Summery sun

A wonderful water scene. I like the tonal balance though.

Going down

Bird watching tower over a lake, featuring local artists and mathematicians.

Spring Lake

Nice and cloudy still, will actually get something colourful soon hopefully.

A pleasent easter walk

though admittedly i was in a car at the time...

Blurred...

Whee look at the pretty colours. now in digital format!

Iced water

Now melted, springtime seems to have come. About time too!

Silhouette

The ominous looming buildings... yes ok it was a miss exposure, i just thought it looked kinda cool.

Lens based media

I really love this effect, youll likely see more coming soon

Room with a view

The windows return...

Foggy buildings

Obsolite

Ever get that feeling?

Toy cars

Cheap tricks, but nice pictures all the same.

Stadium

Ah the joys of being at the top of tall towers.

Tea and cake

look, a portrait! Thanks to the guy who looked very picturesque and colourful in the whiteness surrounding.

skiing

we went cross-country skiing, but i didnt take the camera (which is good as it would now be in about 20 bits with the amount of times i fell on my ass.)so youll just have to imagine the actual event...

The Commute

i like the inside of the trams, they feel a lot cleaner and better designed than anything ive found in England. Probably not difficult though...

Waiting for the tram

I have a terrible fear of being found taking pictures of people on the street. Its really annoying because id love to shoot more of this. we shall see...

Sweet colours

Ah, after party food...

Can you guess what it is yet?

I love the idea of the abstract photograph, something that is both so linked to an object but so far distant from recognition.

House on the hill

A house on the train tracks. must be wonderful at night.

Sunset over the bay

I think that the only good thing that might be said about the light at this time of year here is that it allows plenty of time to get sunset style pictures. even if you dont want them. you have no choice.

Housewarming Bears

We had a housewarming celebration and i realised after i woke up the following day that i didnt take a single picture. Therefore i set about various remains of the event with a macro lens. This is from the top of a beautiful cake that almolst didnt survive the night.

The hallway

Its interesting to note some of the interesting lighting of everyday objects, this for example is the lift in our block of flats. i like the spill across the wall.

Snow?

it does creep up on you if you arnt careful...

See the Light!

A market stall tenaciously working in the sub degrees under the watchful eye of the church.

Out with the old...

Im not quite sure what this boat does anymore, but its always in the harbour (presumably some tourist trap or other). still, i like the lines of the old sail boats.

Aarre

Illuminated advertising sign for a magazine. For some reason there was something about the expression or pose (i cant quite place it)that seems to link with the title that makes me think of pirates. The fact the title was later translated as "treasure" made this even funnier... Aarre Jim Lad...

Street side living

Street side cafe. its nice to know some people still think about how the lighting works on the street.

Darkness in the snow

im not sure if this is pretty or something off of a horror movie poster...

Shell Station

wheee new camera! now featuring decent resolution!

you will be able to tell the difference in that you can now see slightly better images if you click on them, so enjoy!

Structured Interiors

Red, white, blue and nicely defined shapes. welcome to modern architecture.

Concrete and snow

Ah, desaturation.

Anti Signage campaign of nature

I worked out recently why i like Helsinki under snow so much, its a wonderful unification of hiding any kind of logo or advertising. Consumerism hidden under a white blanket.

Driving off into the sunset

delayed due to snowfall

Snowmelt

When in snow, dont wear a woolen coat...

Snowy tree

The view out of my window after the snow. (a picture also known as "find a white balance in this")

On the road again

shot out of a bus (sorry about the reflections), a beautiful day on the south coast.

Castles? who needs 'em

Strokey beard meeting of Finland: We dont have enough castles in finland... i know, lets convert a shop!
I love Helsinki arhitecture.

Advertising slogans

This is the sort of foward modern day thinking that i like to see, real thought provoking stuff.
Beds. Bars. Good. (Please come in!)

Ride the rail!

While in the shopping center, please refrain from riding on the rails of the escalator, even though we make it look like a lot of fun and just like the rodeo.

Birthday icecream

Birthday icecream

The best way to celebrate a birthday, candles in icecream!

the Happy Cat

the Happy Cat

Brooklyn being European?

Brooklyn Local 1

Proof that Finland isnt completely out of the ale game, this was a truely good drink, but there was something in the name that i found funny when it was stated that it was brewed with German malts and hops with first-pressing Demerara cane sugar from Mauritius and a Belgian yeast strain combined with Brooklyn water...
a new definition of local

Window part 3

Window 3

a continuation of the previous window framing series, ive really been caught by the "natural" framing that architecture allows to the landscape around the houses.

Sauna

In the sauna

Frozen

The crisp frost on a bus shelter.

The Beginning

Welcome all, here is the second attempt at a log of some interesting things that I see around. Nothing special, but just for the hell of it.