you can see sun making beautiful colors and shadows as it goes around it. So it looks different all the time.. You can hear the birds sing – you can hear the silence! What a treasure to go and relax from the hectic life we lead.

More at: Weekly Photo Challenge: Treasure

still life – thread

Color to the grayness…the other still life sets are all toned – subtle in color. Here is some Colors for your senses.