Thursday, August 31, 2017

Tornio Old Bridge and City Hall

I took this Tornio summer view yesterday.

Place: Tornio, Finland
Photo: Tornio Old Bridge and City Hall
Date: 30th of Aug, 2017

Camera: Canon PowerShot G15
Shot: 1/1600 sec. f/2.8 17.693mm ISO 80

Editing: Shadows, clarity, cropping.

Lens and Cover | Tornio Old Bridge and City Hall

Two important landmarks of the city. 

Regards,
Mika

Road Trip to Seskarö in Sweden

Lens and Cover | Road Trip to Seskarö in Sweden

Seskarö is popular beach and camping destination near Haparanda in North Sweden. Here is short road trip video from Tornio in Finland to Seskarö in Sweden.

Date: 26th of July, 2017
Video camera: GoPro Hero5 Black
Camera: Canon EOS 60D


Summer is in practice already over here, so means also beach season is over. Next summer next time.

Regards,
Mika

Saturday, August 19, 2017

Railway Bridge Between Sweden and Finland

Here is another photo regarding old railway bridge between Haparanda, Sweden and Tornio, Finland.

Place: Haparanda, Sweden
Photo: Railway Bridge Between Sweden and Finland
Date: 12th of August, 2017 

Camera: GoPro Hero5 Black
Shot: 1/1000 sec. f/2.8 3mm ISO 100

Editing: Contrast, highlights, sharpening, cropping.

Lens and Cover | Railway Bridge Between Sweden and Finland

Great Torne River!

Regards,
Mika

Friday, August 18, 2017

Sunset with Twist

I took this sunset photo yesterday here in Tornio. Then I edited and played with the color settings and this is the result. Looks more like a painting now.

Place: Haparanda, Sweden
Photo: Sunset with twist
Date: 17th of August, 2017

Camera: Canon EOS 60D
Lens: Canon EF-S 15-85mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM
Shot: 1/160 sec. f/8 42mm ISO 100

Editing: I took the photo using strong color settings in camera. After that I used in the editor color settings like tint, temperature and saturation. Then some cropping.

Lens and Cover | Sunset with Twist

Does it look natural? No. Does it look beautiful? Yes. What do you think?

Regards,
Mika

Thursday, August 17, 2017

Seskarö Bridge in Sweden

If you go to visit in Seskarö beach or campsite you will see also this beautiful Seskarö bridge.

Place: Seskarö, Haparanda Municipality, Sweden
Photo: Seskarö bridge
Date: 26th of July, 2017

Camera: Canon EOS 60D
Lens: Canon EF-S 15-85mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM
Shot: 1/320 sec. f/13 50mm ISO 100

Editing: Contrast, sharpening, highlights, cropping. 

Lens and Cover | Seskarö Bridge in Sweden

Seskarö is beautiful place to visit. Even if go to watch only the bridge. 

Regards,
Mika

Wednesday, August 16, 2017

CarPhotography | Wheels Nationals Classic MotorMeet 2017 Haparanda | Sweden

Lens and Cover | CarPhotography | Wheels Nationals Classic MotorMeet 2017 Haparanda | Sweden

Place: Haparanda, Sweden
Event: Wheels Nationals Classic MotorMeet 2017 Haparanda
Date: 13 - 15th of July, 2017

Few weeks ago was held Wheels Nationals Classic MotorMeet 2017 in Haparanda. This year it was first time 3 days event. On Thursday the theme was Euro cars and rest of the days all kind of vintage and classic cars.

The event was success. Total about 1100 cars and 10,000 visitors. Good numbers for the small place like Haparanda.

Here is my video where you can see some of the best cars in the event. Enjoy!


So much more cars than last year. Great event!

Regards,
Mika

Sunday, August 13, 2017

Railway Bridge Between Sweden and Finland

This is the old railway bridge between Haparanda, Sweden and Tornio, Finland. I took this photo from Sweden side.

Place: Haparanda, Sweden
Photo: Railway Bridge Between Sweden and Finland
Date: 12th of August, 2017

Camera: GoPro Hero5 Black
Shot: 1/1000 sec. f/2.8 3mm ISO 100

Editing: Contrast, highlights, sharpening, cropping.

Lens and Cover | Railway Bridge Between Sweden and Finland

GoPro has very wide angle lens and I could not take this kind of photo from this place using my DSLR with 15mm lens.

Regards,
Mika

Flower and Bee

I took this photo few days ago in river side. I have no idea what is this flower, but looks beautiful.

Place: Tornio, Finland
Photo: Flower and bee
Date: 8th of August, 2017

Camera: Canon PowerShot G15
Shot: 1/1600 sec. f/2.8 30.5mm ISO 80

Editing: Sharpening, highlights, cropping.

Lens and Cover | Flower and Bee

Here is the same photo, but tighter crop.

Lens and Cover | Flower and Bee

This is also last summer month here in North Finland, so the summer is soon over.

Regards,
Mika

Monday, August 7, 2017

Boats in Haparanda Marina, Sweden

Few days was beautiful summer day and I visited Haparanda Marina.

Place: Haparanda Marina, Nikkala, Sweden
Photos: Boats in Haparanda Marina (Haparanda Hamn)
Date: 31st of July, 2017

Camera: Canon EOS 60D
Lens: Canon EF-S 15-85mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM

Lens and Cover | Boats in Haparanda Marina, Sweden

Boats closer.

Lens and Cover | Boats in Haparanda Marina, Sweden

View to the sea.

Lens and Cover | Boats in Haparanda Marina, Sweden

Fishing boats.

Lens and Cover | Boats in Haparanda Marina, Sweden

Marinas are great place to visit, when sun is shining and it's warm summer day.

Regards,
Mika

Thursday, August 3, 2017

Jet Ski Wave Jumping

I took this photo quite far, when jet ski guy was jumping on waves behind the boat.

Place: Tornio, Finland
Photo: Jetski and waves
Date: 26th of July 2017

Camera: Canon EOS 60D
Lens: Canon EF-S 55-250mm f/4-5.6 IS
Shot: 1/1600 sec. f/5.6 250mm ISO 320

Editing: Contrast, highlights, sharpening, cropping.

Lens and Cover | Jet Ski Wave Jumping

Here is another photo.

Lens and Cover | Jet Ski Wave Jumping

That looks Fun!

Regards,
Mika

Tuesday, August 1, 2017

Butterflies | Large Copper (Lycaena Dispar)

Yesterday I checked one of my photography spot, where I have taken earlier some insect photos. This time place was even better. Now there was lot of different kind of butterflies.

This beautiful butterly is Large Copper, which has protected in Finland since 1983.

Place: Haparanda, Sweden near Finland border line
Photo: Large Copper (Lycaena Dispar)
Date: 31st of July 2017

Camera: Canon EOS 60D
Lens: Canon EF-S 55-250mm f/4-5.6 IS
Shot: 1/250 sec. f/18 250mm ISO 400

Editing: Contrast, sharpening, highlights, cropping.

Lens and Cover | Butterflies | Large Copper (Lycaena Dispar)

This one is male. Female has more black in the wings.

Regards,
Mika