Muskrat Swimming

I took this photo few years ago in Tornio bay area, when muskrat was swimming grass in the mouth.

Place:  Tornio, Finland
Photo: Muskrat swimming
Date:   27th of June, 2011

Camera: Canon EOS 60D
Lens: Canon EF-S 55-250mm f/4-5.6 IS
Shot: 1/320 sec. f/6.3 250mm ISO125

Editing: Cropping and sharpening

This summer I didn´t see any muskrat even I tried to find several times.

Regards,
Mika

Swans Flying

I was yesterday biking and taking photos, when I saw a flock of swans flying toward south.

Place:   Tornio, Finland
Photos: Flying Swans
Date:    1st of October, 2016

Camera: Canon EOS 60D
Lens: Canon EF-S 55-250mm f/4-5.6 IS

Editing: Cropping, sharpening, highlights down

Here is another flock.

Winter is coming and all swans will fly to south warmer place.

Regards,
Mika

Dragonflies

I took these dragonfly photos on the same trip and same place like the previous photos about small frogs.

Place:   Riekkola, Haparanda, Sweden
Photos: Dragonflies
Date:    7th of September, 2016

Camera: Canon EOS 60D
Lens: EF-S 55-250mm f/4-5.6 IS

Editing: Sharpening, highlights down, cropping

I have posted before dragonfly photo also earlier, but that was different species.

Also these mating dragonflies are different species than last time.

Dragonflies are interesting object for taking photos, but season for dragonflies will be very soon over here in North Europe.

Regards,
Mika

Small Frogs

I was watching yesterday swans on the seaside, when I suddenly realized there are jumping something just next to me. There was several small frogs. Size of the frogs were about 3cm.

Place:    Riekkola, Haparanda, Sweden
Photos: Small frogs
Date:     7th of September, 2016

Camera: Canon EOS 60D
Lens: Canon EF-S 55-250mm f/4-5.6 IS

Editing: Sharpening, contrast, saturation, cropping

This was nice, when the frog was on the leaf.

Same frog. Just different angle.

Here another small frog tries to hide and be invisible.

I haven´t seen frogs here in Finland or just other side of the border in Sweden for long time. Here are frogs, but I just haven´t been in that kind of place recently.

Regards,
Mika

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