Summer fields

Taken very late in the night, at Ruissalo island. 

Where midnight sun meets the horizon

Taken from the bridge to Ruissalo island on my way back from a late cycling trip. Minor rain made the skies amazing.

You can check the location, photo details and print info here

Oak in the mist

Stormscapes

Taken at Ruissalo

"Near-summer" weather and entry exam

It's been a quiet week, filled with preparing for a university exam and convincing myself how there is no chance in the universe that gives me entry in the university. 

Luckily enough, the exam was extremely easy, the interviews went more than well, and now I'm awaiting results any day now. 

The weather forecast predicted "near-summer" weather for the beginning of May, only the joke was on everyone who believed in it. 

After few sunny and warm days, temperatures are down to near-freezing, with rains and wet snowfall here and there. 

Same branch, two weeks ago:

 

and more from the same day

The Warp series

 

Taken at random time and places around Finland.

Sunshine forest

As summer is approaching, the sun starts to set right "in our living room", giving quite nice photo opportunities.

 

April spring report: snowfalls

After few weeks of sunny, though cold weather, most of the ice covering the cycling paths managed to melt. Just when we thought that spring might be finally coming, we woke up today to see the landscape covered in white. I guess we won't be having green for another month or so. 

Moss

Snow blizzard and back pain

We had some really bad weather here, in Western Finland this weekend. For now, the snow blizzard is gone and sun is shining again. Sadly I couldn't enjoy it much, due to horrible back pain that pinned me to the couch. It appeared for no reason, I'm only hoping it will go away soon.

Gorgeous sunny Sunday afternoon, captured from our balcony

as amazing sunset

Sunny winter squares

Few winter shots, new and old ones. 

We've been going out these days a lot, so lots of new pictures are cooking. Stay tuned!

 

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Winter sunset at Ruissalo

 

One of the very few sunny days we've had in months. 

Finally, the brightness lasted longer than 10 minutes, so we could take photos.

Location is Ruissalo island, part of the Turku archipelago.

  behind the scenes shot by Kalle

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Video Sunday: Finnish Lapland from Flatlight films

No Ordinary Destination / Lapland - The North of Finland from Flatlight Films on Vimeo.

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12.12.12 Snow waves and golden hour

Waves

Snow formations on the main beach of Ruissalo after snow hurricane Antti passed over the coast.

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Second snow

After having rain for a whole month, finally snow arrived and hopefully will stay for the winter. 

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Swamp autumn

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November fogs

View from our balcony early in the morning.

Edit: Got featured on Tumblr's Black and White tag page! Indicated by the blue tag on my post, yey!

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Infinite

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Forest mirror

While we try to find the sharpest focus, we often miss valuable views.

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Finnish autumn

It's been so rainy for the last two months, the whole country is flooded. Autumn came and is almost gone, yet we just managed to snap our first yellow-leaved shots, during a rare non-rainy day. 

This one was taken at a swamp nearby.

There's some more to come soon, stay tuned.

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