Album Year of the Ox from Sami Serola (inactive)

Captain's log 20210530

nobody@ipernity.com (Sami Serola (inactive)) — Sun, 30 May 2021 10:47:28 +0000

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Vanitas

nobody@ipernity.com (Sami Serola (inactive)) — Fri, 21 May 2021 15:20:13 +0000

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Morning sun

nobody@ipernity.com (Sami Serola (inactive)) — Sun, 02 May 2021 06:10:36 +0000

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Contribution for The Sunday Challenge #483: Darkness in Photography

On my camera there's a button to lock the exposure. I first pointed the camera onto brightly litt part of the wall. I locked the exposure, and then composed the shot.

Flowers? Anyone?

nobody@ipernity.com (Sami Serola (inactive)) — Sat, 01 May 2021 07:46:58 +0000

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The most popular group topic?
www.ipernity.com/search/group?opt=1&q=Flower*+%7Cfleur*+%7Cblom*&w=0&s=1&m=0

Not mentioning more specific group topics like roses, tulips, etc.

Tram

nobody@ipernity.com (Sami Serola (inactive)) — Fri, 30 Apr 2021 16:36:21 +0000

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Bicycle season

nobody@ipernity.com (Sami Serola (inactive)) — Sun, 25 Apr 2021 04:02:56 +0000

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Contribution for The Sunday Challenge #482: Fill the frame

Charging cell phone

nobody@ipernity.com (Sami Serola (inactive)) — Sun, 18 Apr 2021 06:54:23 +0000

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Contribution for The Sunday Challenge #481: The most dangerous thing you have in your house

According to a large Finnish insurance company, 60% of fires caused by electronic devices starts from the defective batteries, cables and chargers. Moreover, in Finland people mainly use only electronic stoves. So, the statistics includes also all fires caused when forgetting to look after the stoves.

Editing done by using curves tool on the Snapseed Android app.

Tirkkosen talo, 1901

nobody@ipernity.com (Sami Serola (inactive)) — Wed, 14 Apr 2021 11:42:17 +0000

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Architects: Lars Sonck and Birger Federley

House Tirkkonen is a gem of Jugend architecture. It seems to be under restoration at the moment. So, part of the building is covered with scaffolds and tarpaulins. Inside of the building there is the first pneumatic tube transport system taken into use at Tampere. It is of course no longer used, but kept intact because it has great historical value.

Salt dispenser

nobody@ipernity.com (Sami Serola (inactive)) — Sun, 11 Apr 2021 12:48:01 +0000

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Contribution for The Sunday Challenge #480: Something shiny

Shiny cap casting reflections on the kitchen counter.

Tullikamari, 1901

nobody@ipernity.com (Sami Serola (inactive)) — Sun, 11 Apr 2021 12:18:47 +0000

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Contribution for the Project 21. 2nd Quarter: Architecture

Custom house by architect Georg Schreck.

Tullinkulma, 1950s

nobody@ipernity.com (Sami Serola (inactive)) — Mon, 05 Apr 2021 18:18:22 +0000

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Contribution for the Project 21. 2nd Quarter: Architecture

Functionalism typical for 1930s had it's "renaissance" in Finland around 1950s. And it sort of still continues. Although, I claim the corner offices with a round wall are not easy to furnish, and comes with corners difficult to clean and keep tidy.

➽ Functionalism is a Finnish thing

Surprise!

nobody@ipernity.com (Sami Serola (inactive)) — Mon, 05 Apr 2021 08:02:20 +0000

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Ostara

nobody@ipernity.com (Sami Serola (inactive)) — Sun, 04 Apr 2021 08:25:52 +0000

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Contribution for The Sunday Challenge #479: Anything at all to do with Easter

I wanted to challenge myself. So, I went out to shoot Viktor Jansson's sculpture Kajastus (Dawn).

By publishing the shot online, I thought I would infringe the Finnish copyright law. But I now learned some more about "freedom of panorama" concerning art in public places in Finland:

"A work of art may be reproduced in pictorial form [..] if the work is permanently placed at, or in the immediate vicinity of, a public place. If the work of art is the leading motive of the picture, the picture may not be used for the purpose of gain. (FINLEX 2005.)"

So, I assume the amateur photographer's derivative work shared here is not used for the purpose of gain (other than possible faves and praises).

And what does this photo has to do with Easter? Well, that is because:

"This Ostarā, like the Anglo-Saxon Eįstre, must in the heathen religion have denoted a higher being, whose worship was so firmly rooted, that the Christian teachers tolerated the name, and applied it to one of their own grandest anniversaries. [..] Ostara, Eástre seems therefore to have been the divinity of the radiant dawn, of upspringing light, a spectacle that brings joy and blessing, whose meaning could be easily adapted by the resurrection-day of the Christian's God. (Grimm 1882:290-291.)

Sources:

➽ Copyrighted monuments in Finland. Why Finnish works of art are not widely represented in Wikipedia by Vitaly Repin
➽ Copyright Act, Section 25a (821/2005) - FINLEX [PDF]
➽ Ēostre at Wikipedia
➽ Grimm, Jacob (James Steven Stallybrass Trans.) (1882). Teutonic Mythology: Translated from the Fourth Edition with Notes and Appendix Vol. I. London: George Bell and Sons. Available at Google Books.

Coltsfeet

nobody@ipernity.com (Sami Serola (inactive)) — Fri, 02 Apr 2021 16:56:53 +0000

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Contribution for the Project 21 April 2021 theme: Flowers

Pollen

nobody@ipernity.com (Sami Serola (inactive)) — Thu, 01 Apr 2021 17:09:52 +0000

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Contribution for the Project 21 April 2021 theme: Flowers

Contribution for the Macro Dreams challenge: "Flower heart"

Tulip

nobody@ipernity.com (Sami Serola (inactive)) — Thu, 01 Apr 2021 07:54:10 +0000

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Contribution for the Project 21 April 2021 theme: Flowers

Water under the bridge

nobody@ipernity.com (Sami Serola (inactive)) — Wed, 31 Mar 2021 19:41:32 +0000

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MIRROЯ ЯIM

nobody@ipernity.com (Sami Serola (inactive)) — Sun, 28 Mar 2021 06:59:34 +0000

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Contribution for The Sunday Challenge #478: Mirror showing the surroundings

Back to GIMPing for a change. Nothing special done. Only the basics:

- Levels tool used to cut out "the empty tails".
- Soft light gradient layer used to add a vignetting.

Someone seem to have used this mirror for target practising. Plenty of stones around to throw. This is also the spot where I hope to see the first coltsfoots when the spring starts. Or is it coltsfeet in plural(?) =D

♫ Throwing Stones by Grateful Dead at YouTube

Learning to drive a tram

nobody@ipernity.com (Sami Serola (inactive)) — Wed, 17 Mar 2021 11:10:59 +0000

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Contribution for the Project 21 March theme: Transportation

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nobody@ipernity.com (Sami Serola (inactive)) — Sat, 06 Mar 2021 06:58:15 +0000

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