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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 2,856 photos, 813 members
- Creative Commons- Free Pictures 16,224 photos, 2,463 members
- CreativeCommonsCentral 4,336 photos, 121 members
- Insect Photography 203,194 photos, 15,492 members
- Insects and Spiders 78,941 photos, 6,712 members
- Flowers with insects 44,238 photos, 6,130 members
- Winged Water Wonders (Post 1 - Comment 1) 61,553 photos, 3,476 members
- Wallpapers (1024x768 minimum) 67,149 photos, 8,117 members
- Swans 39,784 photos, 6,697 members
- * Black * Black * Black * 33,168 photos, 2,166 members
- Pikku Huopalahti 119 photos, 8 members
- 500x500 220,822 photos, 6,216 members
- Self Taught Photographers 1,043,945 photos, 45,245 members
- Squirrel Pancakes 1,156 photos, 367 members
- Seagulls and Pigeons.P1/C1.Last week to enter POSES contest 20,940 photos, 4,886 members
- Cats in Odd Places 5,541 photos, 736 members
- NO VIDEO ON FLICKR!!! 33,761 photos, 10,003 members
- We say NO to VIDEOS on FLICKR 1,028 photos, 23,680 members
- Disturbing Small Furry Animals 2,574 photos, 342 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 92,872 photos, 15,094 members
- Fireworks 62,010 photos, 17,079 members
- Deep North 121,952 photos, 4,379 members
- Praise and curse of the city 76,817 photos, 2,958 members
- NATUREPIX 228,380 photos, 6,937 members
- Animal Eyes 43,110 photos, 4,961 members
- splendiferous 26,726 photos, 3,397 members
- Animal Stares (post 1, comment 1) 7,690 photos, 626 members
- People in the City 259,740 photos, 8,400 members
- Animal Planet 535,580 photos, 47,399 members
- Best of Squirrels 5,322 photos, 1,992 members
- EXTREME CLOSEUP 76,678 photos, 4,386 members
- Canon 20D 100,303 photos, 3,494 members
- Animals in Your Art 56,868 photos, 4,182 members
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- Best of Wild Animals (WILD ANIMALS-Please re-READ rules) 12,134 photos, 1,206 members
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- Orange Cats 42,059 photos, 3,500 members
- Ginger Cats 31,850 photos, 2,714 members
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- Cute Cat 147,821 photos, 12,454 members
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Galleries (26)
- Great landscapes and scenes 4 9 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