Ice Fishing Season Started in North Finland

Looks like ice fishing season has started here in Tornio. I was today walking and there was already one guy ice fishing.

Place: Tornio, Finland
Photo: Ice fishing season started in North Finland
Date: 28th of November, 2016 at 1:18PM

Camera: Canon Powershot G15
Shot: 1/2000 sec. f/4 10.653mm ISO 80

Editing: Cropping, sharpening.

Maybe this means also winter has really started.

Regards,
Mika

Underwater Photography | Highlights of diving in Puerto Princesa, Palawan | PHILIPPINES

Puerto Princesa in Palawan is great place for scuba diving. There is possible to see very small macro creatures, but also big ones. Even whale sharks. Here are some highlights of my underwater adventures in Puerto Princesa. Enjoy!

Palawan is well-known of beautiful beaches and islands, but there is also rich marine life.

Regards,
Mika

Frozen River and Sunset

I took this photo yesterday, when I was biking on the riverside. I took this photo from Finland, but the background of the photo is Sweden.

Place: Tornio, Finland
Photo: Frozen Torniojoki (Tornio River) and sunset.
Date: 24th November, 2016

Camera: Canon EOS 60D
Lens: Canon EF-S 15-85mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM

I took this photo at 1:59PM, but sun was already very low. Official sunset time at the moment here in Tornio is 2:33PM.

Regards,
Mika

Car Photography | Supercar Sundays in Manila, Philippines

Manila, Philippines. Manila in Philippines is not the first place, if you think about the supercars. There are anyway lot of real car guys. Every Sunday mornings Manila Sports Cars Club has a meeting in Burgos Circle in Metro-Manila. This place was on the corner of our home, so I used to visit there also often.

If you live or visit in Manila and want to see cars like Ferrari, Lamborghini, Porsche and other exotics, Burgos Circle is the place where to visit.

Place: Burgos Circle, Fort Bonifacio, Taguig City, Metro-Manila, Philippines
Photo/Video: Supercar Sundays in Burgos Circle

Here in the video you will see the collection of the best supercars in Burgos Circle. Enjoy!

Lot of interesting and also expensive models, which are not so common.

Regards,
Mika

Ice Swimming in Finland

Tornio, Finland. Winter in Finland is cold and the coldest day of the year is usually about -40C. This means rivers and lakes are frozen. Some people anyway want to go swimming outside.

Place: Tornio, Finland
Photo: Ice swimming in Tornionjoki (Tornio River).
Date: 6th of November, 2016

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

I have tried out ice swimming twice and let's say it's quite...refreshing.

Regards,
Mika

The SnowCastle in Kemi, Finland

Kemi, Finland. Every winter it's possible to visit a gigantic SnowCastle in Kemi City. SnowCastle includes world's largest SnowRestaurant with beautiful ice-sculptures where are seats more than 200 people. There is also SnowHotel, which is something amazing. SnowCastle includes also SnowChapel.

The SnowCastle in Kemi is usually open from the end of January to begining of April.

Place: Kemi, Finland
Photo/Video: SnowCastle in Kemi
Date: 16 February, 2016

Camera: Canon EOS 60D
Lens: Canon EF-S 15-85mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM

Check my video to understand how big the SnowCastle is really.

Interesting to see what kind of will be new SnowCastle for season 2017.

Regards,
Mika

Ice Crystals in the Window

I saw these tiny ice crystals in our balcony windows. Ice crystals were very small and I had to use macro lens together with extension tubes.

Place: Tornio, Finland
Photos: Ice crystals in the window
Date: 6th of November, 2016

Camera: Canon EOS 60D
Lens: Canon EF100mm f/2.8 USM + Kenko Extension Tubes.

Editing: Cropping, more contrast, sharpening.

Here is another.

Winter has just started here in North Finland, so there will be lot of photos regarding winter and snow in this blog.

Regards,
Mika