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Joni Niemelä

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Joni Niemelä

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Fine art nature photographer from Finland.

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Joni Niemelä • upvoted an item 8 years ago

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I Spent 2 Years Alone In The Darkness And It Was Beautiful

Joni Niemelä • commented on 8 posts 8 years ago

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Joni Niemelä • submitted 4 new posts 8 years ago

Soap Bubble Freezing At -27°c

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Life Of Ants: I've Spent Many Years Documenting These Tiny Hard Workers

Soap Bubble Freezing At -27°c

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Life Of Ants: I've Spent Many Years Documenting These Tiny Hard Workers

Details Of Short But Beautiful Summer In My Homeland Finland

I Have Photographed The Magical Forests Of Finland

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Joni Niemelä • submitted 6 new posts 9 years ago

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Ethereal Silence: I Photographed Finnish Forests And Trees

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I Photograph Nature With Circular Bokeh Backgrounds

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Ethereal Silence: I Photographed Finnish Forests And Trees

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I Photograph Nature With Circular Bokeh Backgrounds

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I Captured The Finnish Night Sky

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Northern Lights That I Photographed In My Native Finland

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Seeds: I've Spent Several Years Photographing Various Plant Seeds

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My Photo Series Of Northern Lights In Monochrome

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Joni Niemelä • commented on 14 posts 9 years ago

I Photograph Nature With Circular Bokeh Backgrounds

Thank you Vijay!

I Photograph Nature With Circular Bokeh Backgrounds

Thanks Andries!

I Photograph Nature With Circular Bokeh Backgrounds

Thank you Vijay!

I Photograph Nature With Circular Bokeh Backgrounds

Thanks Andries!

I Photograph Nature With Circular Bokeh Backgrounds

These were shot with Pentax DA*300mm F4 lens.

I Photograph Nature With Circular Bokeh Backgrounds

Thanks Victoria!

My Photo Series Of Northern Lights In Monochrome

Thanks Sonia! You're right - photos of northern lights do look amazing in colors but I didn't want to disturb my goal with this element. Maybe I publish more photos of this theme in colors in the future but this time I wanted to focus on totally different things. Thank you for your comment. It's nice to have different opinions instead of boring "Awesome!" or "This sucks!" comments. :) Have a great day!

My Photo Series Of Northern Lights In Monochrome

I'm certainly not the first one to present photos of northern lights in bw so I don't expect to be any kind of pioneer with this. This particular photo series was kind of a study for myself to look this theme or subject from a different angle. If someone else won't get anything out of it that's ok - it's not my loss. :)

My Photo Series Of Northern Lights In Monochrome

Thank you! I hope you will see them one day. :)

My Photo Series Of Northern Lights In Monochrome

And thanks for your feedback! I really appreciate it.

My Photo Series Of Northern Lights In Monochrome

Depends who's opinion you ask. I wanted to bring out more the shapes and luminosity of the northern lights and I think monochrome format is the best method to do that. When you take out one element (colors) one can focus more on these features of the photo. I do like northern lights also in colors but here I wanted to approach this subject from a bit different angle than usually.

My Photo Series Of Northern Lights In Monochrome

Thank you!

My Photo Series Of Northern Lights In Monochrome

Thanks Samantha! I'm glad you like them. :)

My Photo Series Of Northern Lights In Monochrome

Thanks!

My Photo Series Of Northern Lights In Monochrome

Thank you! :)

My Photo Series Of Northern Lights In Monochrome

Thanks! :)

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Joni Niemelä • upvoted 7 items 9 years ago

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Northern Lights That I Photographed In My Native Finland

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Seeds: I've Spent Several Years Photographing Various Plant Seeds

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Northern Lights That I Photographed In My Native Finland

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Seeds: I've Spent Several Years Photographing Various Plant Seeds

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Colors Of The Wind Through My Eyes: Magical Monochromatic Scenes In Nature

My Photo Series Of Northern Lights In Monochrome

I love the monochromatic pictures, they're lovely and beautiful, made with sheer are pure passion, but (I don't know what about you guys) I prefer a bit of color, beacuse the northern lights are really known for their ability to show truly beautiful and amazing colors. Also, I great thing you did and big thumbs up for this idea! P.S. Congratulations (pluuuuus a big hug :D)

My Photo Series Of Northern Lights In Monochrome

I've always wanted to see the Northern Lights and when I saw the title of this article I thought why on earth would you want to photograph it in monochrome and miss out on all of those beautiful colours?! But WOW, how wrong I was!! By taking away the colour element you really appreciate the shapes and forms and DEPTH of it all. Add in the amazing reflections and you've got some really special photography. Thank you so much for sharing!! :-)

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My Photo Series Of Northern Lights In Monochrome

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Joni Niemelä • submitted 4 new posts 8 years ago

Soap Bubble Freezing At -27°c

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Life Of Ants: I've Spent Many Years Documenting These Tiny Hard Workers

Details Of Short But Beautiful Summer In My Homeland Finland

I Have Photographed The Magical Forests Of Finland

Joni Niemelä • submitted 8 new posts 9 years ago

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Ethereal Silence: I Photographed Finnish Forests And Trees

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I Photograph Nature With Circular Bokeh Backgrounds

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I Captured The Finnish Night Sky

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Northern Lights That I Photographed In My Native Finland

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Seeds: I've Spent Several Years Photographing Various Plant Seeds

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My Photo Series Of Northern Lights In Monochrome

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I Captured Rain Drops Creating Their Own Mini-Galaxies

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My Macro Photos Of Alien-like Carnivorous Plants Called Drosera

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Joni Niemelä • commented on 8 posts 8 years ago

Soap Bubble Freezing At -27°c

Thanks!

Life Of Ants: I've Spent Many Years Documenting These Tiny Hard Workers

Thanks!

Life Of Ants: I've Spent Many Years Documenting These Tiny Hard Workers

Thank you!

Life Of Ants: I've Spent Many Years Documenting These Tiny Hard Workers

Thanks Louise!

Details Of Short But Beautiful Summer In My Homeland Finland

Thanks! Those are called Cottongrass.

Details Of Short But Beautiful Summer In My Homeland Finland

Thank you everyone!

Details Of Short But Beautiful Summer In My Homeland Finland

Thank you Wayne!

Seeds: I've Spent Several Years Photographing Various Plant Seeds

Thanks Jojo! Could you send me email with more info? http://www.joniniemela.com/contact/

Joni Niemelä • commented on 12 posts 9 years ago

I Photograph Nature With Circular Bokeh Backgrounds

Thank you Vijay!

I Photograph Nature With Circular Bokeh Backgrounds

Thanks Andries!

I Photograph Nature With Circular Bokeh Backgrounds

These were shot with Pentax DA*300mm F4 lens.

I Photograph Nature With Circular Bokeh Backgrounds

Thanks Victoria!

My Photo Series Of Northern Lights In Monochrome

Thank you! I hope you will see them one day. :)

My Photo Series Of Northern Lights In Monochrome

And thanks for your feedback! I really appreciate it.

My Photo Series Of Northern Lights In Monochrome

Thank you!

My Photo Series Of Northern Lights In Monochrome

Thanks Samantha! I'm glad you like them. :)

My Photo Series Of Northern Lights In Monochrome

Thanks!

Joni Niemelä • upvoted an item 8 years ago

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I Spent 2 Years Alone In The Darkness And It Was Beautiful

Joni Niemelä • upvoted 9 items 9 years ago

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Northern Lights That I Photographed In My Native Finland

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Seeds: I've Spent Several Years Photographing Various Plant Seeds

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Colors Of The Wind Through My Eyes: Magical Monochromatic Scenes In Nature

My Photo Series Of Northern Lights In Monochrome

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My Photo Series Of Northern Lights In Monochrome

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I Captured Rain Drops Creating Their Own Mini-Galaxies

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My Macro Photos Of Alien-like Carnivorous Plants Called Drosera

Joni Niemelä • upvoted an item 55 years ago

My Macro Photos Of Alien-like Carnivorous Plants Called Drosera

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