Raanujärvi - Luukonniemi, Finland Noir

Just returned to Helskinki after a wonderful weekend north of the Arctic Circle in Lapland where, with Jude's sister Eleanor and her husband Dave we enjoyed a delightful Finnishing school under the most hospitable tutelage of Lasse and Marja-Leena Niemi. We experienced friendship, sauna (both smoking and non), reindeer and other Finnish culinary delights. 

North Island Noir

Home again. Starting to process the rest of my photographs. Here's the next batch: 

Near the old Swing Bridge swimming hole on the Ruamahanga River near Martinborough. 

Lake Taupo.

The road to Lake Okataina near Rotorua. 

Kakamatua Inlet near Auckland: 

 Muriwai Beach near Auckland:

The previous images were all shot with the standard camera app on my iPhone 5 after which the "Noir" filter was applied. Then I discovered Lenka, a new app for shooting monochrome. The following were shot with it in Auckland: 

Ellie & Dave's deck. 

The deck next door. 

Just 'cos:

On a walk around Mt Albert:

Mission Bay:

Punga Cove

Three months short of forty-seven years ago, Jude and I honeymooned at Punga Cove in the Marlborough Sounds at the northern end of New Zealand's South Island. You could only get there by boat then and the generator was switched off at ten. We stayed in an A-frame chalet like this:

This time we stayed in one of the newer units but the company was just as good.

Christchurch to Kaikoura

The hospital where Jude was born. Waikari, Canterbury. 

The view from there…

Paddling on the Kaikoura Coast. 

Seal Point…

Moeraki

The boulders…

Common Chaffinch striding out across our table…

Gorse and flax…

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The Mole, Port Chalmers

Tanker, MV Teroa, outward bound. On the right is Taiaroa Head which we saw in the previous post. We're on the other side of the harbour here.

New Zealand Fur Seal which came out of the sea to have a closer look at me.

 

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