• Members 1146 posts
    Aug. 2, 2025, 10:55 a.m.

    I don't disagree. Or maybe just one person.

  • Members 1146 posts
    Aug. 2, 2025, 10:57 a.m.

    Yes, that really captures that post-rain damp feeling.

  • Members 1798 posts
    Aug. 2, 2025, 10:57 a.m.

    So many to like. ALL excellent. Bravo, you won!

  • Members 1798 posts
    Aug. 2, 2025, 10:58 a.m.

    Love the fog element. Brilliant.

  • Members 1798 posts
    Aug. 2, 2025, 10:59 a.m.

    Just wonderful scenery.

  • Members 1798 posts
    Aug. 2, 2025, 11 a.m.

    Great series. Rural slice of life at it's best.

  • Members 1798 posts
    Aug. 2, 2025, 11:02 a.m.

    Fab shot, absolutely great.

  • Members 2215 posts
    Aug. 2, 2025, 1:02 p.m.

    Not the sort of light we associate with Tuscany! Nicely low key.

    Sometimes the urge to get out and about with the camera deserts us. Then its time to think of something new to photograph.

  • Members 2215 posts
    Aug. 2, 2025, 1:07 p.m.

    That old farmhouse is interesting. Pity it is not inhabited anymore.

    Looks like a great walk to repeat on a nice sunny day.

  • Members 2215 posts
    Aug. 2, 2025, 1:10 p.m.

    Good to see you back here.

    I think this is the best shot in this set. I imagine it is not easy to take these shots.

  • Members 2215 posts
    Aug. 2, 2025, 1:12 p.m.

    Yes you have caught the after a rainstorm vibe very nicely with this shot.

  • Members 575 posts
    Aug. 2, 2025, 4:12 p.m.

    Engineering feat

    As you might have guessed from my recent photos I was in trip to northern Norway recently, so over next weeks I will post here some photos from my trip.
    Today I want to show photos from Kiruna, Sweden, where we stayed for night on return trip. Kiruna is known for its iron ore mining and now they are relocating part of city eastward to make space for new mining area. Among other buildings they plan to move church about 5 km. Church is 35x35 meters and weights about 600 tons, so it's quite impressing engineering task. I walked from hotel to church to see preparations for moving, church itself was behind fence but one can see that it is already up from ground and on beams. Moving is planned for week 35, for this they widen roads and remove some bridges along path. Here are some pics I managed to get.

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  • Members 1146 posts
    Aug. 2, 2025, 4:16 p.m.

    That's crazy! There must be some very valuable or plentiful ore down thee to make this a viable project. Interesting stuff Vahur.

  • Members 2215 posts
    Aug. 2, 2025, 5:56 p.m.

    This is pretty incredible, the cost of this operation will be up there in the stratosphere. A fun Engineering project for somebody.

    This has been done before, but is pretty rare.

  • Members 1064 posts
    Aug. 2, 2025, 7:27 p.m.

    I like this one best. The others just seem a bit too violet for my taste. Lightniing photography is tricky - well done.

  • Members 1064 posts
    Aug. 2, 2025, 7:28 p.m.

    These make wonderful abstracts from a fine set.

  • Members 1064 posts
    Aug. 2, 2025, 7:32 p.m.

    I can smell the damp ground 😁

  • Members 1064 posts
    Aug. 2, 2025, 7:34 p.m.

    That is truly impressive. Nice looking building too.