Sunday, September 20, 2009

Shadow Sunday: Helsinki


Today's shadows are more than three years old. I can scarce belief it is so long ago that we visited Helsinki as part of our 2006 Baltic cruise.

We were touring the city by coach and at one point, where the road runs by a beach area near a ferry terminal, we stopped at a zebra crossing. A flock of Canada geese were waiting for the traffic to stop. The guide told us they regularly used this route to cross to the parkland opposite and always showed perfect road manners.

From my position in the coach I only saw them when they had waddled into the shadows of the trees in the park.

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12 comments:

  1. lovely photo! The geese look so busy! The various shadows are lovely too

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  2. What a great picture. I get so excited when I can get a shot of birds/bugs/etc..Wonderful..great shadows.

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  3. That is a fantastic shadow shot, Gerald! The shadows and the ducks seem to be moving together across the photo! Marvelous!

    Enjoy your day/evening -- can never keep track of what time it is in any given place, at any given time, but you know what I mean! Enjoy whatever!

    Sylvia

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  4. a beautiful shot!!
    a carpet of shadows and geese

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  5. I was tuning in for another quite Manchester corner...so what a surprise...but the shot is great..

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  6. I'm so glad you shared this shadow shot with us...it's great.

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  7. Must be some good munchies over there for them to travel it so frequently...fun shot, I used to raise Canada geese, I miss the goslings.

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  8. They are magnificent geese, and your shadows compliment the photo with its dark and light effect.

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  9. What a wonderful double shadows. The tree shadows and the CG shadows give the perfect shot.

    Cheers!

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  10. delightful gathering of birdsandshadows
    john

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  11. Ducks found its shade in the shadow of the tree. Beautiful photo, indeed!

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