View to Turku Photo

Photographer’s Note

Turku is a city situated on the southwest coast of Finland at the mouth of Aura river. It is located in the region of Finland Proper in the Province of Western Finland. It is believed that Turku came into existence during the end of 13th century which makes it the oldest city in Finland. Turku was for a long time the most important population center in Finland: it was the first capital city of Finland from 1809 to 1812 and continued to be the largest city by population in Finland until the end of 1840s. Nowadays its significance nationwide is not the same as it used to be, but Turku is still a regional capital and important location for business and culture.

As of February 28, 2009 Turku’s population was 175,689, which makes it the fifth largest city in Finland by population. As of 31 August 2008 there were 303,492 inhabitants living in the Turku sub-region, which makes it the third largest urban area in Finland after the Greater Helsinki area and Tampere sub-region. The city is officially bilingual as 5.2 percent of its population identify as speaking Swedish as a mother-tongue.

Finland's political, military and economic importance as a part of the kingdom of Sweden strengthened as a new age dawned and the land developed its own administrative, military and religious elite. Turku Castle had its own court, which the Swedish monarch visited regularly.
Continental cultural influences came to Finland through Turku and Finnish as a written language came into being there, too. Finland's first schools and cultural establishements were located in Turku and the first university in the land was founded there in 1640.

Despite the fact that throughout its long history the city has burned down many times and that it lost its position as chief city of Finland to Helsinki in 1819, Turku has retained its vitality and remained a cultural and educational hub in which the old is cherished and the new flourishes in all spheres of culture.

During the year 2011 Turku has been designated to be the European Capital of Culture together with Tallinn, the capital city of Estonia. (Source: national board of antiquities & turku.fi & wikipedia)

dip, amaryllis, paura, AiresSantos, snunney, jlbrthnn, ahmetgedikli, argycon, Cretense, TAEvents, Gerrit, jjcordier, Photo65Net, Scharan, ChrisJ, Royaldevon, carper, TopGeo has marked this note useful

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serp2000 (9189) 2009-03-20 1:51

Hello, George,
I like this small and lovely town. Excellent colours, fine POV.
Thank you for note!
Have a nice day!
Serghei

roges (1204) 2009-03-20 2:03

Hi George !
Nice and interesting picture.
Have a nice day,
Adrian

dip (12410) 2009-03-20 2:22

Hi George,
beautiful photo with good point of view and amazing sky!
well framed and composed,
informative note too,TFS,
Greetings,
Dimitris.

amaryllis (17101) 2009-03-20 2:43

Bonjour Georg
une belle photo en profondeur de cette rivière Aura et de cette ville de Finlande, tres beau pays, ces bateaux à quai, une tres bonne netteté et luminosité
merci de ta note très explicite
bonne journée en ce jour du Printemps
juliette

paura (37872) 2009-03-20 2:55

George,
A pleasant view here, friend. Colors and exposure settings are very nice in your photojob. Well done!

Abraço

Paulo

lousat (15026) 2009-03-20 3:14

Hi George,a beautiful place in perfect marriage whit a beautiful sky!I like a lot the fantastics colors and the very nice point of view! My best compliments,Luciano

AiresSantos (41418) 2009-03-20 3:20

Hi George
Fine POV and light in this excellent picture from Turku
Lovely clouds in the sky.
Have a nice weekend
Aires

snunney (34146) 2009-03-20 3:29

Hello George,
A splendid perspective down the canal under that lovely sky that brings a particular atmosphere to the scene. Very good colours and sharpness.

jlbrthnn (37000) 2009-03-20 3:40

Hello George,
The point of view and framing are quite selected. The deep image is balanced. the clouds are agreeably contrasted. The colors and the light are perfect. I like the architecture and the presence of the boats. A very beautiful work.
Have a nice day
Cordially
Joël

rey316 (1900) 2009-03-20 4:07

Hello George
very nice photo this town. Good colours. Good work
Have a nice day!
Andrey

ahmetgedikli (21589) 2009-03-20 4:26

Beautiful composition... The light, colors and the POV are good. Well done.
Best wishes.
Ahmet

argycon (2749) 2009-03-20 4:54

Hi George,
Very nice river view with lovely colors and fine depth!
Beautiful sky!
tfs
Regards
Kostas

Cretense (54926) 2009-03-20 7:29

Hello George!

Excellent framing and composition, so many beautiful details to enjoy! Impressive sky, flawless light managment, brilliant colours! congratulations!

Hercules

TAEvents (4712) 2009-03-20 7:39

Hello,

Nice sky to this Finland picture. I like the light of this photo, good job !
Have a nice day,

Thierry

Gerrit (35493) 2009-03-20 8:51

Hi George,
Well presented view over the river. It looks like a fine easy going place.
Regards, gerrit

jjcordier (24158) 2009-03-20 9:58

George
Belle photo de Turku avec cette très belle lumière du Nord et ce ciel qui semble d'une grande pureté.
Amicalement
JJ

Photo65Net (43084) 2009-03-20 12:43

Hello George,
Nice and sunny.
I like the technical here.
Nice job,
Have a nice day,
JB.

Scharan (13951) 2009-03-20 13:25

Um cenário harmonioso, uma quietude, um silêncio...é isso que me passa esta foto.
Bonita composição e cores lindas.
Parabéns George!
GA
Vera

ChrisJ (69588) 2009-03-20 18:42

Hi George

I like the repetition of the fluffy white clouds in the blue sky. The dual sides of the canal add good lead in lines & linear perspective. Superb sharpness & saturated colour with nice reflections. Tfs!

jurek1951 (25732) 2009-03-20 22:44

Hi George,
Great POV and composition, an excelent sharpness, great light, wonderful vivid colours, and a fantastic contrat and clarity.
Georg

bobocortis (14130) 2009-03-21 2:07

Hello George.
A wide-framed shot on a well-enlighten urban view, underlined by the river and its reflections.
The sky seems almost polarized (but it's not, because of your compact camera).
The several items on both sides of the shot create a very balanced picture.
Best regards.
Bobo.

Royaldevon (5804) 2009-03-21 4:42

Good Morning George,

Finland is a place that I have never visited.
You have shown it to be a delightful place to explore.
Good viewpoint with the converging lines of the river leading towards the bridge. There is ample opportunity to absorb the beauties of the buildings and the boats with their fine details.

Kind regards,
Bev :-)

TGULUMSER (12422) 2009-03-21 10:13

Hello George,
Nice POV and very beautiful river view. The sky is great,
Best regards, have a nice weekend,
Tulay

carper (64130) 2009-03-21 11:34

very nice friend,
good using the canal, fine composition, good balance, fine photo job, have a good evening.
regard jaap

Graal (57292) 2009-03-22 0:05

Jó napot George,
an interesting place in Turku. Good POV and composition. Interesting informations also. Well done photo.
Gr., Aleksander

sacavem (8092) 2009-03-22 9:09

Olá George,

Very beautiful landscape/river with lovely colours. Amazing tones, very good sharpness and very well framed.
TFS and greetings,
Filipe

mauro61 (14702) 2009-03-25 3:00

ciao George,
mi piace molto questa inquadratura e la bella presentazione di una città ai più sconosciuta.
Prospettiva dall'ottima definizione e splendidi colori.
un caro saluto
maurizio

COSTANTINO (22221) 2009-04-04 6:46

Hello George
A fantastic postcard of this small and pretty town..The lightness is great and pov too..
The blue colour of the sky gives the beauty and a particular tone to this composition..
Nice capture of that moment
have a nice weekend
regards and compliments from GREECE
cOSTANTINO

mortijo (11963) 2009-04-05 1:34

Nice view of Turku and it's river. The colors are real vivid.I 've been to Finland 16 years ago but I havn't seen Turku, I travelled more to the East.
Regards
John

danyy (68040) 2009-04-11 23:32

Bonjour George,
et bien ta série de photos sur la Finlande nous aura permis de mieux connaitre ce pays peu proposé sur TE, la beauté de ses villes, finalement très europééennes mais avec des petites caractéristiques locales.
Un bien joli ciel ici avec des nuages qui le garnissent bien et des couleurs fantastiques.
Bien à toi.
Daniel.