Enormous

This is the most giant Dahlia I have ever seen anywhere... it was just huge! Couldn't believe my eyes.

Other "Enormous" found at http://www.photofriday.com/

A Bungy Jump

There is this 150 meters high bungy jump in Kaivopuisto, Helsinki again this summer. It is the highest in Finland and so many people want to jump... I just can't understand that! No way I could do it!
But somebody did....

Other Abcwednesday pics at
http://abcwednesday-mrsnesbitt.blogspot.com/

Keilaniemi by Night

When you arrive from Helsinki to Espoo you can't miss Keilaniemi which is nowadays a business area with head office buildings of large corporations by the sea.
At this pic another night shot.... very calm and warm night with beautiful scenes.

Other My World pics at http://showyourworld.blogspot.com/

A Shy Swan

Sometimes you just have to hide.... Or at least try to...

Other Watery Pics at http://waterywednesday.blogspot.com/

In the Countryside

This barn is getting a bit tired.... Hardly standing up anymore...

Other scenes at http://scenicsunday.blogspot.com/

Perjantai-illan huumaa

Aivan huippumesta ja trooppisen lämpimänä perjantai-iltana oli väkeä Mattolailturi pullollaan! Ihmekös tuo....

In the Heat of the Night

I'm into night phographing now... Last night I decided to get out to the night of Helsinki and take some photos... This pic is taken in Ruoholahti and the bridge goes over to Lauttasaari. The sky was quite amazing.
It has been wonderful and hot in Finland almost all summer and even the night was super warm, almost 30 degrees celsius, great! Something that you can't believe to be true... Still pretty light until midnight, wonderful!  Not very bad conditions to take photos.... Could be like this all year round! I wouldn't mind...

Other skies at http://skyley.blogspot.com/

Heijastus

Aivan järkyttäviä uutisia on kuultu Oslosta. Ei oikein tiedä mitä sanoisi eikä pysty ymmärtämään. Tämä kuitenkin osanottoni kaikille omaisille. Surullista.

Vertical

There is a new bridge in Ruoholahti, Helsinki...

Other verticals at http://www.photofriday.com/

Lomalla

Onkin ollut aivan mielettömän upea kesä! Ja lomallahan voi vain olla ja nauttia elämästä, monella tapaa... vaikkapa hyvin viilennetyn juoman ääressä hyvässä seurassa... Oikein ihanaa ja lämmintä ja aurinkoista kesän jatkoa kaikille!

Muita makrolomailijoita löytyy täältä; http://makroviikot.vuodatus.net/

After a Rainy Night...

...some waterdrops on this beautiful pink rose, Queen Elizabeth, at my friends summer house.

Other waters at http://waterywednesday.blogspot.com/

Seashore

Love the scenery by the sea in Lauttasaari, especially at summer.

Other Seashores at http://www.photofriday.com/

Haukilahti by Night

Last night I got back from a great dinner at my brothers place in an island close to Haukilahti harbor. It was a wonderful warm summer night and I happened to have my camera with me... Moon was almost full and the sea calm. Beautiful!

Other Watery pics at http://waterywednesday.blogspot.com/

Partsikukka

Kauan kesti ennenkuin sain partsikukat ostettua ja istutettua... nyt ne jo onneksi hienosti kukkivat... tässä yksi niistä hehkuu upean oranssina.

A Boat

This boat was all by himself at sea in Hanko....

Othes scenes at http://scenicsunday.blogspot.com/

Wind Turbine

I was spending a few days in Hanko, the true Summer City of Finland, and on the way back home I just had to take a few photos of the wind turbines which can be seen to the main road on the way to Hanko. Many many times I have planned of doing that... and finally it is done! And they are HUGE!!! I was standing right there looking up and felt really small, tiny... and they were also scary... But I survived!

Other Skies at http://skyley.blogspot.com/

Gloomy

It is the brightest, sunniest and warmest summer time at the moment... but here is quite a gloomy tree a few weeks back from Lapland, Posio...
Have a great summer!!

Other Gloomy pics at http://www.photofriday.com/

Almost blooming

This waterlily will bloom any day... would be great to see that!

More Waters at http://waterywednesday.blogspot.com/

Eläin

Tämä leppis nautiskelee ilta-auringosta...

Muita makroeläimiä täällä; http://makroviikot.vuodatus.net/

Summer in Suomenlinna

Suomenlinna, a fortress on a group of islands just a few minutes from Helsinki City by a boat, is a wonderful place year around but especially at summer time when it is nice, warm and sunny, blue sea glittering and different kinds of boats "hanging around" and all over you can find these yellow flowers, Ukonpalko. It just is so beautiful!

More information about Suomenlinna can be found at  http://www.suomenlinna.fi/en/fortress

And other scenes at http://scenicsunday.blogspot.com/

Sunbeams

The sun is trying really hard to get away behind this dark summer cloud...

More skies; http://skyley.blogspot.com/

The Dog in the Lake

This dog absolutely loves to swim!! I spent this weekend at my friends summerhouse and their dog Misty would just live in the lake... She was diving into the lake from the dock over and over again... Also splashing the water and swimming in rounds and rounds and rounds... It was so much fun to watch! After all this she slept like a baby...

Other waters; http://waterywednesday.blogspot.com/

Sharp Focus

Marble stairs on Buyugada Island in Turkey.

Other Sharp Focus; http://www.photofriday.com/