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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 3,214 photos, 877 members
- Creative Commons- Free Pictures 16,228 photos, 2,460 members
- CreativeCommonsCentral 4,364 photos, 121 members
- Insect Photography 203,902 photos, 15,532 members
- Insects and Spiders 79,143 photos, 6,710 members
- Flowers with insects 44,233 photos, 6,130 members
- Winged Water Wonders (Post 1 - Comment 1) 61,887 photos, 3,481 members
- Wallpapers (1024x768 minimum) 67,367 photos, 8,125 members
- Swans 39,904 photos, 6,703 members
- * Black * Black * Black * 33,315 photos, 2,167 members
- Pikku Huopalahti 119 photos, 8 members
- 500x500 222,226 photos, 6,241 members
- Self Taught Photographers 1,047,153 photos, 45,384 members
- Squirrel Pancakes 1,163 photos, 371 members
- Seagulls and Pigeons.P1/C1. VOTE NOW in POSES contest to March 4 20,968 photos, 4,886 members
- Cats in Odd Places 5,550 photos, 736 members
- NO VIDEO ON FLICKR!!! 33,833 photos, 10,001 members
- We say NO to VIDEOS on FLICKR 1,026 photos, 23,669 members
- Disturbing Small Furry Animals 2,574 photos, 343 members
- Action Cats (Read Rules First) 9,556 photos, 1,598 members
- The Secret Life of Technology 3,305 photos, 582 members
- Fireworks - Just Fireworks 92,907 photos, 15,095 members
- Fireworks 62,063 photos, 17,086 members
- Deep North 122,295 photos, 4,389 members
- Praise and curse of the city 76,984 photos, 2,959 members
- NATUREPIX 228,233 photos, 6,938 members
- Animal Eyes 43,357 photos, 4,985 members
- splendiferous 26,767 photos, 3,395 members
- Animal Stares (post 1, comment 1) 7,717 photos, 628 members
- People in the City 260,788 photos, 8,419 members
- Animal Planet 537,940 photos, 47,538 members
- Best of Squirrels 5,352 photos, 1,996 members
- EXTREME CLOSEUP 76,698 photos, 4,385 members
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- UniqueTouch - ( A Step Up From The Ordinary! ) 46,395 photos, 2,261 members
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- Orange Cats 42,201 photos, 3,502 members
- Ginger Cats 31,955 photos, 2,717 members
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- Cute Cat 148,037 photos, 12,466 members
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Galleries (26)
- Great landscapes and scenes 4 10 photos
- Interesting things 4 7 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