Farewell summer

As much as I love summer, I warmly welcome autumn. One of the coolest things in Finland is autumn. As the leaves turn yellow and brown. It's like natures own seasong ending firework. And the second best thing in autumn is the fresh scent in the air after sunset. This photo is taken on the same road where I took the mist photo this spring.

Farewell summer

Now I'm 100 % sure that summer has definitely ended. I'm not happy about it because I love summer, but on other hand the autumn colours are one of the most coolest thing we have in Finland. These two photos were taken at a nature photography course, thanks for everyone who participated. I had really nice feedback about these photos from my teacher, his comment was something like this: "hmmmphmm ... hmmmphmmhnm ... There's nothing that I would change, these are ready to be sold".

The traveller

I took some pretty amazing photos on Sunday night but I won't publish them yet, please be patient. Friday night was also quite stunning. Having fresh autumn scent in the air and being surrounded by the dark and mist, that's the kind of stuff I like. It really helps you to clear your mind, I can honestly recommend going out to the nature at night time for everyone. I'm glad I spent this amazing night out in the middle of nowhere with very special company instead of drinking beer in a stuffy bar. We saw the Milky Way shining and shooting stars flying on the clear sky. However it's not the time for Milky Way photos yet, it's definitely time for another "lonely stranger" photo.

Milky waaaaayyyyy!

Here is an another photo from previous star hunting. This one is processed with more time and effort given. And as I personally like more of vertical astrophotos this one looks lots of better than the previous one to me even though this one is without shooting star. 

Day after this photo we went to photograph nearby, and I managed to capture something beautiful as well, but I will post them later. Next photos will be something different than astrophotos I PROMISE :D My nemesis (clouds) have returned to the sky, and next clear night won't come soon if you believe the forecast.

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exposure time -  30 sec
aperture - f/3.5
iso - 640
focal length - 8mm 

Milky way, nothern lights and shooting stars

As I said yesterday, fuck the portraits, it’s time for another astrophoto! It was freezing cold outside, but what wouldn’t an astrophoto addict do for a proper shoot. There are better photos as well but I decided to post this one as it has the shooting star in as well.

In this photo, I managed to capture many exciting things. My main goal was to take a picture of the Milky Way but just because I am so pro, I managed to capture the northern lights as well. And if you watch carefully enough, you might also the shooting star I mentioned. At first I corrected the barrel distortion caused by the lens but after all decided to let it be. What do you guys think, should’ve I corrected it after all or not? While I was taking these photos, I actually managed to lose one of my lenses. The 30mm lens was lost for an hour but I luckily found it. It lying between the rocks just 10cm away from the freezing cold water.

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exposure time -  30 sec
aperture - f/3.5
iso - 1000
focal length - 8mm

... Astro pt.5

Here we go again. Another astrophoto, but this will be the last one for a while before these annoying clouds decide to leave my sky. I got plenty of material from portrait photography course, so I will post some portraits next (if the sky won't clear up soon). I guess I should buy wider lens for this astro thing, because I have problems fitting enough stuff in the sky. I've been looking for tokina 11 - 16mm, samyang 14mm and nikon 14 - 24mm, but at the moment I'm too poor to invest to that nikon lens at least. Which lenses do you use for astro photography?


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exposure time -  20 sec
aperture - f/5
iso - 640
focal length - 30mm

Astro pt.4

I'm really hooked up with astro photography. This photo is taken from the same spot with photo in previous post. Except this one is vertical. In my opinion it makes huge difference after all. The reason for posting a photo similar to the previous one is to show you the the difference between horizontal and vertical landscapes. Compare this one to the previous photo and let me know which one you like more. Personally I like more the vertical one in this scene, because I can fit more stuff into photo, like the rocks in the bottom and I have more space for the stars. Horizontal view is pretty much all the same, woods and a few cottage, so there is no reason extend it.

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exposure time -  30 sec
aperture - f/5.6
iso - 400
focal length - 30mm

Astro photo pt.2

Here is an another photo from my astro photography adventures. This one is taken with fisheye, that explains the massive barrel distortion. 

EXIF: 
exposure time - 30 sec
aperture - f/3.5
iso - 400
focal length - 8mm

Another hippie photo shoot

After two days in portrait photography course I asked my co-workers little sister to be my model again to see if I have improved. Personally I'm satisfied with the photos we got. Only problem was sudden superfast sunset :(

Portrait photography course pt. 1

Once again I've been really busy, but here is one photo from last weekend's portrait photography course. We had this lovely model for couple of hours in our use (I want to thank her very much). Taking portraits is actually pretty hard when you have to compose your model the way you want. It is even more complicated if you don't have a clear vision in your head how you to capture your model. I had no idea what to expect from this course, so I didn't prepare myself at all before the course, but at least I got one photo that satisfies me. What do you think of this portrait? Colours, focusing, composition or anything, please let me know.

Little hippie

Yep, it's pretty much the end of summer now and welcome autumn. I love the contrast that yellow, orange and red leafs make. I asked my co-worker's little sister to be my model, because her red hair and hippie lifestyle equals perfect setup for the autumn, right? 

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