My photo of a pilot boat taken in February 2006 qualified to the semi-finals in The Assignment, an international photographic competition arranged by Canon. The semi-finalists were selected based on user votes and a panel of judges. My pilot boat photo won the landscape category for Finland, which made me the happy new owner of a valuable product price.
Thank you very much for your votes in favour of my photo! Also many thanks to all visitors of my site, and especially to those of you who use to write comments on my pictures. It's the inspiration you give me that keeps me hunting for new photos. Without your support I wouldn't have been out there on that freezing cold winter morning!
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I spent one week at the lighthouse of Märket on June 7th-14th, 2008. The lighthouse is situated on a small islet in the Baltic Sea, on the border between Sweden and Finland. As a member of the Finnish Lighthouse Association I was helping with renovating the decayed building and guiding visitors - and, of course, I took a lot of photos there. :)
Märket, Åland Islands (Finland) / Sweden: Märket lighthouse on a stormy morning. The border between Finland and Sweden runs through the small Märket island in the Baltic Sea, having a very peculiar shape. The pool in the front and the sea in the background belong to Sweden, while the lighthouse buildings between are located in Finland.]]>
Märket, Åland Islands (Finland) / Sweden: Rough sea on the northern side of Märket, a small lighthouse island in the Baltic Sea at the border between Finland and Sweden. Picture taken early in the morning after strong northern winds had blown throughout the night.]]>
Märket, Åland Islands (Finland) / Sweden: Dramatic clouds in the northeastern morning sky above the Gulf of Bothnia. Photo taken on a stormy day from Märket, a small lighthouse island in the Baltic Sea at the border between Finland and Sweden.]]>
Märket, Åland Islands (Finland) / Sweden: The lighthouse of Märket and a dot marking the border between Finland and Sweden. The border, which has a very peculiar shape, runs through the small island in the Baltic Sea.]]>
Märket, Åland Islands (Finland) / Sweden: Sunset at Märket, a small lighthouse island in the Baltic Sea. The border between Finland and Sweden runs through Märket, approximately across the pool seen in this photo. This is a view from Finland, which is in front of the pool, towards Sweden, which is behind the pool.]]>
Jomala, Åland Islands: Viking Line's ferry m/s Isabella passing Kobba Klintar, a former pilot station located nearby the waterway leading to Mariehamn, the capital of the Åland Islands.]]>
Turku: The Turku Cathedral and thousands of gerbera flowers on a warm summer evening. The church inaugurated in 1300 is situated in Turku, the oldest city of Finland.]]>
Turku: People enjoying a warm summer evening nearby the Turku Cathedral. ]]>
Turku: The Turku Cathedral and thousands of gerbera flowers on a warm summer evening. The church inaugurated in 1300 is situated in Turku, the oldest city of Finland.]]>
Helsinki: A pond called Kruunuvuorenlampi in the district of Laajasalo, close to the abandoned villa seen in the previous two photos. The same pond can be seen in my picture taken from a hot air balloon on July 6th, 2005.]]>
Helsinki: The entrance of a partly collapsed old villa in the district of Laajasalo. In the area of Kruunuvuori, just four kilometres from the city centre of Helsinki, there are many abandoned villas surrounded by wild vegetation. A new residential area is due to be built in the vicinity within the next decade.]]>
Helsinki: A partly collapsed old villa in the district of Laajasalo. In the area of Kruunuvuori, just four kilometres from the city centre of Helsinki, there are many abandoned villas surrounded by wild vegetation. A new residential area is due to be built in the vicinity within the next decade.]]>
Helsinki: The Cholera Basin at the Market Square in the blue twilight of the spring night.]]>