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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 2,960 photos, 833 members
- Creative Commons- Free Pictures 16,224 photos, 2,461 members
- CreativeCommonsCentral 4,345 photos, 121 members
- Insect Photography 203,315 photos, 15,500 members
- Insects and Spiders 78,985 photos, 6,710 members
- Flowers with insects 44,237 photos, 6,130 members
- Winged Water Wonders (Post 1 - Comment 1) 61,588 photos, 3,477 members
- Wallpapers (1024x768 minimum) 67,194 photos, 8,119 members
- Swans 39,823 photos, 6,699 members
- * Black * Black * Black * 33,174 photos, 2,167 members
- Pikku Huopalahti 119 photos, 8 members
- 500x500 221,072 photos, 6,224 members
- Self Taught Photographers 1,044,610 photos, 45,274 members
- Squirrel Pancakes 1,156 photos, 369 members
- Seagulls and Pigeons.P1/C1.Last day to enter POSES contest 20,944 photos, 4,886 members
- Cats in Odd Places 5,544 photos, 736 members
- NO VIDEO ON FLICKR!!! 33,784 photos, 10,003 members
- We say NO to VIDEOS on FLICKR 1,026 photos, 23,679 members
- Disturbing Small Furry Animals 2,574 photos, 343 members
- Action Cats (Read Rules First) 9,509 photos, 1,597 members
- The Secret Life of Technology 3,294 photos, 583 members
- Fireworks - Just Fireworks 92,861 photos, 15,095 members
- Fireworks 62,029 photos, 17,086 members
- Deep North 121,998 photos, 4,380 members
- Praise and curse of the city 76,859 photos, 2,959 members
- NATUREPIX 228,148 photos, 6,938 members
- Animal Eyes 43,128 photos, 4,964 members
- splendiferous 26,737 photos, 3,397 members
- Animal Stares (post 1, comment 1) 7,692 photos, 627 members
- People in the City 260,019 photos, 8,401 members
- Animal Planet 535,979 photos, 47,424 members
- Best of Squirrels 5,322 photos, 1,994 members
- EXTREME CLOSEUP 76,618 photos, 4,384 members
- Canon 20D 100,267 photos, 3,494 members
- Animals in Your Art 56,927 photos, 4,186 members
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- UniqueTouch - ( A Step Up From The Ordinary! ) 46,446 photos, 2,263 members
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- Sparrows 4,710 photos, 800 members
- Best of Wild Animals (WILD ANIMALS-Please re-READ rules) 12,137 photos, 1,206 members
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- Orange Cats 42,075 photos, 3,499 members
- Ginger Cats 31,870 photos, 2,713 members
- Artistic Animal Photography 16,350 photos, 2,422 members
- Cute Cat 147,857 photos, 12,459 members
- CAT♥Gato♥Chat♥Katze♥Gatto♥Kat♥Kot...... ♥ CATS! 108,276 photos, 8,105 members
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