Sky's the Limit

No matter where you go, you realize that it's hard to make a nice landscape photography if the sky is a plain dull gray mixture, or a gaudy blue without a single cloud. So, when a few weeks ago the sunset began out to cast splendid lights on a cloud-covered sky, I was able to make these two shots, without leaving my own bedroom.

So remember: sometimes you don't have to go very far to find an appealing subject.

Another Day in Oulu

Well, I realize I haven't posted much this month, and this is a bad habbit. I do have some stuff to show though, but I guess I've just been busy. Anyway, first shot was taken near Nallikari beach, at something like 10pm, and yet we can see that the sun hasn't set yet. The second shot is from Koiteli rapids near Kiiminki, about ~30km from Oulu (there was a outdoor Jazz concert there, can you imagine?).

A Finnish Scenery - Koli, Pt. 1

Hello folks! Last week-end was the first real summer week-end here in Finland, and I was hiking in Koli, one of Finland's numerous national parks. It provides quite the typical Finnish landscape, which is  to say plenty of lakes and a very lush forest (it goes with mosquitos as well). So here comes a first selection of the shot I took during the hike. Some are very postcard-like pictures:

Northern Lights

Okay, so today I have only one picture, but this is quite a special one. Indeed, last week-end was the first time I saw an aurora borealis. It was Friday evening, on March 29th, and I've heard that there was some solar activity during the day, with good chances to see an aurora when the night would fall. So I grabbed my stuff, borrowed my flatmate's bike, and cycled to the beach where I tried to enjoy the show and take some pictures. This is far from being the best shot of an aurora you've ever seen, because I did have some light polution, because it sky was a bit cloudy, and well… also because it was the first time I tried to photograph an aurora. But it's not so bad either for a first try, so here we go:

So, on this picture you have the aforementioned aurora, the frozen sea, some clouds, and on the right side if you pay attention you'll also spot the comet Pan-STARRS.

Skiing at Iso-Syöte

2 days after my arrival to Oulu, I went skiing to Finland's southernmost fell, with a not-so-cold-but-still-cloudy weather. Enjoy the pictures (with some black and white):