Docs from Scoo, tagged "Finland"

Mean foggy streets

nobody@ipernity.com (Scoo) — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 18:31:04 +0000

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A pipe had burst beneath the street and warm water was being diverted/pumped onto the street, at 7°C in the air it turned into steam quickly, making a nice photo opportunity.

Fleeting time

nobody@ipernity.com (Scoo) — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 18:02:21 +0000

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This was taken not even a month ago. Now it's all gone, winter looming over the horizon.

Some solace atleast

nobody@ipernity.com (Scoo) — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 17:49:35 +0000

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Was going to be ambitious today and do a depth-of-field "panorama". That failed miserably however. Too much wind I suppose, too many non-static objects.

Here's some solace, a couple of "normal" shots (if you can call a wide angle shot at its closest possible focussing distance and wide open normal...).

A study of pink II

nobody@ipernity.com (Scoo) — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 18:46:05 +0000

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For those who think I upload nothing but roses in my stream, no worries, they won't last (must get a couple of frozen ones shot in the morning).

On the steps of the cathedral

nobody@ipernity.com (Scoo) — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 19:12:43 +0000

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Today several Finnish institutions celebrated their bicentellial existence. On 5th of October 1809 the then Finnish government (of the Russian Grand Duchy of Finland) convened for the first time. The Finnish judicial system also counts this as its starting date (of course the geographical entity Finland had a governing body and had a judicial system before this, but now Finland constituted a political entity of its own too).

At noon I got some shots of our controversial PM Matti Vanhanen as he led a delegation to uncover a plaque commemorating the site of the building where the first meeting was held in 1809. I used my Zorki-1 so I wasn't that quick but got some shots after beeing shooed further away by his security detail. Would have gotten better shots from the other side of the river but I didn't have a telephoto with me (nor own one in m39 mount). And of course I ran out of film while still having plenty of interesting subjects.

Here's former Finnish president (1982-94) Mauno Koivisto (born 1923) seen exiting the Cathedral of Turku after a jubilée mass. He was the first president to finally replace Urho Kekkonen as president (Kekkonen acted as president between 1956 and 1982...).

I got a better shot of Koivisto on Kodachrome though, had a 135mm mounted on my FE.

Graveyard shift

nobody@ipernity.com (Scoo) — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 18:54:59 +0000

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Something from the archives, yours truly many years ago when I did my national service. This was in the middle of the night, still bright thanks to the Nordic light during the summer :) Apparently I didn't have time to get in place before the self timer counted down, the camera probably fell over or something and I had to upright it.

Back then I was a fresh abitur and in NCO school, several years onwards I'm still not done with my university studies and a reserve sergeant and now lastly, a father. Shot with my first digital camera and the first camera I shot a lot with, a Canon Digital IXUS ("Mark I"). In hindsight I wish I had been more into photography before this, would have been many interesting photo opportunities when serving.

A study of pink amidst green and blue

nobody@ipernity.com (Scoo) — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 19:44:04 +0000

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Shot at waist level (as TLR's are in a way supposed to be used) or a little lower than that.

The Kodak E200 slide film I used expired in 2007 so I got it for 2€ a roll. As it has been refrigerated I don't complain at all (in fact, I'm happy I got several rolls to capture my growing daughter and the autumn colours, would have had the latter cross-processed if the film would prove to be bad). More than anything, the entire roll show me that the acquisition of a handheld external light meter was well worth the investment.

Tall Ships Race in Turku 2009

nobody@ipernity.com (Scoo) — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 20:25:59 +0000

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Ran out of film as things got interesting (this is the second last image on the roll).

Didn't have time to visit the event really (and we didn't fancy bringing the baby to the crowd).

5:2 crop of the middle of the frame.

Softness is a feeling

nobody@ipernity.com (Scoo) — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 19:24:58 +0000

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Taken at the rosary at Åbo Academy University in Turku, Finland.

Heather

nobody@ipernity.com (Scoo) — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 16:42:48 +0000

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Maybe the lab dropped the film canister before processing it so that the world that I captured on film got tilted a bit ;)

If only colour negative films weren't so bloody difficult to scan...

Gulf of Bothnia seascape

nobody@ipernity.com (Scoo) — Sat, 22 Aug 2009 18:52:53 +0000

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Camera balanced on rocks. Vignetting added for the mood :)

A tango for two

nobody@ipernity.com (Scoo) — Sat, 22 Aug 2009 12:45:27 +0000

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The somewhat famous vessel Arctic Sea went past these lighthouses off the coast of Jakobstad, Finland on her way south.

Want to explore gorgeous nocturnal colours you could not otherwise pick up? Get some kind of remote or other gadget to enable longer exposures than the typical 30 seconds that cameras usually offer, works well with slow/slow-ish lenses too! (this was stopped down to f/11 or f/16)

Rough seas ahead

nobody@ipernity.com (Scoo) — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 14:06:22 +0000

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Taken off the coast of Helsinki onboard T/S Helena.

Eiders near Utö

nobody@ipernity.com (Scoo) — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 20:59:51 +0000

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Taken while sailing with the training vessel T/S Helena, a 38 metre long schooner operated by and the flagship of the Sail Training Association [of] Finland.

Zenit TTL and Helios-44M

nobody@ipernity.com (Scoo) — Sat, 23 May 2009 19:03:11 +0000

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Trying out a cheapie, cropped out part of the right.

Soviet made Zenit TTL and Helios-44M (58/2) and Fomapan 400 at f/2.8, 1/125.

EDIT: Re-uploaded to fix edge of white frame (white on white isn't good).

Tri-colour market square

nobody@ipernity.com (Scoo) — Sun, 17 May 2009 11:35:45 +0000

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A not that good result in my opinion, here I've used proper colour filters for B&W photography (one issue is that I need a stronger green and blue, the red channel is usually too strong with this setup). Should have juggled a bit more with the colours.

I've blogged about this.

Tri-colour street

nobody@ipernity.com (Scoo) — Sun, 17 May 2009 11:11:50 +0000

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Wanting to finish the roll of Fomapan 400 I had loaded the F2 with so I could develop the shots from the top of the cathedral, I decided to do a filter comparison. I tried my regular Hoya filters for B&W photography with some cheap plastic colour filters off the 'Bay. These work just as well, this is the result of combining three b&w exposures shot through a red, green and blue filter. In this instance after combining the images I applied a software warming filter in order to warm the colours a bit, they were a bit cold and I didn't fancy juggling yet some more with the colour channels.

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Turku from above II

nobody@ipernity.com (Scoo) — Sun, 17 May 2009 08:25:20 +0000

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Turned out the horizon was bulging away a bit, had to crop the corners when I had corrected it.

Fomapan 400 shot on my father's borrowed F2 and pre-Ai 20mm f/4 with a deep red filter. Probably 1/125 and f/8 or f/11.

Cindy at night

nobody@ipernity.com (Scoo) — Sun, 17 May 2009 05:01:01 +0000

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Recently I got motivated to again use my Zorki 4 rangefinder (and after getting a FED 2 for next to nothing [got a refund for the whole deal minus shipping costs after I discovered the camera was rather beat up instead of being "in excellent condition", the lens[-cap really] had fungi for example], I discovered how loose the shutter curtains can be on and came to the conclusion that the ones in my Zorki 4 were way too tight (this lead to "banding" of the shots and the infinity setting of the rangefinder getting knocked a bit out of alignment by the "AK-47"-esque slam of the shutter slam at high speeds. Now adjusted and waiting for a new roll).

This is the beer/restaurant boat Cindy which is permanently moored in the river Aura which runs through Turku. In the background the City Theatre. Note the lovely wonky highlights, the halos come from the weak anti-halation layer of the Fomapan 400 film and the Soviet Sonnar-clone being wide open at f/2, I like the vintage look. Shot handheld at 1/30 I think.

Turku from above

nobody@ipernity.com (Scoo) — Sat, 16 May 2009 13:45:54 +0000

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Had today the golden opportunity to take part in a visit to the bell tower of the Cathedral of Turku organized by a local photography association. That we were blessed with sunshine was just icing on the cake :)