Thursday, October 28, 2010

Stylish


Stylish, originally uploaded by Rollofunk.

Stilleben on top of a mailbox downtown.

Sunday, October 24, 2010

Airplane View


Airplane View, originally uploaded by Rollofunk.

Well, if I had cropped it tighter, it might have passed for one.

Sunday, October 17, 2010

Street Artist


Street Artist, originally uploaded by Rollofunk.

Some very good (and legal) graffiti around in Kalasatama, and more being made all the time it seemed.

Urban Garden


Urban Garden, originally uploaded by Rollofunk.

One of Dodo's urban gardening experiments down in Kalasatama. Nice effort, but I still don't see what's so new and hype-worthy about growing stuff in the city.

Thursday, October 14, 2010

Stuck


Stuck, originally uploaded by Rollofunk.

I like trams. However, they do have a weakness in that they don't move without electricity. A large part of the downtown grid was shut down because of today, leaving lot's of helpless hulks stranded on the tracks.

Helsinki Tram Mayhem II


Helsinki Tram Mayhem II, originally uploaded by Rollofunk.

Most of the city tram lines pass through here. Except tonight they don't. Luckily the snow that was promised for tonight haven't showed up in any significant quantity, at least yet, to further spice things up.

Helsinki Tram Mayhem I


Helsinki Tram Mayhem I, originally uploaded by Rollofunk.

Some truck had pulled down the overhead tram cables at the beginning of rush hour in the busiest tram crossing intersection downtown. Nobody got electrocuted, apparently, but traffic is a mess.

Seeing Double


Seeing Double, originally uploaded by Rollofunk.

Someone trying to reinvent the dual core computer, or something. Odd.

Sunday, October 10, 2010

Design Following Function


Design Following Function, originally uploaded by Rollofunk.

Pilot boat docked at Katajanokka. It has a straightforward task of getting people out to sea and aboard a much larger vessel in any weather, year around. Plenty of nice design details around to support that work, and not much unnecessary around. Looks like user driven design to me.

Flag Shadow


Flag Shadow, originally uploaded by Rollofunk.

Sunday, October 03, 2010

Future Fisherman?


Future Fisherman?, originally uploaded by Rollofunk.

Sizing Up the Customers


Sizing Up the Customers, originally uploaded by Rollofunk.

The 14-45 lens performed pretty well today, considering the harsh light and shadows, moving crowds and shooting at arms length. The image stabilisation sure helps. This picture was shot at 1/30 of a second at full zoom, and is still reasonably sharp.

Sales Pitch


Sales Pitch, originally uploaded by Rollofunk.

Herring Market time. Got us some mustard sauce herring, which will be gone soon, and sweet dark bread. Good it goes on for the week, so there's more to be had.