My next post comes from two quite different locations, but they are united in the motive: Fast running water, some of it frozen to ice in the far north of Finland. The images are all in full colour but most of what you see is black and white. Sometimes the sun is visible, but at the end of January, it is only just above the horizon for a few hours around midday. However, the contrast between the bluish light reflected from the snow and ice in shadows and the much warmer light, where the sunrays are allowed to paint the landscape, is very attractive.
The first four photos are from Kiutaköngäs Rapids around 10 km from the Russian border and 50 km north of Kuusamo, where we were staying. Jen and I walked along the rapids with camera, lenses and tripod in deep, deep snow. We tried to catch the areas, where the water broke out from underneath the ice. On one side of the river a nearly vertical rock rose up, covered in snow and ice and sometimes exposing the grey and pink granite.
The second set of photos were captured near a mill, Myllyskoski Mill, equally close to Russia but further south. I never bothered photographing the mill, but the rapids and a wooden cottage on the other side of the river caught my attention. And, of course, the hang bridge that looked very precarious to cross. This place had the advantage of offering a lovely restaurant, where we could have hot soup and waffles after our walk.
