Your photos have a very professional touch. The places are stereotypically touristy Helsinki, but that's understandable.
(Please tell me you ventured outside Senate Square, Esplanade park and railway station area!) I especially liked the photos that showed detaills (
http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k2...helsinki27.jpg my favourite), or ones that presented buildings them with strong geographical lines. October is awful time to be in the city, though.
I myself really hate the area around the Senate Square and the harbour. It may have some coherent Empire architecture, but it's so lifeless and dull. Once the tourism season ends, there's no one there for a simple reason: there's nothing to do. The real soul of Helsinki is in the districts of Kamppi and Punavuori with their Jugend/Art Nouveau buildings, clubs and places of interest, the cafes of the 1920s district Töölö, or central streets of Kluuvi. When I think of stereotypical streets of Helsinki, they look like
this or
this in my mind. I don't mind Empire, especially not in larger buildings such as the ones you can find in St. Petersburg or the main building of University of Helsinki, for example, but it's a crime that they been made into places where mainly tourists only go. There are some plans to revitalize them, but I wouldn't hold my breath - cities of the country still have to fully more adapt "European street life culture", especially outside summer. Focusing on sprawling concrete suburbs in the forests isn't helping a lot.