Category:Photo of the Day
Sony A7RII : f/8@200th : ISO 2000 : EV +0.3 : FE 55mm f/1.8 A countdown of 100 images for the 100 days leading up to the 100th Year of Finland’s independence I know that in Finland there’s Santa living up in Lapland. And I wouldn’t be surprised to find a troll or two in the forests. But when they say that Puff the Magic Dragon lived by the sea, I had no idea that they meant he was living by the sea under […]
Sony A7RII : f/4@125th : ISO 800 : EV +0.7 : FE 55mm f/1.8 A countdown of 100 images for the 100 days leading up to the 100th Year of Finland’s independence I was at my local Töölö health centre the other day so that they could carry on with the corrective work they’re doing on one of my children’s teeth, all part of the service included in the Finnish national health care, no extra charge. Afterwards, we did our usual trick of popping into […]
Sony A7RII : f/5@120th : ISO 1600 : EV 0.0 : FE 90mm f/2.8 A countdown of 100 images for the 100 days leading up to the 100th Year of Finland’s independence I wouldn’t say I’m particularly fussy about my coffee, often happy to settle for my microwaved milk with a double shot of espresso from the office machine to help me through the countless hours retouching images. No micro-bubbles in sight, definitely not a cappuccino, but it gets the job done. I […]
Sony A7RII : f/8@80th : ISO 500 : EV +0.3 : FE 55mm f/1.8 A countdown of 100 images for the 100 days leading up to the 100th Year of Finland’s independence A grey concrete background and a grey granite gravel foreground, on a grey day. What’s needed is a colourful bird of spray through the middle to lift the senses. Someone else did all the hard work, all I had to do was point the camera and shoot. Wish I […]
Sony A7RII : f/10@1.6sec : ISO 640 : EV +0.7 : FE 55mm f/1.8 A countdown of 100 images for the 100 days leading up to the 100th Year of Finland’s independence With all the new build that is going on in Helsinki, especially in the old docklands, there’s always that moment when a building is in a state of limbo, discarded and unloved, its demolition approaching on the freshly concreted horizon. The time for the spray cans to come out has arrived, a bare canvas to bring some street art […]
Sony A7RII : f/4@30th : ISO 4000 : EV -1.0 : FE 35mm f/2.8 A countdown of 100 images for the 100 days leading up to the 100th Year of Finland’s independence It is not often that I include my family in the images I use in my posts, in fact this may be a first, but this scenario helps to illustrate a point I’d like to make and it also made us all laugh. First a bit of background… I met […]
Sony A7RII : f/6.3@40th : ISO 3200 : EV -0.3 : FE 55mm f/1.8 A countdown of 100 images for the 100 days leading up to the 100th Year of Finland’s independence I thought I was just going for a quick swim and a sauna when I visited the Yrjönkadun Uimahalli, the rather grand retro swimming pool in the centre of town that still exudes its original 1920’s charm. With alternate days for men and women to use the facilities, swimwear is […]
Sony A7RII : f/8@120th : ISO 1000 : EV -0.7 : FE 55mm f/1.8 A countdown of 100 images for the 100 days leading up to the 100th Year of Finland’s independence Like almost everywhere, Finland has an abundance of glass and steel structures, predominantly in the business districts where the sleek glass cathedrals evangelise to the faithful. It would be easy to show a positive image highlighting the many ways light interacts with the building’s skeletal form but I just thought I’d stick […]
Sony A7RII : f/6.3@200th : ISO 1000 : EV -0.7 : FE 55mm f/1.8 A countdown of 100 images for the 100 days leading up to the 100th Year of Finland’s independence I wouldn’t want to give the impression that everything in Finland is in pristine condition when it comes to urban development. Thankfully, it doesn’t take long for the clean lines to take on a more lived in look, like in this busy pedestrian walkway in Ruoholahti, with its squares within […]
Sony A7RII : f/10@250th : ISO 125 : EV 0.0 : FE 55mm f/1.8 A countdown of 100 images for the 100 days leading up to the 100th Year of Finland’s independence When it comes to the mobile tech industry, Finland must have one of the most tech savvy populations in the world, with the Nokia generation seeming to have being brought up to use a mobile phone not long after being weaned from their mother’s breast. This may go some way to explaining the massively successful […]
