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.

Astro season is ON

Right now I'm pretty excited because I took propably the best astro photo so far. New moon, not too many clouds, nearly astronomical darkness, shooting stars, could it really be any better. In my opinion: NO, except some auroras would be welcome, but anyhow last night was stunning. The fresh autumn scent floating in the air in the middle of dark forest. I can't imagine anything cooler than this. I took 100 frames for my timelapse video also which is nice as well. Unfortunately this week's weather forecast doesn't look too good for me. It's going to rain whole week.

EXIF:
Canon 6D
Samyang 14mm
30 sec
f/2.8
iso2500

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.

Astro lakescape

This is a follow-up for the previous photo, not self-portrait though this time. I was actually trying how far can I go with my iso. This one was taken with iso-1600 and it's still suitable even though my body isn't the most expensive high-end camera.

EXIF:
exposure time - 59 sec
aperture - f/2.8
iso - 1600
focal lenght - 11mm
body - nikon d300s

Perseid self-portrait

Here's a slightly unusual self-portrait taken during the perseid meteor shower last week. The location is my usual astro-spot. I noticed it is still too bright even though there's no Moon on the sky. This photo was taken around 2.30am and you can already see the dawn - conclusion: I still have to wait for darker nights.

EXIF:
exposure time - 105 sec
aperture - f/2.8
iso - 100
focal lenght - 11mm
body - nikon d300s

Lakeside sunset

Countryside panorama

Earlier this week I decided to try something new, creating a panorama. In search for a perfect spot to take photographs I headed out to the countryside and soon the spot was found. A wide open field with a few eye catching details and nice forest limiting the view. And of course the red barn, typical to the Finnish countryside. 

The panorama itself is build from four pictures and all put together with my old friend Photoshop. I also used some radial blur for the sky in order to make it look more dramatic.

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