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

Boats closer.

View to the sea.

Fishing boats.

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

Regards,
Mika

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.

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

Regards,
Mika

"We Built This City"

This week has been warmest week of the summer here in Tornio in North Finland. This photo I took two days ago in the evening at 22:33.

Place: Tornio, Finland
Photo: "We built this city"
Date: 26th of July 2017 at 22:33

Camera: Canon EOS 60D
Lens: Canon EF-S 55-250 f/4-5.6 IS
Shot: 1/400 sec. f/9 116mm ISO 100

Editing: Sharpening and cropping.

This kind of evening really makes the summer feeling.

Regards,

Mika

Boats in Letto Marina

Yesterday was nice summer evening and I visited in Letto Marina.

Place: Letto Marina, Tornio, Finland

Photo: Boats in Letto Marina

Date: 25th of July 2017

Camera: Canon EOS 60D

Lens: Canon EF-S 15-85mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM

Shot: 1/125 sec. f/11 18mm ISO 100

Editing: Contrast, sharpening and cropping.

Beautiful evening. Only boat is missing.

Regards,
Mika

Pikisaari Bridge

Pikisaari is a small island in Tornio city center, which is also great swimming place in the summer. This is the small Pikisaari bridge.

Place: Pikisaari, Tornio, Finland
Photo: Pikisaari bridge
Date: 13th of June, 2017

Camera: Canon PowerShot G15
Shot: 1/1250 sec. f/2.8 6.1mm ISO 125

Editing: Highlights, sharpening, cropping.

Hopefully soon would be warm enough to go swimming.

Regards,
Mika

City hall silhouette after midnight

We have already midnight sun here in Tornio even the sun is not visible full 24 hours. Now sun is above the horizon about 23 hours. Only few more days and then it will be 24.

I took this photo few days ago at 1:35AM, when sun was behind the buildings. I also used settings in the camera, where the color saturation is stronger and photo is darker. So in real life the view is not so dark at all like in this photo.

Place: Tornio, Finland
Photo: City hall silhouette after midnight
Date: 10th of June, 2017

Camera: Canon EOS 60D
Lens: EF-S 15-85mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM
Shot: 1/125 sec. f/8 50mm ISO 100

Editing: Cropping and sharpening. Like I wrote above I used in camera settings, which add the color saturation.

Summer is finally also here in North Finland.

Regards,
Mika

Swans in the Sunset

I was taking sunset photos on our balcony, when there came few swans to the same photo.

Place: Tornio, Finland
Photo: Swans in the sunset
Date: 23rd of May, 2017 at 10:48PM

Camera: Canon PowerShot G15
Shot: 1/2000 sec. f/4 30.5mm ISO 80

Editing: Cropping and sharpening.

More birds. That's great!

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