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Outtake Day 24

Aurinkolahti, Helsinki, Finland The sea is never very far in Helsinki. This time on the beach of Aurinkolahti. The area is located right on the eastern border of Helsinki, around the corner is Finland's largest freight port, Vuosaari. Or so, behind the cape. A golf course and a coffee roaster...

Niemenmäki, Helsinki, Finland Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, no pun intended, is the name of this structure, at least the design that won the design competition. The gray building in the middle, Snow White, is the original and only 1/6 of its original size, the Pohjola house. It was once...

Vallila, Helsinki, Finland Vallila tramway depot - the depot is no longer in active use other than as a maintenance place for old Valmet wagons that are still in use at least until 2025. The operation should cease when Valmet wagons stop working, approx. by 2025. The new depot on the eastern...

Artificial tilt&shift in post - Outtake Day 21

Outtake Day 21 - Green trams like everywhere in Helsinki

Hietalahdenranta, Helsinki, Finland Hietalahdenranta, actually the parts of the city that can be seen in the picture are Punavuori and Eira. And the currently empty dock is in Munkkisaari. From the beginning, Hietalahdenranta was a sandy sea bay which, as a suitable natural harbor and at a...

Helsinki Cathedral

@MarkoV, your pictures are always very interesting and giving me extra joy trying to identify the places where those are taken, practicing my visual memory. For my satisfaction I've found that my beloved hometown is visually in my deep memory and I can fairly easy identify the districts 👍

Outtake Day 20 - Entrance of the Church in Temppeliaukio (Temple Square) On-top of the church

Outtake Day 20 - Etu-Töölö, Temppeliaukio

Etu-Töölö, Helsinki, Finland Etu-Töölö, it got its name from the village located in the area, the spelling of which has been known since at least the 15th century. A little further from the current center of the city is Taka-Töölö. Etu means fore/front and Taka back/behind. Etu-Töölö is a...

I hear you, the viewfinder is one of the most important things, nowadays. My eyes have never been very good, very shortsighted. But combined with age vision 🙄 I've found actually Leica SL viewfinder to be quite good, and actually that's holding me back from switching to Nikon Zƒ. Film is where...

F3 💘 - I would had given my arm away to be able to finance purchase years ago. Now I'm too old (read: lazy) to operate with film anymore 😢

Thank you for your kind words. I must confess that I cheated a bit, again 🙄 I had couple of candidates and my wife walked by and commented (knowing what I was doing): "Choose the Bladerunner!" 😲 Well, I did

Outtake Day 19 - University of Helsinki Main Building Statue on the square is emperor Aleksanteri II (Alexander the Second), tsar of Russia, Grand Duke of Finland. He gave strong autonomy to Finland, which eventually led to freedom and independence later 1917, December 6th. Development, which...

Outtake Day 19 - Government Palace and the windows of Prime Minister's Office, for opsec reasons I leave you guessing which ones 😉

Kluuvi, Helsinki, Finland Kluuvi and Aleksanterinkatu, the street along which the banks' palaces were once located. The banking industry, which was among the first industries in Finland to digitize customer service, eliminated the need for palaces. Some of the banks that previously operated on...

Arabianranta, Helsinki, Finland Arabianranta and Arabia's former porcelain factory. The Swedish porcelain factory Rörstrand established a porcelain factory in Helsinki's Arabianranta in 1873. The name Arabia has been known in the area for more than 100 years before the factory was founded...

Day 17 Outtake - safety shot when trying to find an angle towards the prison

Day 17 Outtake

Hermanni, Helsinki, Finland Hermanni and Helsinki prison, formerly Central prison or Sörka prison. Helsinki's only operating prison. The largest closed prison in Finland measured by the number of prison places. There are always an insane number of stories associated with prisons, but this story...

Puu-Vallila, Helsinki, Finland Puu-Vallila was built in Helsinki in the 1910s. The area has been threatened twice, in 1944, during the second world war's heavy bombing of Helsinki, more than 20 buildings were destroyed in the area and a fire threatened to destroy the entire area. The area was...

Well done all! So good so far! Maybe the most difficult days ahead of me, first busy at the work, I try to steal few minutes and get a snap. I'm prepared. And then in the end of the working week I'm alone at home, for a second, and get houseguest. My older grandson, 2 years, will stay overnight...

I really like the Japanese chainsaw 😎

Pikku-Huopalahti, Helsinki, Finland Pikku-Huopalahti was built in the 1990s as a reaction to the gray concrete boxes of the 1970s. The architecture has been characterized as gazebo style or Moomin houses. Reasonably low built, withstood time much better than what it felt like new when looking...

Outtake Day 14 - Wihuri castle

Building a new bridge between mainland city centre and Kruunuvuori residential area. Specialty, only in Finland, the longest bridge in Finland, roughly 1200m will serve only pedestrians, cyclists and trams.... In the middle of the bridge is going to be 135m high pylon.

Casino Kulosaari, Helsinki and new bridge connecting mainland city centre and residential area Kruunuvuori

Kulosaari, Helsinki, Finland Kulosaari is a traditional residential area of embassies and big money with its seaside lots. A little too densely built, the price of the land has been utilized and the architecture is too mixed to be stylish, maybe a little too folky and insipid, even. But big...

Wow 😳 I wish I could draw, but I'm hopeless in that area. Nevertheless, love seeing your drawings.

I was sad taking this photo on day 4, the villa is in such a bad condition already, BUT.... For my outmost joy, I can tell you that renovation of this building is starting on Monday. How I know, well, the firm which we used in our renovation is doing the job here as well 🥳

A bit movement, so thrown away to outtakes...

Ullanlinna, Helsinki, Finland Ullanlinna is one of the city's most expensive residential areas. A residential area for embassies and the wealthy. There are even more spectacular views from Ullanlinna than the Day 13 photo. The red and lighter building with a brick facade in the picture makes...

Hakaniemi, Helsinki, Finland Hakaniemi has one of the remaining functioning markets and a market hall. The hall was repaired and restored in a long project of several years, and now functions as a modern shopping center and restaurant world. It has taken a while for customers to find the hall...

Siltasaari was the original plan, but not the result I had in mind 😕

Linjat, Helsinki, Finland Linjat is actually part of Kallio district. Building in picture is Helsinki City Theatre, taken in use 1967. I've seen many epic performances there, played by the very best of Finnish actors. Finland is the land of theatres, and many very respectable companies but...

Today (Day 10) I cheated a bit 🙄 I added Denoise in Lightroom to 'the standard semi-automatic procedure'. Sorry about that

Kalasatama

Katajanokka further away towards south, on the left ice breaker and on the middle State Department.

Katajanokka, Helsinki, Finland The current capital of Finland, Helsinki, is not the oldest city in Finland, quite the contrary. But Katajanokka is central to the development of the city into its current form. Helsinki was a small fishing village on the shores of Old Town Bay. In 1775...

We've been looking exactly something like that for our garden 🤔

It's a shame for our nation that we have similar places and names in use in our country. Especially nowadays when war is flaming in Ukraine. [Lenin park]