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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 2,981 photos, 843 members
- Creative Commons- Free Pictures 16,224 photos, 2,461 members
- CreativeCommonsCentral 4,347 photos, 121 members
- Insect Photography 203,327 photos, 15,502 members
- Insects and Spiders 78,965 photos, 6,710 members
- Flowers with insects 44,234 photos, 6,129 members
- Winged Water Wonders (Post 1 - Comment 1) 61,569 photos, 3,477 members
- Wallpapers (1024x768 minimum) 67,202 photos, 8,120 members
- Swans 39,810 photos, 6,700 members
- * Black * Black * Black * 33,178 photos, 2,168 members
- Pikku Huopalahti 119 photos, 8 members
- 500x500 221,117 photos, 6,224 members
- Self Taught Photographers 1,044,865 photos, 45,280 members
- Squirrel Pancakes 1,157 photos, 369 members
- Seagulls and Pigeons.P1/C1.Last day to enter POSES contest 20,944 photos, 4,885 members
- Cats in Odd Places 5,544 photos, 736 members
- NO VIDEO ON FLICKR!!! 33,787 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 3,295 photos, 583 members
- Fireworks - Just Fireworks 92,867 photos, 15,096 members
- Fireworks 62,036 photos, 17,086 members
- Deep North 122,012 photos, 4,380 members
- Praise and curse of the city 76,865 photos, 2,959 members
- NATUREPIX 228,185 photos, 6,938 members
- Animal Eyes 43,128 photos, 4,965 members
- splendiferous 26,731 photos, 3,397 members
- Animal Stares (post 1, comment 1) 7,691 photos, 627 members
- People in the City 260,074 photos, 8,403 members
- Animal Planet 536,373 photos, 47,430 members
- Best of Squirrels 5,322 photos, 1,994 members
- EXTREME CLOSEUP 76,622 photos, 4,384 members
- Canon 20D 100,268 photos, 3,492 members
- Animals in Your Art 56,944 photos, 4,188 members
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- UniqueTouch - ( A Step Up From The Ordinary! ) 46,436 photos, 2,263 members
- Cat Portraits 111,263 photos, 14,125 members
- Sparrows 4,709 photos, 800 members
- Best of Wild Animals (WILD ANIMALS-Please re-READ rules) 12,137 photos, 1,206 members
- amateur landscape 136,798 photos, 5,549 members
- Creative Photo Group_ BASIC (P1-C3) 452,794 photos, 29,177 members
- FLICKR NATURE 431,917 photos, 10,314 members
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- Orange Cats 42,081 photos, 3,499 members
- Ginger Cats 31,883 photos, 2,713 members
- Artistic Animal Photography 16,348 photos, 2,422 members
- Cute Cat 147,871 photos, 12,459 members
- CAT♥Gato♥Chat♥Katze♥Gatto♥Kat♥Kot...... ♥ CATS! 108,282 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