Sparrowhawk

Yesterday I was outside of my condo in the middle of Tornio city and I saw sparrowhawk gliding in the sky.

Place: Tornio, Finland
Photo: Sparrowhawk
Date: 26th of August, 2016

Camera: Canon EOS 60D
Lens: Canon EF-S 55-250mm f/4-5.6 IS
Shot: 1/1600 sec. f/5.6 250mm ISO320

Editing: Only sharpening and cropping.

Hawk was quite high and it was gliding opposite direction of me, so I coundn't get as sharp photo as I wanted. Also I had to crop it quite much. Anyway it was interesting to see hawk flying in the middle of city area. Never seen before.

Regards,
Mika

Flower and Walking Bridge

I wanted to play with depth of field and here is one photo. I set the camera to the ground and I had to use articulating screen, that I can focus to the correct place.

Place:  Tornio, Finland
Photo: Flower and Walking Bridge
Date:   24th of August, 2016

Camera: Canon EOS 60D
Lens: EF50mm f/1.8 STM
Shot: 1/200 sec. f/14 50mm ISO100

Editing: Little bit cropping and sharpening

EF50mm lens is easy and good to use, when you want play with depth of field. For moving object the lens is totally to slow.

Regards,
Mika

Barnacle Geese

I was biking, when I saw a flock of barnacle geese.

Place:   Haparanda, Sweden
Target: Flock of barnacle geese (Branta leucopsis) on the water
Date:    20th of August, 2016

Camera: Canon EOS 60D
Lens: Canon EF-S 55-250mm f/4-5.6 IS
Shot: 1/320 sec. f/9 84mm ISO100

Editing: Sharpening and cropping.

Barnacle geese are not so common here in North Finland and Sweden yet, but looks like there are anyway more and more.

Regards,
Mika

Manila American Cemetery and Memorial

Manila American Cemetery and Memorial is in Fort Bonifacio in Metro-Manila. Picture has taken in the cemetery area and on the background are condo and office buildings.

Place:   Fort Bonifacio, Taguig City, Metro-Manila, Philippines
Target: Manila American Cemetery and Memorial
Date:    3rd of November, 2015

Camera: LG G3 (D802) Mobile Phone
Shot: 1/1250 sec. f/2.4 3.97mm ISO100

Editing: Sharpening

Manila American Cemetery and Memorial is beautiful place in the middle of Manila. If you are interested history, this is one must place to visit in Manila.

Regards,
Mika

Four Cannons

Four old cannons on the front of Tornio Museum. I played with aperture, that one cannon pop-ups from the picture.

Place:  Tornio, Finland
Target: Four cannons
Date:   18th of August, 2016

Camera: Canon EOS 60D
Lens: EF50mm f/1.8 STM
Shot: 1/250 sec. f/2 50mm ISO100

Editing: B&W conversion, highlights, sharpening.

The cannons were cast in 1769 and 1770, but what is interesting the cannons were finally found in 4th of April 1970 in the muddy bottom of Tornio harbor.

Regards,
Mika

Macro: Needle and Thread

I took this photo, when I was at home and I wanted to take some macro shots. I tried to think do I have anything small which I could use in the photo. Then I though thread and needle. At least that's enough small. Hole of the needle is only about 1mm long.

I used macro lens and also extension tube set to get bigger magnification.

Target: Needle and Thread
Date: 22nd of September, 2013

Camera: Canon EOS 60D
Lens: Canon EF100mm f/2.8 Macro USM + Kenko Extension tube set + Tripod
Shot: 8 sec. f/11 100mm ISO400

Editing: Sharpening, more contrast, cropping

This was interesting photo session.

Regards,
Mika

KL Tower

I was in Kuala Lumpur in the same time, when there was International Base Jumping day. It was also possible to go watching base jumping to the roof of KL Tower, if pay some extra on top of the normal ticket price. Of course I had to see it.

Here I'm sitting on the edge of roof in KL Tower and there is more than 300m air under my feet.

Place:   Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Target: View from the roof of KL Tower.
Date:    8th of October, 2010

Camera: Canon EOS 450D
Shot: 1/160 sec. f/8 20mm ISO100

Editing: Only sharpening

Very interesting day! More pictures from the event in my travel blog.

Regards,
Mika

Tornio Old Bridge

There are four big bridges in Tornio. One of those is this so called old bridge.

Place:   Tornio, Finland
Target: Tornio Old Bridge
Date:    10th of August, 2016

Camera: Canon EOS 60D
Shot: 1/13 sec. f/22 15mm ISO100

Editing: Sharpening, highlights, B&W conversion, cropping.

In my mind B&W works nicely for the old buildings and structures.

Regards,
Mika

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In Finnish. Oletko matkustamassa johonkin tapahtumaan, työmatkalle tai kenties lomalle? Saat nyt parhaat hotellitarjoukset kaikkialta maailmasta suoraan blokin kautta. Katso uusimmat hotellitarjoukset.

Regards / Terveisin,
Mika

River and Train Bridge

Summer view to smaller river in Tornio.

Place:   Tornio, Finland
Target: Train bridge in Kirkkopudas
Date:    6th of August, 2016

Camera: Canon Powershot G15
Shot: 1/2000 sec. f/3.2 6.1mm ISO160

Editing: Little bit more contracts, sharpening, cropping.

Regards,
Mika

Midnight View

I took this picture yesterday on midnight from my balcony. Sky was quite dark and cloudy, but northern sky was still clear. Reflection of the windows give something special to the picture and feeling.

Place:   Tornio, Finland
Target: Midnight View
Date:    4th of August, 2016

Camera: Canon Powershot G15
Shot: 1/60 sec. f/2.2 11.817mm ISO400

Editing: Little bit more saturation and color temperature, cropping

It's easy to see that days are already much shorter than one month ago.

Regards,
Mika

Double Rainbow

Today rained quite heavily, but then there came nice surprise. Double rainbow.

Place:   Tornio, Finland
Target: Double Rainbow
Date:    3rd of August, 2016

Camera: Canon EOS 60D
Lens: EF-S 15-85mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM with Polarizing filter
Shot: 1/125 sec. f/11 16mm ISO100

Editing: Highlights, some cropping.

Double rainbows are not so common, but sometimes it´s possible to see it.

Regards,
Mika

Flyboard

Flyboarding has been available just a few years. It's also something new, which has not been possible before.

Place:  Tornio, Finland
Target: Flyboard
Date:   30th of July, 2016

Camera: Canon Powershot G15
Shot: 1/500 sec. f/4.5 10.39mm ISO80

Editing: More brightness and contrast, sharpening, cropping.

Here is also video which I filmed and edited.

Flyboarding looks fun and would be interesting to try it!

Regards,
Mika