Year of the Dog

Mr Nobody in spring mood.

Camera details Camera: Panasonic DMC-TZ60 Exposure: 1/60 sec. Aperture: f/4.1 ISO: 125 Focal Length: 9.0 mm (35 mm equivalent: 52.0 mm) Editing: Straight out of the camera.

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Soundtrack 'Conflict Divide' by drumcell: soundcloud.com/drumcell/conflict-divide-1

Camera details Camera: Sony Xperia Z1 Compact mobile phone F5321 Exposure: 1/500 sec. Aperture: f/2.0 ISO: 40 Focal Length: 4.2 mm (approximately 40 mm equivalent after 1.3 times digital zooming and cropping) Lens: Clip-on macro lens (magnifying glass). Editing: Snapseed mobile phone photo editing application.

Some music to go with it. 'The Hall of Mirrors' by Kraftwerk: www.youtube.com/watch?v=i7i83yoQSo0&t=582s

I absolutely love telescopic (long zoom) lenses! They give a possibility to surprise with far away details what one does not usually notice. Focal Length: 89.6 mm (35 mm equivalent: 521.0 mm)

Soundtrack Elegiac by Jon Hopkins: soundcloud.com/jonhopkins/elegiac-1 URK! This was a really tough challenge for me! During the past week I took many shots for this challenge, but was not satisfied with the results at all. The problem is this. Most of the subjects were too "flat" for my taste. Not colorful enough or lacking contrasts when taken straight out of the camera (SOOC). I especially wanted to try in camera movement (ICM) to learn more of this pretty cool technique to create abstracts and how to do it with my camera phone. Then finally this very morning, after seeing what others had already posted, I thought I have to reconsider the whole process again. Then it hit me! Somewhat all previous shots I had taken with phone camera were too messy because I had chosen too long exposure! So, I tried to set it shorter, and there it is. Maybe not abstract enough and maybe not very special, but finally there is enough contrasts and green color as I wanted to catch it.

Upload inspired by aNNa: www.ipernity.com/doc/anna.schramm/46563118 This shot I took originally for 'Straight out of camera abstract' challenge at The Sunday Challenge group. But because it looked way too "flat" published as unedited straight out of the camera image, I chose a different approach and subject: www.ipernity.com/doc/serola/46488584/in/group/305069 But here it is now, cropped and enhanced a little. This is foam on the water coming out of the paper mill. It is cleaned and filtered water of course, but some chemicals still makes the water bubble.

When plastic bottles became more common, it significantly decreased this sight on the streets, and probably also has saved many dogs from nasty injuries and people from flat tires. But after hearing the dangers of micro plastic, I have started to think what is more serious problem in a long run ... And yes, broken glass does look like ice. Camera details Camera: Panasonic DMC-TZ60 Exposure: 1/200 sec. Aperture: f/8.0 ISO: 100 Focal Length: 9.0 mm (35 mm equivalent: 52.0 mm) Editing: GIMP and Nik Collection. Setting The piece of glass seen in the main shot is on the left.

Snow covered civil war exhibition stand on a street, close to Pakkahuone building. Last year Finland celebrated 100 year of independence, but it came at a high price: 1918 Finnish Civil War. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finnish_Civil_War en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Tampere

Pussy willow twigs are a common Easter decorative item to be used on flower arrangements. But also the Orthodox tradition in Finland is that small children dressed as witches goes from door to door, and exchange the decorated pussy willow twig to chocolate eggs and candy. Camera details Camera: Sony Xperia Z1 Compact mobile phone F5321 Exposure: 1/40 sec. Aperture: f/2.0 ISO: 100 Focal Length: 4.2 mm (approximately 35 mm equivalent after 1.2 times digital zooming) Lens: Clip-on macro lens (magnifying glass). Editing: Snapseed mobile phone photo editing application.

Soundtrack Private Universe by Jon Hopkins: soundcloud.com/jonhopkins/private-universe-1 As requested by aNNa, image now shared under Creative Commons. You can edit and republish as you like, but please mention me as original author and in the name of fair game, make your versions as Creative Commons as well. Author: Sami Serola Permanent link to very original: www.ipernity.com/doc/serola/46484462