Small world and a big needle

 

There are few nice moments in business travel. Surprisingly Seattle proved to be a great place to meet friends from Finland. Thank you Siru and Lasse for making my days!

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For every city there is that one thing that makes it to all photos. In Seattle, the needle was just kitsch enough to be gorgeous.

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On Saturday, the skies opened – a day for indoor photography, And wet shoes.

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Easter and sun

The summer is already here (at lest in theory, as I look at the heavy rain outside), but I finally had time to spend few minutes with the pictures from our glorious Easter in Finland. Sun and family.

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Skiing in the ice was perfect. Even if more active winter sports were also available.

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Dad proved us wrong. You can actually get decently sized fish in winter.

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Perfect weekend.

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From the Archives: Africa and safari

Over the years I have taken thousands of pics of African wildlife on different safaris. Here are a few. No doubt I’ll add some later on.

This baby elephant wanted to protect its herd and attacked us with enthusiasm. Enthusiasm died before it reached us. A butterfly.

Baby

Penguins are typically happy in groups. However, there is always one lone rider.

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Mummy and baby in stripes

Stripy mommy

There should be limits of how personal one should be in removing flies. Buffalo and Oxpecker.

An itch

The classic yawn every wildlife photographer needs to capture.

Yawn

Twins at high alert – boks in Swaziland

Mirror image

Finding the catch

Watching the catch

One needs to keep an eye out while others feed.

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