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Tomi Tapio's photostream
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I'm a computer expert (born 1975) and my Canon EOS 20D and cheap 90-300mm let me get fun wildlife pictures in the city of Helsinki (in southern Finland). My 85mm F/1.8 "portrait lens" gets good low-light cat show and tame squirrel face shots.
My top 20 interesting shots are 12 squirrels and 8 cats... They are my specialty; my landscape and people pics suck.
I appreciate rarity value in photographs. Anything that is easy to repeat is frowned upon, unless it is absolutely sharp, detailed and well-lit.
E.g. cat sits, dog runs, squirrel eats; flowers, buildings, streets, clouds... Studio work and people posing hold very little interest for me.
I love to crop photos in editing; the wildlife is usually too far to properly fill the original shot. Some days my posted pictures get much post-processing: noise reduction, levels, optional saturation boost, tight or loose crop, background noise reduction, (sharpen, save print version), resize, sharpen, save Flickr version.
On Xbox Live I'm thomaskorat.
On deviantArt as TomiTapio
On YouTube as TomiTapio
On Twitter as Tomi_Tapio
I guess I have 25-33 avid followers here in Flickr.
I really like tags and keywords. Suomi Finland Helsinki valokuvaaja photographer Helsingin luonnon luontokuvaaja Helsingissä.
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Groups (50)
- Our Animal Photography - High Quality Animal Photography 3,491 photos, 912 members
- Creative Commons- Free Pictures 16,233 photos, 2,462 members
- CreativeCommonsCentral 4,384 photos, 122 members
- Insect Photography 204,958 photos, 15,573 members
- Insects and Spiders 79,272 photos, 6,718 members
- Flowers with insects 44,024 photos, 6,131 members
- Winged Water Wonders (Post 1 - Comment 1) 62,128 photos, 3,484 members
- Wallpapers (1024x768 minimum) 67,543 photos, 8,132 members
- Swans 39,982 photos, 6,706 members
- * Black * Black * Black * 33,344 photos, 2,170 members
- Pikku Huopalahti 119 photos, 8 members
- 500x500 223,525 photos, 6,267 members
- Self Taught Photographers 1,050,710 photos, 45,503 members
- Squirrel Pancakes 1,157 photos, 372 members
- Seagulls and Pigeons.P1/C1. We have our winner in POSES contest. 20,998 photos, 4,888 members
- Cats in Odd Places 5,562 photos, 737 members
- NO VIDEO ON FLICKR!!! 33,892 photos, 9,998 members
- We say NO to VIDEOS on FLICKR 1,026 photos, 23,661 members
- Disturbing Small Furry Animals 2,574 photos, 343 members
- Action Cats (Read Rules First) 9,567 photos, 1,599 members
- The Secret Life of Technology 3,315 photos, 582 members
- Fireworks - Just Fireworks 92,957 photos, 15,101 members
- Fireworks 62,105 photos, 17,096 members
- Deep North 122,728 photos, 4,400 members
- Praise and curse of the city 77,165 photos, 2,959 members
- NATUREPIX 228,470 photos, 6,939 members
- Animal Eyes 43,682 photos, 5,002 members
- splendiferous 26,795 photos, 3,395 members
- Animal Stares (post 1, comment 1) 7,737 photos, 628 members
- People in the City 261,739 photos, 8,431 members
- Animal Planet 539,355 photos, 47,656 members
- Best of Squirrels 5,373 photos, 1,994 members
- EXTREME CLOSEUP 76,766 photos, 4,387 members
- Canon 20D 100,208 photos, 3,496 members
- Animals in Your Art 57,203 photos, 4,197 members
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- UniqueTouch - ( A Step Up From The Ordinary! ) 46,444 photos, 2,261 members
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- Best of Wild Animals (WILD ANIMALS-Please re-READ rules) 12,141 photos, 1,209 members
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- Orange Cats 42,413 photos, 3,504 members
- Ginger Cats 32,139 photos, 2,721 members
- Artistic Animal Photography 16,334 photos, 2,420 members
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- CAT♥Gato♥Chat♥Katze♥Gatto♥Kat♥Kot...... ♥ CATS! 108,677 photos, 8,111 members
Galleries (26)
- Great landscapes and scenes 4 10 photos
- Interesting things 4 8 photos
- Elite animals 3 7 photos
- Fabulous bird photos 3 16 photos
- People 2 2 photos
Testimonials (2)
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Anita Stanhope says:
"One of my favorite photographers, knows how to capture the cuteness of little critters so well. I am one of his biggest fans."
13th August, 2008
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Ames2880 says:
"Tomi was one of my first flickr friends. He does an amazing job of capturing images of squirrels, cats, and other animals in nature. He does an amazing job of capturing the squirrels! Those are my favorite to look at on his photo stream!
He does an amazing job of getting the perfect shot of all the animals he captures. He helped me when I was first learning how to get the "perfect" shot of my cats. His knowledge of photography is a great tool that he shares with others."11th July, 2008
- Name:
- Tomi Tapio K
- Joined:
- March 2007
- Hometown:
- Helsinki
- Currently:
- Helsinki, Finland
- I am:
- Male and Taken