Nostalgia Photo | TrekEarth

Photographer’s Note

Turku has a long history as Finland's largest city and administrative centre, but has, over the last two centuries, given up both titles to Helsinki. To this day, the city's identity stems from its status as the oldest city in Finland and the country's former capital. Originally, the word 'Finland' referred only to the area around Turku (hence the title, 'Finland Proper' for the region).
The government offices that remained in Turku were finally moved to the new capital after the "Great Fire of Turku", which almost completely destroyed the city in 1827. After the fire, a new and safer city plan was drawn up by German architect Carl Ludvig Engel, who had also designed the new capital, Helsinki. Turku remained the largest city in Finland for another twenty years.
From medieval and old historical ages remained just few buildings: Turku Castle and Cathedral and a old windmill on Samppalinnanmaki Hill. So because near to old windmill we feel real nostalgia.

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gp_pl (1394) 2006-06-20 14:46

Hi George!
Perfect composition and nice colouring. Interesting note.
regards
Grzesiek

agbonavita (0) 2006-06-20 14:47

Pretty composition! I like the mill in the background and the sepia tones.

Muito bom (well done)

Abraço
Andre

sabyasachi1212 (19546) 2006-06-21 3:41

Hi George,
Wonderful sepia tones. Looks gorgeous. Excellent DOF.
With Greetings from India
Sabyasachi

Elaine_Blath (6170) 2006-06-21 4:10

Hi George,

wow, great photo, I like the POV and also the sepia tones, which really give it very nostlagic feeling...well done!

have a nice day, Ivana

MIG13 (0) 2006-06-21 22:58

Hi, George! What a nice pic! Great composition and perspective! The sepia resolution gives an"old times" mood to the theme! Well done! TFS! Cheers! Miguel.

danyy (69929) 2006-06-23 9:39

Hi George,

un traitement et des couleurs qui apportent pas mal de nostalgie à l'endroit. Une photo avec beaucoup de sharpen. Un cadrage parfait.
J'aime ce moulin en contre-plongée.
Bien vu.
Daniel.

daburg (155) 2006-06-27 21:21

I really like how you have framed the Windmill with the tree's branch curving over. Nice shot, good choice w B&W adding some purple sharpens it up. Cheers

alana (2607) 2006-07-07 22:19

Hi, George
I love this view, excellent choice of b&w, very special tonality and atmosphere, great sharpness and details. Very well composed and seen.

**Alana**

gramma (3519) 2006-07-30 6:08

Very nice composition. The use of the sepia tones gives an almost romantic atmosphere.

Christophe

nika (0) 2006-08-03 17:52

Szia George!

Gondolom beszelsz magyarul, hiszen Pesten elsz es dolgozol, ugye?
En nemreg koltoztem ki Budapestrol Spanyolorszagba.
A foto nagyon erdekes. Mind a tema, mind a szinek kellemes nosztalgiaval toltenek el. Talalo tehat a cim is!
Nagyon tetszik a kep kompozicioja. Az egyetlen esetleg sajnalatos dolog, hogy a bokor tulsagosan eltakarja a malmot. De hat mit lehet tenni? :)
Kellemes estet kivanok!
Anette

Wanda1 (11025) 2006-08-19 8:49

Hi George,
A great photo, the tree framing the windmill makes a good composition. Sepia tone also works really well for this photo. Nice sharp image.
Regards
Wanda

paura (39608) 2007-02-02 16:54

George,
Very nice shot here, friend. This is an artistic composition. The lighting are perfect. Very well done.

Paulo