Beautiful day in east Helsinki

Clouds over Helsinki, originally uploaded by jiihaa.

Shore, originally uploaded by jiihaa.

Nymphalis antiopa, originally uploaded by jiihaa.

We visited today Meri-Rastila in east Helsinki, where there is a nice sea landscape and paths through the forests at seaside. It was cool, 23 °C, and windy, and scattered clouds on the sky. Here are three photographs from the walk by the sea.

Sometimes is is very hard to get the exposure right, but nowadays I'm getting better at it, especially after learning to use properly the live histogram on the LX3. And I believe most cameras today have enough dynamic range to handle most situations, except perhaps low-light situations where noise also starts to raise its ugly head. At least I have found that it is the camera user who is almost always the reason for situations of "not enough dynamic range".

In addition to the seascapes, here is also a photograph of an old and scruffy Mourning Cloak. Pieces of the wings have broken away, and there are signs of wear and tear everywhere, but the butterfly managed to fly expertly nevertheless. Practice makes perfect I guess.