project 52-2011/26: summer of love.

september 24, 2011 at 13:36 by felix. two comments.

here’s my project 52 shot for the twentysixth week. the topic was

this is a topic i spend quite some time thinking about it. finally, while being in norway at the coast of the barents sea, i had a simple idea which i really liked, much more than all previous ones. at the coast, i saw a lot of mussel shells. broken open, and when viewed from the right direction, having a heart shape. mussels and beach are often associated with summer, so there was the connection. using something like a broken mussel shell, partially covered with sand and water, as an image for love is not that straightforward, i know. i chose it anyway. please click the photo to get a larger version:

technical details: 1/160s, f/5, 105mm, iso 400.

a vacation in finland, part five: an excursion to kirkenes.

september 15, 2011 at 20:50 by felix. no comments.

while staying in ivalo, i did a daytrip to kirkenes in norway, and dipped my feet into the barents sea. it was pretty cold, and didn’t got any warmer while staying in it a bit longer. i’d still jump in if i would have taken my swimming gear with me… this is a thing you don’t do that often. as before in ivalo, it was cloudy. and rained a bit. but nonetheless, it was beautiful. lappland is just beautiful. the barents sea reminds me a lot of the north sea. which reminds me that i haven’t been there for quite some time.

posted in: photos traveling
tags: barents sea beach coast finland kirkenes lappland norway photos ruska traveling vacation
places: barents sea finland kirkenes lappland norway

a western canadian vacation: vancouver.

october 6, 2009 at 00:00 by felix. no comments.

after yellowknife, we flew to vancouver. things you can see in the photos are the steam clock, vancouver city, stanley park, a spider, views from the capilano bridge and its park, and a sunset at the pacific ocean’s beach.