Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2019/10/30
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]HI NATHAN, ONCE AGAIN ONE OF YOUR MAGICAL PHOTO ESSAYS OF AVAILABLE LIGHT EXCELLENCE! I HAVE AS USUAL GONE BACK AND FORTH A NUMBER OF TIMES ENJOYING YOUR WONDERFUL PHOTOGRAPHIC TALENT COVERING CITIES OF EUROPE AND SCANDANAVIA. MANY BRING BACK MEMORIES OF ASSIGNMENTS OF MANY MANY YEARS AGO WHEN I WAS BUT A YOUNG LAD SHOOTING FOR MAGAZINES & GOVERNMENT TOURISM DEPARTMENTS. YOUR PHOTO COVERAGE CERTAINLY FIRES ONE UP TO RETURN FOR ANOTHER GO!;-) cheers, ted GRANT-OC On Wed, Oct 30, 2019, 1:13 AM Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu> wrote: > I am in Helsinki right now, a short business trip before flying on to > Copenhagen and a few days? vacation later today. I arrived in Finland on > Wednesday night, and rather than having dinner with my colleagues (we are 5 > people from the office here), I spent the evening walking around, > re-discovering the city I used to visit very frequently in the late 1990s > but had not visited since 2001. I felt a certain pleasure recognising the > familiar places, despite the bitterly cold temperature?it was below > freezing even though we are only in October. For that reason, the streets > were virtually deserted after 9 p.m. Four images from my walk. > > Stockmann is a grand old department store in the centre. I remember that > there was a nice bar in the basement where I sometimes sought escape from > the cold: > https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-4kvVKNs/A > > The main Esplanade connecting the centre with the harbour. I used to stay > in Hotel K?mp, one of the buildings on the left: > https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-hpWz7xd/A > > Helsinki City Hall: > https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-vqd3ZQz/A > > Sofia Street with the Lutheran cathedral in the background: > https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-RVMqpXs/A > > Of all the cities I have visited, Helsinki is the one that changes the > most from winter to summer. On a July day when the sun barely sets, these > streets look like a Mediterranean town. > > Cheers, > Nathan > > Nathan Wajsman > > Alicante, Spain > http://www.frozenlight.eu <http://www.frozenlight.eu/> > http:// <http://www.greatpix.eu/>www.greatpix.eu > PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws < > http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws>Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/ < > http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/> > > Cycling: http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator < > http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator> > > YNWA > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information