Melting sea and bright snow

Pieces of ice, originally uploaded by jiihaa.

Red and white, originally uploaded by jiihaa.

Winter plant, originally uploaded by jiihaa.

Today I had a meeting in Helsinki, and parked the car near Eteläsatama (South Harbor). While there, I took a couple of quick snapshots of the scenery. It was bright, and the sun occasionally peeked between the clouds.

Later today we went for a walk in the nearby fields and parks. It was still bright, and I took quite a lot of photographs of the landscape. Here are two images. In post-processing I intentionally increased the brightness so that the snow became overexposed. I sort of like the result despite in not being "realistic".