Kustaanmiekka in winter
Jan 30th, 2008 by Juha Ylitalo
After all the positive feedback to my photo of a week, I wanted to publish little bit different kind of photograph from Suomenlinna. Suomenlinna is formed up by eight islands, which all have something unique in them. Kustaanmiekka is one of those eight islands. If you are looking for a picnic spot in a summer, it would be good destinations, because many tourists don’t bother to walk that far away from the ferry pier.
All these small hills in Kustaanmiekka and vaults inside those hills reminds me about Shire in Lord of the Rings. However you won’t see any hobbits in here, because those vaults were used as storage for artillery and other such tasks. Small ponds in a photograph have been freshwater reserves for the people in fortress.
During normal winter all this landscape should be covered by snow, but as you can see, all snow has melted away and there is lot of dead grass and some bushes that have dropped their leaves.
Technical details: Canon EOS 20D & Tokina AF 12-24mm f/4 AT-X Pro DX (22mm, 1/250s, f/11, ISO200)
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I see a few people at the top of the hill. Is there a good view from that vantage point? Do the 8 islands have a similar topography?
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i know now why Finland is so famous. Its magnificent natural landscape is just spectacular.
No wonder its one of the world’s most beautiful place to live.
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I would say that all islands are somehow different from each others. Most of the other islands have more old buildings on them, one of them has drydock (which is nowdays used for storing old boats for winter time), one has Naval Academy of the Finnish Navy, another one has minimum-security penal labor colony, … There are also artists studios in some of the old buildings.
What comes to views from top of the hill, you can see lot of sea around you and all the ships and boats that are sailing there. If one goes to some of the smaller islands, you can get magnificent views to Helsinki skyline.
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