Thanks to Ice Swimmer. I miss the sea something fierce, it’s always good to see photos. Click for full size.
Bladderwrack and reed debris. © Ice Swimmer
Sailing in Xmas. © Ice Swimmer
Sun low over Toolonlahti. © Ice Swimmer
Sunset from Merisatama. © Ice Swimmer
Sunset from Siltasaari Hels. © Ice Swimmer
Really gorgeous. There’s so much atsmosphere, so much mood. I love that.
Thank you! I’ve been lucky with the sunset colours.
The first picture is from a public beach.
The second and fourth were taken on the 2nd Xmas Day/Boxing Day 2014 in the southern end of Helsinki peninsula* on Merisatamanranta (Sea Harbor Quay) in the Eira neighborhood and home to a large marina (shielded by the islands Uunisaari and Liuskasaari seen in the pictures).
The third was taken on the day before Xmas Eve 2015 in Hakasalmi park by Töölönlahti (Bay of Töölö). Töölönlahti is a bay in the middle of Helsinki peninsula just north of the central business district.
The fourth picture is from late April 2015. It was taken from Säästöpankinranta (Savings Bank Quay, named after an illicit tavern that used to be outside the city jurisdiction in the 19th century) in the Siltasaari neigborhood roughly in the direction of the site of the third picture, which would be behind the railways and over Töölönlahti. The bay in the picture is Eläintarhanlahti (Zoo bay), named after the park Eläintarha which was supposed to include a zoo but never did.
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* = The centre of Helsinki is on the peninsula, built on cliffs and swamps of the village Töölö in what used to be the (rural) parish of Helsinki.
Everything looks so beautiful.
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:Laughs: Oh, I like that.
The sunset from Marisitama is really nice!
It would look great in a large format I think.
abear @ 4
Marisitama? 8-) Is that somewhere in Japan or did you get bitten by autocorrect?
Thank you anyway.
Although, I think all the syllables in Merisatama would be possible in Japanese as well.
Oh, about the first picture. Caine’s closeups were an influence there.
Ice Swimmer @ 7:
:scuffs toe: I’m attracted by the mundane, I tend to look at all the things people gloss over every day. I really like that photo. I suppose that goes without saying.