Arctic Icebreaker Sampo Cruise on Gulf of Bothia | Finland

This time something different. I had a possibility to have a cruise on icebreaker Sampo on Gulf of Bothnia. It was 4 hours cruise and the cruise started from port of Kemi in Finland.

The cruise stops on the middle of the sea and it's possible to go to walk on the ice and float to the sea in the middle of ice using floatation suit. On the video you will see more.

Place: Gulf of Bothnia on the front of Kemi, Finland.
Ship: Arctic Icebreaker Sampo
Camera: Canon EOS 60D
Drone: DJI Mavic Air
Date: 31st of March, 2019

Check the video to see more regarding the arctic cruise on icebreaker.

That was interesting day.

Regards,
Mika

Testing Nokia 7 Plus - Panorama Photos

I bought new Nokia 7 Plus Android smartphone about two weeks ago. Camera has different settings for taking photos and one is panorama. That's very simple to use and it works very well. Here some samples, which I took.

Place: Tornio, Finland
Camera: Nokia 7 Plus smartphone

Pikisaari.

Tornionjoki / Torne river.

Empty stage.

Last time when I tried to take panorama photos was many years ago using some pocket camera. After this test you can't even compare old pocket camera and new smartphone. It 's so easy and quick to take panorama photos using Nokia 7 Plus. Photo quality looks also good. What do you think?

Regards,
Mika

Old windmill

After long break new photo here in my photography blog. This old windmill is next to water tower in Tornio city center.

Place: Tornio, Finland
Photo: Old windmill
Date: 7th of October 2018

Camera:  Canon EOS 60D
Lens: Canon EF-S 15-85mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM
Shot: 1/100 sec. f/10 27mm

Editing: Shadows, highlights, clarity, cropping.

At the moment is already fall and there are lots of colors in the nature.

Regards,
Mika

Swans are back again

Looks like same swans have returned again. River is still frozen and there are still lot of snow. There is anyway already two small areas free of ice and swans are there again. This place is only few meters from the place where swans have had a nest already many years.

Place: Tornio, Finland
Photos: Swans are back again
Date: 19th of April

Camera: Canon PowerShot SX730 HS

Who is there?

Walk to the next free water.

Interesting to see how many small ones there will be  on coming summer.

Regards,
Mika

FoodPhotography - Sushi

We had sushi day at home and we made some maki rolls.

Photo: FoodPhotography - Sushi
Date: 30th of March, 2018

Camera: Canon PowerShot SX730 HS
Shot: 1/60 sec. f/4.5 13.828mm ISO80

Editing: Cropping.

Sushi day is always good day!

Regards,
Mika

Snow Kiting

I took this photo in Tornio Kaupunginlahti area, when I was walking.

Place: Tornio, Finland
Photo: Snow kiting
Date: 26th of March, 2018

Camera: Canon PowerShot SX730 HS
Shot: 1/640 sec. f/5.6 24.731mm

Editing: Clarity, cropping.

That looks fun!

Regards,
Mika

Waxwing and Rowan Berries

In the last post I tested zoom in my new Canon PowerShot SX730 HS. This photo I took also using the same camera. Distance to bird was about three four meters.

Place: Tornio, Finland
Photo: Waxwing and Rowan Berries
Date: 15th of March, 2018

Camera: Canon PowerShot SX730 HS
Shot: 1/160 sec. f/5.6 61.899mm ISO160

Editing: Clarity, contrast and just a little bit cropping.

So far the camera has worked well. There are still some new features for me in the camera like using mobile phone as a remote control to camera via bluetooth, which I haven't tested yet.

Regards,
Mika