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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 1,965 photos, 708 members
- Creative Commons- Free Pictures 16,152 photos, 2,435 members
- CreativeCommonsCentral 4,248 photos, 121 members
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- Insects and Spiders 78,610 photos, 6,704 members
- Flowers with insects 44,412 photos, 6,133 members
- Winged Water Wonders (Post 1 - Comment 1) 60,701 photos, 3,452 members
- Wallpapers (1024x768 minimum) 66,618 photos, 8,108 members
- Swans 39,646 photos, 6,677 members
- * Black * Black * Black * 33,027 photos, 2,162 members
- Pikku Huopalahti 119 photos, 8 members
- 500x500 217,312 photos, 6,114 members
- Self Taught Photographers 1,033,897 photos, 44,850 members
- Squirrel Pancakes 1,150 photos, 361 members
- Seagulls and Pigeons.P1/C1. WE HAVE OUR WINNERS! 20,871 photos, 4,880 members
- Cats in Odd Places 5,528 photos, 739 members
- NO VIDEO ON FLICKR!!! 33,728 photos, 10,008 members
- We say NO to VIDEOS on FLICKR 1,027 photos, 23,698 members
- Disturbing Small Furry Animals 2,557 photos, 342 members
- Action Cats (Read Rules First) 9,485 photos, 1,598 members
- The Secret Life of Technology 3,260 photos, 582 members
- Fireworks - Just Fireworks 92,775 photos, 15,079 members
- Fireworks 61,819 photos, 17,028 members
- Deep North 120,676 photos, 4,343 members
- Praise and curse of the city 76,394 photos, 2,961 members
- NATUREPIX 227,716 photos, 6,937 members
- Animal Eyes 42,398 photos, 4,894 members
- splendiferous 26,657 photos, 3,401 members
- Animal Stares (post 1, comment 1) 7,696 photos, 624 members
- People in the City 257,769 photos, 8,368 members
- Animal Planet 528,974 photos, 46,977 members
- Best of Squirrels 5,271 photos, 1,990 members
- EXTREME CLOSEUP 76,253 photos, 4,380 members
- Canon 20D 100,336 photos, 3,491 members
- Animals in Your Art 56,632 photos, 4,161 members
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- UniqueTouch - ( A Step Up From The Ordinary! ) 46,437 photos, 2,266 members
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- Best of Wild Animals (WILD ANIMALS-Please re-READ rules) 12,018 photos, 1,207 members
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- Orange Cats 41,851 photos, 3,489 members
- Ginger Cats 31,704 photos, 2,712 members
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- Cute Cat 147,064 photos, 12,431 members
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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