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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 3,322 photos, 890 members
- Creative Commons- Free Pictures 16,241 photos, 2,460 members
- CreativeCommonsCentral 4,369 photos, 122 members
- Insect Photography 204,060 photos, 15,549 members
- Insects and Spiders 79,219 photos, 6,714 members
- Flowers with insects 44,133 photos, 6,129 members
- Winged Water Wonders (Post 1 - Comment 1) 61,994 photos, 3,483 members
- Wallpapers (1024x768 minimum) 67,434 photos, 8,124 members
- Swans 39,927 photos, 6,703 members
- * Black * Black * Black * 33,418 photos, 2,169 members
- Pikku Huopalahti 119 photos, 8 members
- 500x500 222,611 photos, 6,251 members
- Self Taught Photographers 1,048,499 photos, 45,424 members
- Squirrel Pancakes 1,164 photos, 371 members
- Seagulls and Pigeons.P1/C1. VOTE NOW in POSES contest to March 4 20,990 photos, 4,888 members
- Cats in Odd Places 5,552 photos, 737 members
- NO VIDEO ON FLICKR!!! 33,839 photos, 9,998 members
- We say NO to VIDEOS on FLICKR 1,026 photos, 23,667 members
- Disturbing Small Furry Animals 2,574 photos, 343 members
- Action Cats (Read Rules First) 9,557 photos, 1,599 members
- The Secret Life of Technology 3,309 photos, 582 members
- Fireworks - Just Fireworks 92,950 photos, 15,097 members
- Fireworks 62,082 photos, 17,089 members
- Deep North 122,486 photos, 4,395 members
- Praise and curse of the city 77,041 photos, 2,959 members
- NATUREPIX 228,330 photos, 6,939 members
- Animal Eyes 43,494 photos, 4,994 members
- splendiferous 26,775 photos, 3,395 members
- Animal Stares (post 1, comment 1) 7,723 photos, 628 members
- People in the City 261,140 photos, 8,425 members
- Animal Planet 538,886 photos, 47,584 members
- Best of Squirrels 5,358 photos, 1,995 members
- EXTREME CLOSEUP 76,773 photos, 4,385 members
- Canon 20D 100,213 photos, 3,494 members
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- Best of Wild Animals (WILD ANIMALS-Please re-READ rules) 12,130 photos, 1,211 members
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- Orange Cats 42,243 photos, 3,504 members
- Ginger Cats 31,994 photos, 2,718 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