Street scene from Helsinki near my office. Had a longer lunch break than usually and went walking outside with camera like always when weather gets interesting.

Early morning after winter´s first proper snowfall... but from last year. Who knows when winter begins this year here on the sounthern coast of Finland. Two years ago it didn´t begin at all (first time ever in history of reliable meteorological records) but last year it was quite OK... not as snowy and cold at all as those wonderful classic Finnish winters of my childhood but almost bearable. At least palms and coral reefs are not yet growing here.

This was the puppy's first swim. While trying to get this shot, my mother was screaming at me to be careful because I was running backwards in the thigh deep water with my new E-500 in hand. All I could think about was getting the shot, the consequences of tripping hadn't really crossed my mind. Luckily the camera lived to see another day!

First attempt at macro in my Garden.