|
Tomi Tapio's photostream
|
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.
Photos of Tomi Tapio (3)
Tomi Tapio's favorite photos from other Flickr members (12,060)
Contacts (46)
Groups (50)
- Our Animal Photography - High Quality Animal Photography 1,748 photos, 684 members
- Creative Commons- Free Pictures 16,168 photos, 2,425 members
- CreativeCommonsCentral 4,225 photos, 121 members
- Insect Photography 201,305 photos, 15,380 members
- Insects and Spiders 78,337 photos, 6,704 members
- Flowers with insects 44,416 photos, 6,134 members
- Winged Water Wonders (Post 1 - Comment 1) 60,464 photos, 3,447 members
- Wallpapers (1024x768 minimum) 66,455 photos, 8,105 members
- Swans 39,591 photos, 6,674 members
- * Black * Black * Black * 32,962 photos, 2,161 members
- Pikku Huopalahti 119 photos, 8 members
- 500x500 215,950 photos, 6,096 members
- Self Taught Photographers 1,031,234 photos, 44,730 members
- Squirrel Pancakes 1,154 photos, 360 members
- Seagulls and Pigeons.P1/C1. WE HAVE OUR WINNERS! 20,871 photos, 4,878 members
- Cats in Odd Places 5,534 photos, 740 members
- NO VIDEO ON FLICKR!!! 33,679 photos, 10,009 members
- We say NO to VIDEOS on FLICKR 1,027 photos, 23,702 members
- Disturbing Small Furry Animals 2,556 photos, 342 members
- Action Cats (Read Rules First) 9,465 photos, 1,597 members
- The Secret Life of Technology 3,256 photos, 582 members
- Fireworks - Just Fireworks 92,755 photos, 15,069 members
- Fireworks 61,744 photos, 17,003 members
- Deep North 120,374 photos, 4,336 members
- Praise and curse of the city 76,502 photos, 2,963 members
- NATUREPIX 227,823 photos, 6,939 members
- Animal Eyes 42,305 photos, 4,882 members
- splendiferous 26,636 photos, 3,401 members
- Animal Stares (post 1, comment 1) 7,693 photos, 624 members
- People in the City 256,265 photos, 8,353 members
- Animal Planet 527,985 photos, 46,892 members
- Best of Squirrels 5,273 photos, 1,989 members
- EXTREME CLOSEUP 76,145 photos, 4,379 members
- Canon 20D 100,347 photos, 3,494 members
- Animals in Your Art 56,541 photos, 4,154 members
- Must Lღve PETS / ANIMALS 19,841 photos, 982 members
- UniqueTouch - ( A Step Up From The Ordinary! ) 46,493 photos, 2,269 members
- Cat Portraits 110,161 photos, 13,974 members
- Sparrows 4,591 photos, 790 members
- Best of Wild Animals (WILD ANIMALS-Please re-READ rules) 11,987 photos, 1,202 members
- amateur landscape 135,648 photos, 5,523 members
- Creative Photo Group_ BASIC (P1-C3) 452,516 photos, 29,179 members
- FLICKR NATURE 419,564 photos, 10,177 members
- The Blues! 73,116 photos, 7,815 members
- Nature and Landscapes 237,888 photos, 9,578 members
- Orange Cats 41,855 photos, 3,483 members
- Ginger Cats 31,752 photos, 2,709 members
- Artistic Animal Photography 16,460 photos, 2,415 members
- Cute Cat 146,938 photos, 12,422 members
- CAT♥Gato♥Chat♥Katze♥Gatto♥Kat♥Kot...... ♥ CATS! 107,542 photos, 8,073 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)
-
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
-
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