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Lari Huttunen

See the unseen.

I’m glad you ended up here. The purpose of this site is to tell the story behind some of my finest photographs in detail through a photography portfolio (work in progress). In addition, I will examine some topics related to online photography services for which I have experience in. I’ve been a customer of various sites ever since 2007, when I first signed up on Flickr. I will mostly blog about my experiences using those services, so my write-ups may give you ideas on where to sign up or not – should you be so inclined.

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See the unseen #

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Volcano Sunrise

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Impressionistic pre-dawn landscape looking towards Puy de Dôme from Puy de Gaudy, Creuse, France
Pre-dawn light over the Creuse landscape, with the distant silhouette of Puy de Dôme rising 100 km away. (Click on the image to enlarge.)

Creuse, France #

I had stood atop Puy de Gaudy three times before, but the light had never quite yielded its magic. On this morning, I set out long before twilight, reaching my chosen vantage point just as the world began to wake in total stillness. From this height, the view opens across nearly 100 kilometers of rolling hills towards the distant, iconic silhouette of the Puy de Dôme.

Dolmen de Ponsat

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An ancient mossy stone structure, a dolmen, nestled inside a dense green forest with sunbeams filtering through the leaves.
Dolmen de Ponsat – Five thousand years of history and secrets hidden in the forests of Creuse. (Click on the image to enlarge.)

Saint-Hilaire-le-Château, Creuse #

Hidden deep within the lush, quiet woodlands near Saint-Hilaire-le-Château lies the Dolmen de Ponsat. Constructed from massive granite blocks during the Neolithic era, this megalithic chamber has endured for roughly five millennia and was officially classified as a French Historical Monument in 1936. Originally raised as a sacred resting place for the ancestors and a testament to eternity, the stones still hold a magnetic presence that seems to whisper to human nature across the ages.

Payne's Grey (Gris de Payne)

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A landscape of layered hills and forests under a cloudy sky, with a herd of Limousin cattle grazing in a valley in the foreground.
Gris de Payne – When the Creuse sky dresses in the secret shades of painters. (Click on the image to enlarge.)

On the road to Pontarion, Creuse #

This landscape photograph was captured on my way to judo practice in the village of Pontarion. I pulled over to take the shot as the view opened up from the edge of the famous Plateau de Millevaches. The “plateau of a thousand cows” truly lived up to its name that day, with a herd of reddish-brown Limousin cattle grazing peacefully in the valley below, sheltered by the tiered, forested hills.

Silence of the Dawn (Silences de l'aube)

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A rolling French countryside landscape bathed in soft morning mist at sunrise. Majestic trees stand in silhouette amidst layers of fog.
Silence of the Dawn – A poetic morning atmosphere where mist gently wraps the valleys of Creuse at sunrise. (Click on the image to enlarge.)

Creuse, France #

This timeless landscape unfolded in the heart of Creuse, France, on a quiet autumn morning. Autumn is a magical season for landscape photography here; the sharp contrast in temperature and humidity between the cooling nights and the warming morning sun gives rise to magnificent, low-lying valley mists.

The Embrace of Red Stone (L'étreinte de la pierre rouge)

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A narrow paved alley winding downward between houses and walls built of red sandstone, covered in lush green grapevines.
The Embrace of Red Stone – An alley in Collonges-la-Rouge bathed in the glow of iron oxide. (Click on the image to enlarge.)

Collonges-la-Rouge, Corrèze #

This landscape photograph leads us deep into the department of Corrèze and to one of France’s most distinctive destinations: the village of Collonges-la-Rouge. As the name itself reveals, everything here revolves around the color red. The village is built almost entirely from a unique red sandstone (grès rouge), whose strikingly warm and fiery hue comes from the high amount of iron oxide embedded within the stone.