N81 8GB vs N900 in evening light nano-competition

these photos were not exactly public some time ago - but now you too can compare. while number of pixels on matrices is not exactly comparable, but you can see progress - evening shooting is slightly more tough on phone-camera than one might think...

N81 8GB


N900

more walk to Munkkiniemi with camera - Easter'09

it looks like Munkkiniemi shots are popular - here is more pleasure for searchers from past walks with camera

old photosets from 2008

I have (finally) uploaded recently few photo-sets made in summer 2008 around Helsinki downtown. Enjoy ;)

Harbours, ships, markets and streets of Helsinki


another photowalk into Munkkiniemi Helsinki


P.S. there are still photos which didn't make yet they travel from hard-drive to Flickr, so check it up time to time ;)

Espoo and Helsinki - better weather and more photos

As one may have noticed, better weather makes me more prone to go out there and try to record what I see around. It might be short photo sketch like these

flowers in my neighborhood

warm days in Helsinki

or it might be longer shooting session with 100+ images and major walk through several areas of Helsinki or Espoo, like these

Samba carnival in Helsinki calls for walk

Sunday walk with camera through western Helsinki

Helsinki day, 2008

good weather and digital camera...

... makes some more photo shooting

one warm day in Helsinki downtown


and another warm sunny day at Strömberg park in western Helsinki

caddies continue to follow me...

last time I wrote about caddies, I thought they might read me, and eventually stop stalking me... well, they didn't

walk with camera in Munkkiniemi

The weather has been so good last weekend that I couldn't resist to make another walk in down town with camera. It was Munkkiniemi district of Helsinki this time - it all started nearby of cafe Torpanranta after jump from 4th tram on end of line. Then I has walked along Tiilimäki hill, rather fashionable area. And finally came back to jump on 4th tram again.

wild caddies on Helsinki streets

for last 9+ years living in Greater Helsinki area, I have seen only very few abandoned shop caddies on the street - coin in lock made them "magically" returned to closest shop

so I didn't pay much attention apart from little "woah" first time and making shot


second time it was late evening, coming out with friend from local pub - I got little puzzled... and shot it again.


and last time it was two days ago - on the corner of office building


looks like they are surrounding me... or trying to say something? ;)

more Helsinki walks with camera

I have missed last week photo set to publish here, so... And yes, I am *in love* with old dark-red bricks :D

Last week Sunday photo walk


And yesterday's walk on Helsinki streets

virtual trainspotting

what to do if you are train-spotting addict, yet your time schedule does not allow you to do it right away? yes, there is solution - go to http://www.flickriver.com/, or better straight to http://www.flickriver.com/groups/trains/pool/interesting/ or http://www.flickriver.com/groups/railways/pool/interesting/

and then you will get an endless stream of photos like this


... not that I insist that you shall be addicted to trainspotting in any form ;)

war and peace and ... WoW

Sometimes making photos on the streets of Helsinki makes me wondering what is related to those pictures. Today I made few shots here and there, and two of them were in the heart of hearts of Helsinki - in front of Stockmann central shop towards City-käytävä passage on the other side of street, and inside passage itself.

Now, I've been walking down this passage hundreds of times, and it was always (relatively) peaceful part of downtown. But quick search on

City-käytävä

and voilà! About year ago this place was something of local drama... Sort of :)

As fellini1981 put it,

Massive amounts of finnish WoW fanatics gathered in City-Käytävä, Helsinki for a World of Warcraft Burning Crusade launch event held by Tilt Gamestores, Vivendi and Blizzard. Event started at midnight and this video was taken around 8pm before the event!

I have heard stories that when it comes to electronic entertainments, Finns are eager to gather into unusual crowd. But this time the crowd was somehow... here. War and peace and ... WoW :)

Spring? What spring? Welcome to Nordic country...

02/03/2008
Originally uploaded by silpol

Yesterday I had in mind, to go today for another shooting in Helsinki downtown. But today it was clear - I can take camera and go shoot, but it will be too cold exercise... Going to balcony and make shot (which you see above) only confirmed - spring is still to come.

update: And Helsingin Sanomat says "Current winter is warmest of all time in Finland"

Saturday photo shooting session

IMGP1230
Originally uploaded by silpol

... and yesterday I went out again Helsinki downtown on purpose - this time to memorize largely ignored areas of Kluuvi, Kruununhaka, Katajanokka and around Kauppatori. These are mostly *polished* by tourists and postcards, and it is difficult to find something new - so here is Another Saturday photowalk in Helsinki downtown for your judgement

Friday shooting walk

IMGP1116
Originally uploaded by silpol

This Friday I had some time to walk in Helsinki downtown - and here is another set at Flickr to see it my way ;)

Photographer is photographer...

Vipera berus
Originally uploaded by ksa_mis

In normal life, average person has a common sense, a pragmatical no-adventures behavior and all other similar attributes... And when comes to women in delicate expecting condition, it doubles if not triples. But there is one notable exception - photographer which suddenly noticed a nice shot to be done.

Here is an example - my wife was in middle of being pregnant with our son, when she took a walk with our friends on outskirts of Espoo, and bumped into snake which has been *warming bones* in last autumn sunny days. My wife is pragmatical and logical and calm person, yet she didn't mind about one meter distance to snake of the only poisonous kind of it in Finland. She pulled out slowly camera, made a shot, and... Meet Vipera berus :)

another walk into foggy Helsinki

I like misty, foggy weather and photo shooting in this weather is even more pleasant for me.

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Business Opportunity

Business Opportunity
Originally uploaded by galexian

One of my precious virtual friends found on livejournal.com is Alex, or as he describes himself

Professional engineer, writer, linguist, programmer, Linux maniac, private pilot, and "the ham operator known as KC0MWF."

Apart from mentioned qualities, he is also talented photograph - see the example, not without tongue in cheek.

another sunny Sunday - walk with camera in sleepy western Helsinki

got some few hours to walk to long-thought shooting in Strömberg park, then along the most western part of Helsinki in Pitäjänmäki - for some personal reasons, I had a long stnding dream to go and shoot.

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