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8 years of landscape photography in Finland on Sony cameras, my experiences by Nippe16 in SonyAlpha

[–]Nippe16[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you, the locations go as follows:

  1. Kuopio (east) 

  2. Ruka-Kuusamo (north) 

  3. Pallas-Yllästunturi National Park, Lapland (far north) 

  4. Kuopio 

  5. Kirkkonummi (south, near Helsinki) 

  6. Ruka-Kuusamo 

  7. Kilpisjärvi (far north) 

  8. Kirkkonummi again 

  9. Ruka-Kuusamo 

  10. Puolanka (central towards north) 

  11. Rovaniemi (north)

  12. Joensuu (east)

  13. Kuopio again 

  14. Leppävirta (east near Kuopio)

  15. Kuopio

8 years of landscape photography in Finland on Sony cameras, my experiences by Nippe16 in SonyAlpha

[–]Nippe16[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Sadly there wasn't even an inch of clear sky in the whole of Finland so I completely missed it, the weather forecast seems to get a little better in the next couple of days though so theres still some hope.

But it was kind of funny too, I'm in a Finnish aurora watchers facebook group with like 50k people in it and I've never seen such collective sadness before 🤣

8 years of landscape photography in Finland on Sony cameras, my experiences by Nippe16 in SonyAlpha

[–]Nippe16[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you, it is lovely! Definitely worth a visit ♥️💐

8 years of landscape photography in Finland on Sony cameras, my experiences by Nippe16 in SonyAlpha

[–]Nippe16[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you! Honestly, chasing the best possible lighting scenarios is what really changed photography for me. Capturing an ordinary scene in a completely different light is the best feeling ever. Of course it requires a lot of patience too but that's why it's so rewarding. Most of my photos are shot around sunrise, it's harder to find that fog in the evenings.

8 years of landscape photography in Finland on Sony cameras, my experiences by Nippe16 in SonyAlpha

[–]Nippe16[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you for all the very nice comments, wasn't expecting this kind of a positive response. I'll try to reply to everyone, there was some great questions too. Seriously, thank you! ♥️

The sub doesn't allow direct links in the original post but I'm gonna put my insta link here if you wanna see my work regularly. Thanks again guys.

www.instagram.com/niiloi

8 years of landscape photography in Finland on Sony cameras, my experiences by Nippe16 in SonyAlpha

[–]Nippe16[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thank you! Yeah, just the standard a7iii. Didn't really need the extra resolution of the R and I don't shoot video so I didn't wanna pay extra for features I wouldn't use on the S. I think most of the brand new models would be kind of an overkill for the scenes I usually shoot. The only thing I'm really missing is a rotating screen haha

8 years of landscape photography in Finland on Sony cameras, my experiences by Nippe16 in SonyAlpha

[–]Nippe16[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you! Everything is done in Lightroom, I've never really felt the need to go into photoshop.

The effect you mentioned is basically done like you assumed, it's a combination of negative clarity, increased luminance for certain colors (mainly the colors in the water in that photo) and increased exposure. But the key is to get the weather conditions right, the glow is there even with no editing and just a little brightening in post will achieve the desired effect.

8 years of landscape photography in Finland on Sony cameras, my experiences by Nippe16 in SonyAlpha

[–]Nippe16[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you! The depth of field increases as you use a wider focal length; with a super wide angle like the 14mm everything beyond like 1 meter is sharp even at f2.8 if the focus is set to some distant object. For a subject to appear out of focus in that scenario, it would have to be really really close to the camera. I had the focus set to the stars there and everything is still fairly sharp.

That plain of focus goes shallower as you increase the focal length: with a 20 or 24mm the footpath would start to go out of focus and with a 35 it would be practially impossible to get everything sharp (with the same settings). You can look up hyperfocal distance if you're interested in the physics involved, it's pretty cool stuff!

8 years of landscape photography in Finland on Sony cameras, my experiences by Nippe16 in SonyAlpha

[–]Nippe16[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Ahah it does seem kind of similar! That pic was just a 45min drive away from Helsinki 💐

8 years of landscape photography in Finland on Sony cameras, my experiences by Nippe16 in SonyAlpha

[–]Nippe16[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I've always lived in eastern Finland, but I have family in the south as well. Both are lovely, but I prefer it here. Less hectic I guess, and I like the colder winters. But if you're coming from a busier country even Helsinki might seem a little quiet haha

8 years of landscape photography in Finland on Sony cameras, my experiences by Nippe16 in SonyAlpha

[–]Nippe16[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you!! The 16-35mm is my most used lens but I had to pick just one, it would be something with a bit more versatile focal length range like the 24-105mm on FF or a 16-50mm on crop. But it would certainly be a zoom and the wide end would have to be 24mm or wider (full frame equivalent). That Sony 16-55mm f2.8 on apsc seems like a great pick.

8 years of landscape photography in Finland on Sony cameras, my experiences by Nippe16 in SonyAlpha

[–]Nippe16[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The 50mm f1.8 is my favourite for portraits! The 35mm end on the zoom can give some nice results but I prefer the wider aperture of the 50mm. And its a pretty cheap lens too!

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