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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 2,008 photos, 712 members
- Creative Commons- Free Pictures 16,153 photos, 2,438 members
- CreativeCommonsCentral 4,255 photos, 121 members
- Insect Photography 202,022 photos, 15,413 members
- Insects and Spiders 78,610 photos, 6,704 members
- Flowers with insects 44,423 photos, 6,133 members
- Winged Water Wonders (Post 1 - Comment 1) 60,758 photos, 3,454 members
- Wallpapers (1024x768 minimum) 66,607 photos, 8,109 members
- Swans 39,652 photos, 6,678 members
- * Black * Black * Black * 33,040 photos, 2,162 members
- Pikku Huopalahti 119 photos, 8 members
- 500x500 217,546 photos, 6,120 members
- Self Taught Photographers 1,034,166 photos, 44,882 members
- Squirrel Pancakes 1,150 photos, 361 members
- Seagulls and Pigeons.P1/C1. New Contest:INTERESTING POSES 20,872 photos, 4,881 members
- Cats in Odd Places 5,530 photos, 739 members
- NO VIDEO ON FLICKR!!! 33,736 photos, 10,008 members
- We say NO to VIDEOS on FLICKR 1,028 photos, 23,696 members
- Disturbing Small Furry Animals 2,558 photos, 342 members
- Action Cats (Read Rules First) 9,490 photos, 1,598 members
- The Secret Life of Technology 3,260 photos, 582 members
- Fireworks - Just Fireworks 92,734 photos, 15,076 members
- Fireworks 61,826 photos, 17,030 members
- Deep North 120,754 photos, 4,345 members
- Praise and curse of the city 76,417 photos, 2,960 members
- NATUREPIX 227,695 photos, 6,937 members
- Animal Eyes 42,430 photos, 4,896 members
- splendiferous 26,666 photos, 3,401 members
- Animal Stares (post 1, comment 1) 7,698 photos, 625 members
- People in the City 257,903 photos, 8,372 members
- Animal Planet 529,290 photos, 46,991 members
- Best of Squirrels 5,290 photos, 1,990 members
- EXTREME CLOSEUP 76,268 photos, 4,379 members
- Canon 20D 100,335 photos, 3,491 members
- Animals in Your Art 56,660 photos, 4,162 members
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- UniqueTouch - ( A Step Up From The Ordinary! ) 46,448 photos, 2,266 members
- Cat Portraits 110,316 photos, 13,991 members
- Sparrows 4,625 photos, 792 members
- Best of Wild Animals (WILD ANIMALS-Please re-READ rules) 12,018 photos, 1,207 members
- amateur landscape 135,899 photos, 5,529 members
- Creative Photo Group_ BASIC (P1-C3) 452,544 photos, 29,182 members
- FLICKR NATURE 422,213 photos, 10,201 members
- The Blues! 73,201 photos, 7,817 members
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- Orange Cats 41,865 photos, 3,491 members
- Ginger Cats 31,696 photos, 2,713 members
- Artistic Animal Photography 16,418 photos, 2,418 members
- Cute Cat 147,061 photos, 12,432 members
- CAT♥Gato♥Chat♥Katze♥Gatto♥Kat♥Kot...... ♥ CATS! 107,616 photos, 8,083 members
Galleries (26)
- Great landscapes and scenes 4 8 photos
- Interesting things 4 5 photos
- Elite animals 3 7 photos
- Fabulous bird photos 3 15 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