Calm Torne River

I took this photo yesterday when I was walking on Torne riverside. River was like a mirror. I edited and used HDR effect for this photo.

Place: Tornio, Finland
Photo: Calm Torne River
Date: 12th of October, 2017

Camera: Canon PowerShot G15
Shot: 1/320 sec. f/2.8 6.1mm ISO 160

Editing: HDR effect, contrast, clarity, saturation, cropping.

Nice day for walking.

Regards,
Mika

Vinci | Android App - Tornio Old Church

This time I tested Android app called Vinci, which has lots of different kind of effects. Target of my photo was this time old Tornio church.

Place: Tornio, Finland
Photo: Tornio old church
Date: 7th of February, 2017

Camera: LG G2 mobile phone (Android)
Shot: 1/2000 sec. f/2.4 3.97mm ISO 50

Editing: Vinci

First the original shot before editing.

Here are few examples after using different kind of effects.
Effect #1. Here the photo looks immediately like drawing or painting.

Effect #2. This version is already more artistic.

Effect #3. Here the theme is blue.

Effect #4. In this one the colors are darker and feeling is more dramatic. I like this one.

At the moment there are lot of different kind of photo editing apps available for mobile phones. Most of the apps are very simple to use. Results after editing can be also very interesting.

Regards,
Mika

Wall and Trees

I took this photo just outside of Tornio old church. Already lot of leaves on the ground.

Place: Tornio, Finland
Photo: Wall and trees next to Tornio old church
Date: 23rd of September, 2016

Camera: Canon EOS 60D
Lens: Canon EF-S 15-85mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM
Shot: 1/125 sec. f/5.6 85mm ISO800

Editing: More contrast, highlights down, sharpening

Here is another photo from the same place. I just converted the photo to B&W and I added intentionaly too much contrast and sharpness, so it looks very dramatic.

This is the best time of the year to take autumn photos here in North Finland.

Regards,
Mika

Train Bridge and Church

I took this photo in Haparanda in Sweden. The bridge is old train bridge between Haparanda in Sweden and Tornio in Finland. The church on the background is in Finland side.

I took the photo under the bridge from cycle bath. I liked the idea, that underside of the bridge and also the whole church other side of the river is visble.

Place:   Haparanda, Sweden
Target: Train bridge between Haparanda, Sweden and Tornio, Finland.
Date:    7th of May, 2016

Camera: Canon EOS 60D
Lens: EF-S 15-85mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM
Shot: 1/100 sec. f/7.1 40mm ISO100

Editing: Like always first I checked the horizon is straight. Then I changed the photo to B&W. Finally I had to adjust highlights darker.

Now it´s very difficult to say has the photo taken yesterday or 50 years ago. 

What do you think? Comments?

Regards,

Mika