Miniature men in the sandbox

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Yellow sun

Bold move!

Just lovely composition

Great Blue Heron

Fits perfectly.

Baltic Sea

In the background you can see Tallinn skyline.

Miniature men in a giant construction lot

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Only buckets are missing.

Maarjamäe Memorial and the extension by the Baltic Sea

Maarjamäe Memorial (designed by architect A. Murdmaa and sculptor M. Varik) stands on Pirita Road between the Lasnamäe plateau and Tallinn Bay. It was erected to those who had fallen defending the Soviet Union.

The memorial is made up of both architectural and landscaping elements. At its centre stands a 35-metre obelisk, but the ensemble also includes the graves of the crews of the Avtroil and Spartak minesweepers, dolomite-lined walls, grass-covered slopes, the pathways between them and a bronze sculpture of a flock of birds.

Pärnu Beach

Gorgeous sunset illuminating the renovated Pärnu Beach boardwalk and facilities.

Liisbeth

Almost perfect white frame.

Check one two

Completely irrelevant.

Rein

What a precious dog he was.
Look at those eyes.

Another world

Paths

Photography outing in the bog with friends.

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Metal, tubes, lines and panels

Basically drink until you drop

Glimpse of the soul

Kind of a smile, no?

Mushroom time!

Capturing the graffiti

Actually won a special price with the third photo.

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Kadriorg Palace

Kadriorg Palace is a Petrine Baroque palace built for Catherine I of Russia by Peter the Great in Tallinn, Estonia. Both the Estonian and the German name for the palace means "Catherine's valley". It was built after the Great Northern War for Nicola Michetti's designs by Gaetano Chiaveri and Mikhail Zemtsov.

The building itself is gorgeous, but you have to see the garden behind it, which is the main beauty in my opinion.

Kadri

Let us in

This is how popular song and dance festivals are in Estonia - tickets are sold out and this is the only way of having some kind of glimpse of the whole festival, though you can't see dancing whatsoever like this, as you need to be waaaay closer. Anyway, creative children.

Great Blue Heron

This is the only way to capture herons for a beginner like myself.

Fall ensemble

We wait for spring.
We wait for summer.
We wait for fall.
We wait for winter.

Let's just be, as seasons keep changing anyway.

Gatherings

I have always been into taking photos at the events and I have liked these small frame shots, which allow to show a lot, but at the same time are kind of private.

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Can you guess what is pictured?

Beautiful finds of Pärnu

If you ever coming to Estonia and are into architecture, then I suggest you to also visit beach town Pärnu, as it has an incredible variety of different styles of architecture from middle ages to the very modern urban buildings. I myself love more this kind of architecture pictured here. Pärnu never stops surprising.