I’ve been having this idea…
It’s been playing around in my head already for… about 10 years, I guess…
I’m not quite sure what I’m going to do with it, but it must be something, since I can’t seem to let go of it.
I have a title for it (which I’m not going to put here), but the idea involves a combination of nature, people (industries) and how they influence each other.
This could be an example…

D200, ISO100, 1/125 sec @ f/16, Tamron 28-75mm

Last weekend we went out to my better half’s family’s (I could’ve made that sound a lot more difficult, but it’s only Tuesday, so… ) summer house on the point of an island about 20 minutes out in the archipelago between Finland and Sweden. It’s a little pearl. I hadn’t been there since last year and it was great being back there again, especially now in fall. Last year the fall sucked moosepeckers (yeah, I know, I keep on saying that, but it’s all Wayne’s fault ), but this year’s it’s just been beautiful.
They forecast rain for pretty much the whole weekend, but instead we got a good storm on Sunday. Saturday was a gorgeous day. Sunny with a bit of clouds. Not seriously warm, but pleasant. Shame that we only had such a short time. This week the boat will be taken out of the water and prepared for winter. Maybe we get to drive to the summer house during winter… If we get some sort of winter this year… because last year the winter………..

D200, ISO100, 1/250 sec @ f/2.8, Tamron 28-75mm

D200, ISO100, 1/60 sec @ f/5.6, Sigma 10-20mm

D200, ISO100, 1/60 sec @ f/5.6, Sigma 10-20mm

D200, ISO100, 1/60 sec @ f/4, Sigma 10-20mm

D200, ISO100, 1/350 sec @ f/4

I also tried some panning. Really! It’s not as easy as it seams! Those… Heck, how am I going to say that in a decent way? I was going to say “those fucking dragonflies are so damn fast”… But really, they are. And they were fucking! So… Owwell… Just excuse me my french this time, I usually don’t express myself like this…

D200, ISO100, 1/180 sec @ f/9.5, Tamron 28-75mm

Supposedly the most popular place for picking berries and mushrooms in the greater Helsinki area. I went there with my better half for a good hike and some more colorful pictures than edible mushrooms. The lush green of the moss for example. It’s so soft that you have to suppress the urge to just lie down and go to sleep in it (I’m still not completely rid of my jet lag, so it really was tempting).

D200, ISO100, 3 sec @ f/13, Sigma 10-20mm

The marshes (Mustalampi) also looked very tempting. Looked, though… step in it in the wrong spots and you’ll be in water all the way up to your knees, if not higher.

D200, ISO100, 1/6 sec @ f13, Tamron 28-75mm

D200, ISO100, 1/6 sec @ f/13, Tamron 28-75mm

And many other colorful and less colorful things. If only we had more time… the 10 km walk that we did took us a good three hours. I take all the blame for it.

D200, ISO100, 1/90 @ f/5.6, Sigma 10-20mm

D200, ISO100, 1,5 sec @ f/13, Sigma 10-20mm

D200, ISO100, 1/30 sec @ f/5.6, Sigma 10-20mm