Cartina photoblog

Bird photos that can be found in Photo Agency Cartina

2012-01-02T04:41:00.000-08:00

African Darter,
African Fish Eagle,
African Harrier Hawk,
African Mourning Dove,
African White-Backed Vulture,
Amazon parrot,
Andean Condor,
Arctic Fulmar,
Arctic loon,
Arctic Skua,
Arctic Tern,
American White Pelican,
Australasian Gannet ,
Atlantic Puffin,
Bananaquit,
Bar-tailed godwit,
Bar-tailed Godwit,
Barbary Partridge,
Barn Owl,
Barn Swallow,
Barnacle Goose ,
Bean Goose,
Bearded Reedling,
Bearded tit,
Bearded vulture,
Beeater,
Black-bellied Bustard,
Black-browed albatross,
Black-capped Chickadee,
Black Grouse,
Black-headed Heron,
Black Redstart,
Black Grouse,
Black Guillemot,
Black-headed gull,
Black-Headed Oriole,
Black Kite,
black redstart,
Black swan,
Black-throated Diver,
Black Woodpecker,
Black-headed Gull,
Black-faced Grassquit,
Black Heron,
Black-tailed Godwit ,
Black-throated Diver,
Blackbird,
Black-winged Stilt,
Blackcap,
Blacksmith Lapwing,
Blacksmith Plover,
Blue-and-yellow macaw,
Blue-Crowned Parakeet,
Blue Jay,
Blue tit,
Bluethroat,
Bohemian waxwing,
Boreal owl,
Brambling,
Brent Goose,
Brown Pelican,
Bullfinch,
Burchells Starling,
Canada Goose ,
Cape Batis,
Cape Bulbul,
Cape Cormorant,
Cape Grassbird,
Cape gull,
Cape White-eye,
Capercaillie,
Caspian Tern,
Cattle Egret,
Capercaillie,
Chaffinch,
Chat Flycatcher,
Chestnut-sided Warbler,
Chiffchaff,
Coal tit,
Cocoi heron,
Collared Dove,
Common blackbird,
Common buzzard,
Common Crane,
Common Eider,
Common Goldeneye,
Common greenshank ,
Common Guillemot,
Common Gull,
Common Kingfisher,
Common Pheasant,
Common pochard,
Common quail,
Common Raven,
Common Redpoll,
Common redshank,
Common Redstart,
Common Ringed Plover,
Common Rosefinch,
Common Sandpiper ,
Common Shag,
Common Shelduck,
Common Snipe,
Common Starling,
Common Stilt,
Common Swift ,
Common teal,
Common Tern,
Common Treecreeper,
Coot,
Corn crake,
Corncrake,
Crane ,
Crested tit,
Crossbill,
Crow,
Curlew ,
Curlew sandpiper,
Dartford Warbler,
Dipper,
Downy Woodpecker,
Dunlin,
Dunnock ,
Eastern Wild Turkey,
Egyptian goose,
Egyptian vulture,
Eurasian Bullfinch,
Eurasian Collared-Dove,
Eurasian Coot,
Eurasian curlew,
Eurasian eagle owl,
Eurasian Golden Plover ,
Eurasian Hobby,
Eurasian Jay,
Eurasian Nuthatch,
Eurasian Oystercatcher,
Eurasian pygmy owl,
Eurasian Sky Lark,
Eurasian Sparrowhawk,
Eurasian Teal,
Eurasian Three-toed Woodpecker,
Eurasian Wryneck,
European Bee-eater,
European Goldfinch ,
European Greenfinch,
European Magpie,
European Nuthatch,
European Pied Flycatcher,
European Robin,
European roller,
European Shag,
European Siskin,
European Wigeon,
Familiar Chat,
Fieldfare,
Forest Buzzard,
Gadwall,
Garden Warbler,
Giant kingfisher,
Glaucous Gull ,
Glossy starling,
Goldcrest,
Golden eagle ,
Golden plover,
Goldeneye ,
Goldfinch,
Goliath Heron,
Goosander,
Grasshopper warbler,
Great Black-backed Gull,
Great Cormorant,
Great Crested Grebe,
Great Grey Owl ,
Great grey shrike,
Great Horned Owl,
Great Snipe,
Great spotted woodpecker,
Great tit,
Great white egret,
Great white pelican,
Greater Flamingo,
Green woodpecker,
Greenfinch,
Grey-Backed Fiscal,
Grey Crowned Crane,
Grey Partridge,
Grey Phalarope ,
Grey-headed Woodpecker ,
Grey Lourie,
Grey Wagtail,
Greylag Goose,
Griffon Vulture,
Hadada Ibis,
Harlequin Duck,
Hawfinch,
Hawk Owl,
Hawkowl,
Hazel Grouse ,
Hazelhen,
Helmeted guineafowl,
Herring Gull ,
Hoatzin,
Honey buzzard,
Hooded Crow,
Hoopoe ,
Horned grebe,
Horned Lark,
House Martin,
House sparrow,
Hummingbird,
Icterine Warbler ,
Intermediate Egret,
Jackass penguin,
Jackdaw,
Kelp Gull,
Kentish plover,
Kestrel,
King eider,
King Penguin,
Kingfisher,
Kittiwake,
Lammergeier,
Lapland Bunting,
Lapland owl,
Lappet-faced Vulture,
Lapwing,
Lesser Black-backed Gull,
Lesser Flamingo,
Lesser Spotted Woodpecker,
Lesser Whitethroat ,
Lilac-breasted Roller,
Linnet,
Little Auk,
Little Bee-Eater ,
Little Egret,
Little Gull,
Little Ringed Plover,
Little stint,
Little Tern,
Long-eared Owl,
Long-tailed Jaeger,
Long-tailed Tit ,
Magellanic Penguin,
Magnificent Frigatebird,
Magpie,
Mallard,
Mandarin Duck,
Mangrove Cuckoo,
Marabou Stork,
Marsh Harrier,
Marsh Warbler,
Masai Ostrich,
Meadow Pipit,
Miombo Double-collared Sunbird,
Mistle Thrush,
Moorhen,
Muscovy Duck,
Mute swan,
Nightjar,
Northern Gannet,
Northern Goshawkl,
Northern hawk owl,
Northern Lapwing,
Northern raven,
Northern Royal Albatross ,
Northern Shoveler,
Northern Wheatear,
Northern White-crowned Shrike,
Nutcracker,
Opisthocomus,
Orange-breasted Sunbird,
Oriental Turtle Dove,
Osprey,
Ostrich,
Oystercatcher,
Paradise Shelduck,
Parakeet,
Partridges,
Peacock,
Peregrine Falcon,
Peruvian Pelican,
Pied flycatcher,
Pied wagtail,
Pine Crossbeak,
Pine grosbeak,
Pine Siskin,
Pink-footed Goose,
Pintail,
Pochard,
Ptarmigan,
Pukeko ,
Purple Sandpiper,
Purple Swamphen,
Pygmy Owl,
Raven,
Razorbill,
Red and Yellow Barbet,
Red-backed Shrike,
Red-billed Gull,
Red-billed Teal,
Red-breasted Flycatcher,
Red-breasted Goose,
Red-breasted merganser,
Red-breasted Nuthatch,
Red Crossbill,
Red-footed Falcon,
Red-knobbed Coot,
Red necked phalarope,
Red-necked Grebe ,
Red-Backed Shrike,
Red-winged Starling,
Redpoll,
Redshank,
Red-breasted Merganser,
Red kite,
Red Phalarope,
Red-tailed Hawk,
Red-throated diver,
Redstart ,
Redwing,
Reed bunting,
Reed Long-tailed Cormorant,
Reed Warbler,
Ring-billed Gull,
Ring-necked Dove,
Ringed Plover,
Rock Bunting,
Rock Dove,
Rock Kestrel,
Rock Pigeon,
Rock Pipit,
Rock Ptarmigan,
Rock Sparrow,
Roller,
Rook,
Rose-breasted Grosbeak,
Rough-legged Buzzard,
Ruddy turnstone,
Ruff,
Ruffed Grouse,
Rustic Bunting,
Sacred ibis,
Sand Martin,
Sanderling,
Saw-whet Owl,
Scarlet macaw,
Sea-parrot,
Sedge Warbler,
Shoeveler,
Shoveler,
Shore Lark,
Short-eared Owl,
Siberian Jay,
Short-toed Treecreeper,
Siberian Tit,
Siskin,
Slavonian Grebe,
Smew,
Snow bunting,
Snowy Egret,
Snowy owl,
Song thrush,
Sooty Thrush,
South African Crowned Crane,
Southern Carmine Bee-eater,
Southern Ground-Hornbill ,
Southern Yellow-billed Hornbill,
Spanish Sparrow,
Specled Pigeon,
Spoonbill,
Spotted Flycatcher ,
Spotted Morning Thrush,
Spotted redshank,
Spur-Winged Lapwing,
Stock Pigeon,
Sulphur-crested Cockatoo,
Svalbard ptarmigan,
Tawny Owl,
Thick-billed Murre,
Three-toed Woodpecker ,
Thrush Nightingale,
Toucan,
Tree Sparrow,
Tree creeper,
treecreeper,
Tufted Duck,
Turnstone,
Turtle dove,
Twite,
Two-barred Crossbill,
Ural owl,
Usambiro Barbet,
Volcano junco ,
Village Weaver,
Wagtail,
Water Rail,
Water Thick-knee,
Waxwing,
Western Black-chested Eagle-buzzard,
Western greylag goose,
Western honey buzzard,
Western Marsh Harrier,
Whimbrel ,
Whinchat,
White-Backed Vulture,
White-backed Woodpecker,
White-browed Coucal,
White-faced Whistling Duck,
White-fronted Goose ,
White-naped raven,
White Stork,
White-bellied Sunbird,
White-tailed Eagle,
White Wagtail,
Whitethroat,
Whooper swan,
Wigeon,
Willow grouse,
willow ptarmigan,
Willow tit,
Willow Warbler,
Winter Wren,
Whiskered tern,
Woodcock,
Wood Duck ,
Wood Pigeon,
Woodlark,
Wood sandpiper,
Wood Warbler,
Woodcock,
Woodland Kingfisher,
Wryneck,
Yellow Wagtail,
Yellow-billed Stork,
Yellow-crowned Night Heron,
Yellow-eyed Penguin ,
Yellow-legged Gull,
Yellowhammer

If You have something we dont, and Your bird photos are of good technicall quality You ight need to look this link.

Happy New Year from Nuuksio National Park, Finland

2012-01-01T16:00:00.000-08:00

Nuuksio National Park, Espoo, Finland 1.1.2012

Want to join Cartina Portfolio?

2012-01-01T04:59:00.000-08:00

Professional photographers can upload their portfolio photos and get online exposure through Cartina. Clients can easily send queries to photographers via photographers' own description pages. Cartina Portfolio is free for all participating photographers. Professionals who handle billing and delivery of the photo's original to clients can also use other Cartina photo agency services for free as long as annual net sales are less than 1000 EUR. After your sales go over 1000 EUR for the first time the normal photo agency conditions apply - photographers get 60% of each sale.

Too se how it works, see here: http://www.cartinafinland.fi/en/genre/0

Merry Christmas!

2011-12-23T04:37:00.000-08:00

More of Christmas photos from Photo Agency Cartina can be found here.

Nature Photo 2011 of Finland and President Tarja Halonen

2011-10-17T02:35:00.000-07:00

Kai Fagerström with "Kettu" (the fox) photo is the winner in the Nature Photo 2011 of Finland. President of Finland, Tarja Halonen, was also present in the nature photo event. Some similarity between Halonen and the winning -photo?

ps. click the photo to see it bigger

Pomeii - place of beauty

2010-11-03T14:52:00.001-07:00

I had planned to go to Pompeii on this trip already two times before and so I decided to go in whatever weather.

I took the circumvesuvius train from Naples centrale and after 30 minutes arrived to Pompeii Scavi. The old Pompeii is very short walk from the train station.

After buying a drink bottle with horrid price got my 11 euro ticket to the site. After some thought, I went back and also bought the audioguide. I usually am not a great fan of them, but this time it was better option than just a map or a guide book.

Area is big and pretty complex. Audio guide gave nice historical details as well as information for most of the open excavations. There is nearly 100 different specific sites you can visit and I nearly did all of them that were open. Some which were in the map, where not open, but then others that were not in the map were. It was a bit confusing.

I walked around for nearly 6 hours. I did not do any of the suggested tours, but made one of my own and managed to escape the big tourist growds sometimes. Even in November there were quite a few tourists and big groups. I can just imagine how it is in spring or summertime. Ugh.

I was very impressed by the site. This is one of the top Roman or Greek ruins I have seen. And I have seen a few by now. In Pompeii you can go into houses, imagine how people lived there and see their taste in decoration and furnishing. I loved the deep red painted walls and beautiful decorations. I wish I had the patience to paint my house walls similar style. I am very inspired by the colors and I am ready to go and buy the paint when I arrive home. :)

Lot of the statues and mosaics have been taken to museum in Naples, but still there is plenty to see here too. You can see the storage full of artefacts found on the site. Some of these were people living in Pompeii when the Vesuvius erupted. The city was just recovering from the earthquake and then the volcano erupted. People did not evacuate the city, but stayed and hid in their houses, which they had just been renovating.

You can see the volcano looming over the ruins. It is active volcano and can errupt any day.

2 days in Nuuksio National Park

2010-07-03T23:27:00.000-07:00

We made a family tour to Ruuhilampi rental cottage in Nuuksio National Park. Some snapshots from the trip. Villi Pohjola rents the hut for 60 euro/day. No electricity, and have to walk 3 km from closest parking area. And You are surrounded by quintillions of mosquitos. So it´s almost like living in wilderness. It´s the largest National Park close to Helsinki - only 1 hour drive from down town.

But if You want to enjoy of the nature without the mosguitos eating You, se this photos.

Some other shots from the trip and place: Nuuksio National Park.

Macro photography: Lipoptena Cervi

2010-06-23T07:00:00.000-07:00

This is quite unique insect in Finnish forests. You don´t find them, They´ll find You - specially in late summer and autumn. Normally they think you are an elk or a moose, and they crab Your hair and drop their wings. Many times it´s a demanding task to get rid of them (from Your hair). On elks they suck blood for 15-25 minutes. But on human they normally understand that the object was wrong, and they normally don´t do anything. Many thinks deer fly are more disgusting then mosquitos.

My photo-modell was a farmed version, but living. I did get it from university collections. They are transported and stored in cold. After taking the fly on indoor normal temeprature You may have 30 seconds time to take the photos. If You use more time You´ll have the fly in Your hair. I took the risk and was lucky. This was a shooting on demand for a company who produces insect repellents.

More photos of deer ked - deer louse fly

macro photography: sheep tick

2010-06-16T21:20:00.000-07:00

I have a project to get good shots on ixodes ricinus. I have just get started. This is one of my first photo of this small challenging object. Interesting.

So far it has been quite easy to find these small and harmfull ticks. Yesterday I had a white towel in the end of a hockey racket and was sweeping around with it in grass for 0,5 hour. Did find 4 male ticks and 2 female ticks. Our neighbour cats has ticks on them regurarly.

My gear to take this photos is Eos 5II, 65 mp-e lens and M-24EX-flash.

More photos of sheep tick

Photo Stock Photography?

2010-04-24T23:12:00.000-07:00

Photo Agency Cartina is looking for new photographers. For more information looke here:

http://www.cartinafinland.fi/newphotographers.html

Cameraphone replace Dslr? Anssi Vanjoki told a good joke!

2010-04-22T10:24:00.000-07:00

Reuters made a news of Anssi Vanjoki, Executive Vice President in Nokia, who had spoken i Helsinki in a congress. The news tells that Vanjoki says that in near future professional photographer don´t need to carry those heavy lenses, and pointed a photographer i front of him, same photos can in future be taken with cameraphones. He pointed on me, when I happen to stumble with my gear. I was the only photographer there. I think his comment on about my gear "Canon 5dII body + 70-200 f2.8" may have been spontanic reactions after seeing how clumsy I am.

As my point of view, the audience was very strictly oriented in hard substance, almost with a humourless attitude. Vanjoki's comment got the whole congress audience laughing, including me. I would definitely said that it was most of all an icebreaker joke. Definitely a good one.

I work as a freelance-photographer, every now and then I´ll do some financial press -photographings too. In this case I happen to work there for the congress. I have a certain personal interest in how journalism is done. It may de done in text or photos. If somebody tells a good joke, and gives 1000 people a good laugh. It´s absolutely a good thing. Some says it's only marketing. How should, or could the editor or reporter write about it? Just a theoretical question and a interesting case in how a comment is decoded and understood?

Reuters:

http://www.reuters.com/article/idCNLDE63J15F20100420

Here is some reactions what I found:

http://theonlinephotographer.typepad.com/the_online_photographer/2010/04/controversies.html

http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/21/ce-oh-no-he-didnt-nokias-anssi-vanjoki-thinks-cameraphones-a/

http://www.dvhardware.net/article42340.html

http://flash.popphoto.com/blog/2010/04/nokia-gm-thinks-phones-will-soon-render-dslrs-obsolete.html

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/04/21/dslrs_to_die/

http://www.petapixel.com/2010/04/21/nokia-exec-predicts-rise-of-cameraphones-and-demise-of-dslrs/

http://www.modelmayhem.com/po.php?thread_id=582253

http://www.photographybay.com/2010/04/21/nokia-vp-says-cell-phone-cameras-will-replace-dslrs/

http://www.intomobile.com/2010/04/20/nokia-in-the-near-future-camera-phones-will-be-better-than-a-dslr-hd-recording-in-12-months.html

http://www.mobile-ent.biz/news/36815/NOKIA-SLR-cameras-will-soon-be-obsolete?

http://www.mobilephonexchange.co.uk/news/Mobile_Phones_To_Replace_SLR_Cameras.html

and many other pages, blogs and forums where issue has been discussed. Conclusions?

Henrik Kettunen, freelance-photographer
www.henrikkettunen.com

ps. Photo is taken with Eos 5DII+70-200 2.8 is, asa 2500, f 3.2, 1/160s.

Birds gives fresh sounds in nature again

2010-03-29T11:47:00.000-07:00

Some samples of bird and nature sounds can be found in our photos stock database.

Se more here: cartinafinland.fi/en/naturesounds.html or if You want to read more from the producers pages, see here: www.kultasointu.com

ps. Hope You´ll remember that files are copyright protected.

A list of samples:

Arctic loon
Arctic Skua
Bar-tailed godwit
Barn swallow
Bean goose
Black grouse
Black-headed gull
Black redstart
Black woodpecker
Blackbird
Blackcap
Brambling
Bluethroat
Blyth's reed-warbler
Canada goose
Capercaillie
Chaffinch
Chiffchaff
Coal tit
Common buzzard
Common crane
Common crossbill
Common eider
Common goldeneye
Common greenshank
Common magpie
Common merganser
Common pheasant
Common raven
Common redpoll
Common ringed plover
Common rosefinch
Common sandpiper
Common shelduck
Common snipe
Common starling
Common Swift
Common tern
Common whitethroat
Corncrake
Crested tit
Cuckoo
Dipper
Dunnock
Eurasian coot
Eurasian curlew
Eurasian golden plover
Eurasian hobby
Eurasian oystercatcher
Eurasian siskin
Eurasian sky lark
Eurasian sparrowhawk
Eurasian teal
Eurasian woodcock
Eurasian wryneck
European nuthatch
European robin
European wigeon
Gadwall
Garden warbler
Goldcrest
Golden eagle
Grasshopper warbler
Great black-backed gull
Great cormorant
Great crested grebe
Great spotted woodpecker
Great tit
Greenfinch
Grey-headed woodpecker
Grey heron
Greylag goose
Hawfinch
Herring gull
Hooded crow
House martin
House sparrow
Icterine warbler
Kittiwake
Lesser black-backed gull
Lesser spotted woodpecker
Lesser whitethroat
Linnet
Little gull
Little plover
Little Tern
Long-tailed jaeger
Long-tailed Tit
Mallard
Marsh warbler
Meadow Pipit
Mew gull
Mistle thrush
Mute swan
Northern goshawk
Northern lapwing
Northern pintail
Northern wheatear
Nutcracker
Parrot Crossbill
Pied flycatcher
Pink-footed Goose
Pygmy owl
Reed bunting
Red-backed shrike
Red-breasted flycatcher
Red-necked grebe
Red-necked phalarope
Red squirrel
Red-throated diver
Redshank
Redstart
Redwing
Roe Deer
Rook
Rough-legged buzzard
Ruddy turnstone
Rustic bunting
Sand martin
sedge warbler
Siberian tit
Song-thrush
Spotted redshank
Tawny owl
Tengmalm's owl
Thrush nightingale
Tree creeper
Tree pipit
Tree sparrow
Water rail
Whimbrel
Western jackdaw
Whinchat
White-backed woodpecker
White-fronted goose
White-tailed eagle
White wagtail
White-winged crossbill
Whooper swan
Willow ptarmigan
Willow tit
Willow warbler
Winter wren
Wood lark
Wood pigeon
Wood sandpiper
Wood warbler
Yellow wagtail
Yellowhammer

Finnish landscape photos

2010-02-05T02:57:00.000-08:00

This is a collection of Finnish lanscape photos from over 70 photos and photographers You may find from our photo stock. To be outdoors at the right time in right place may give good opportunity to catch nice views. Finnish nature is quite rousing. Enjoy of photos of Finnish landscapes.

Henrik Kettunen
Photo Agency Cartina

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Johannes Sipponen

Henrik Kettunen

Jouni Laaksomies

Pekka Koski

Th Hurskainen

Reijo Juurinen

Eero J. Laamanen

Svend Videbak

Jorma Hevonkoski

Olli Toivonen

Kai Skyttä

Jukka Holmström

Katja Haapakoski

Juha Ylitalo

Unto Heinonen

Hannu Piirainen

Janne Pulkkinen

Jaakko Vähämäki

Jarkko Alatalo

Miika Ylhäinen

Jaakko Kiuru

Tarmo Sotikov

Kristina Nyholm

Lauri Hämäläinen

Paula Mikkonen

Jorma Lehtola

Timo Tamminen

Karelian kuva

Antti Kettunen

Jenni Alasuutari

Mika Rantaharju

Teemu Kokkonen

Jan Sandvik

Pasi Snellman

Erkki Toivanen

Juha Manssila

Teemu Salonen

Miika Mikkola

Ilkka Keränen

Juha Ahvenharju

Katri Irvankoski

Timo Niemeläinen

Maria Manelius

Rauno Pelkonen

Micha Fager

Pirjo Eskola

Marko Junttila

Toni Pihkanen

Tomas Whitehouse

Risto Puranen

Soili Jussila

Stig Hägglund

Marko Riikola

Tarmo Syväpuro

Laura Nordman

Milan Kolarovic

Antti Partanen

Irmeli Koskenoja

Jonatan Hedberg

Olli Toivonen

Matti Kuivalainen

Kari-Matti Kokko

Aivar Mikko

Janne Laaksonen

Tomas Byholm

Kai Koskinen

For more landscape-photos se here.

Trekking in Urho Kekkonen National Park

2010-01-10T14:33:00.000-08:00

Trekking and photographing in Urho Kekkonen National Park can be demanding, but giving. It´s the biggest forest-wilderness in Finland, close Russian border. Korvatunturi, the place where Santa, Father Christmas lives in, is also inside this National Park. So You can say the photos from this trekking is Santas backyard.

This time of year Lapland is on daytime mainly quite dark. Up north, northen of polar circel, the night is lasting more than 24 h. Sun dos not come over the horizon. But nights, if it´s fullmoon, can be bright. Bright nights means normally also very cold. We had litle of bouth, and mainly cold. The temperature under this trekking was between 10 an 40 minus Celsius (14 to -40 Fahrenheit). So it´s more or less the coldest as it can be in Finland.

In Northern Finland in National Park we have open wilderness huts, where anyone can come and sleep a night or to without any fees. And there is firewoods. Some huts have also sauna, where it´s possible to clean yourself.

Under our trekking we did ski more than 100 km. I had 10 kg cameragears with me plus 30 kg other things, food, etc. In wilderness You need a bit more than on a daytrip to closest forest. We did see a lot of reindeers and moonlight, and moonlight can be brighter than the light in daytime. Did see the best a Finnish wilderness can give - this time of the Year.

Here is how I look like after skiing in 5 h and 20 km in -35 Celsius. To see a gallery of photos from this trip, se here: www.kettunen.1g.fi/kuvat/kaamosvaellus/. To give comments is more than welcome.

2009-11-29T02:21:00.000-08:00

Primarily I must apologies for the absence of posts, it's beautifully busy at the moment and I'm falling behind with the blog. Closer to Christmas I'm sure a huge catch up session will ensue ;)

Here is the lovely Marina Sidyakina, we had arranged this shoot quite some time ago and finally our time window appeared last week.
Marina not only models, but also crafts dresses and period costume.
An extremely talented lady and an absolute pleasure to work with.

I'm going to keep this short and sweet and that's precisely the approach we took in the studio. I had a 170cm octobox with Elinchrom FX400 at full power as a main light source, a Walimex VC-600 with 70cm Beauty Dish at the lowest power for fill. This was swapped around for a few sots and also the Beauty dish was used as a key.
There was another FX400 camera left for a kicker at half power and a couple of silver reflectors to fill the shadows a touch.

An enormous round of applause goes to Marina for her great personality, immense talent and attention to detail, I'll very much look forward with working with Marina again ;)
Huge thanks to Henrik Kettunen and the most fairly priced studio in town and last but not least, cheers to Eero, my right hand man, for making everything run as smooth as possible and shooting the BTS.

Click here for a youtube alternative.

Thanks a million folks! ;)

Taitoluistelu Cover Shoot

2009-10-15T05:52:00.000-07:00

Here we have a cover shoot for the Finnish figure skating magazine - Taitoluistelu..

Our subject is Ari Pekka Nurmenkari, a professional Finnish figure skater.
This is my third shoot with Ari-Pekka over the last year, we make a point out of having a laugh and a joke, trying to have as much fun we can while getting everything down and in the bag.
Just the way it should be ;)

The location for today, funnily enough, is indoors at Photo Agency Cartina's studio. This is easily the most efficiently priced studio in town. I can't recommend this place enough, it has all the lighting, backdrops, reflectors, diffusers and grips you'll need.
Lighting wise, a total of four Elinchrom FX-400 monoblocs were used for this shoot. The key light on camera left was diffused with a 65cm softbox, the backlight was coloured with a deep magenta gel and controlled with a honeycomb grid.
The rimlight over on camera right was also grided and so was the side light that picked up the smoke.

A huge thanks needs to go out to some very special folk, folk who I would be in serious trouble without:

Henrik Kettunen, his relentless help and kindness is overwhelming, even despite me being a nuisance and a pest ;)
Eero Jokimies, Kaisa Viitanen, Elina Paasonen and Jyrki Kostermaa, this ones for you guys. I can't thank you all enough for both your friendship and your support.

Behind the scenes video:

Behind the scenes photo's by Eero:

Created with flickr slideshow.

Thanks!

www.tomaswhitehouse.com

The Land of Midnight Sun - Finland

2009-08-18T02:01:00.000-07:00

Midsummer starts to turn to autumn. It´s good time to see back on photos from summer. Summer in Finland and specially in Lapland is very unique. I hope that many had posibility to visit the finest nature in Finland. Unless You did not have oportunity, You can enjoy of the photos - and wait for wintertime to come.

The Land of Midnight Sun -photos

Sportfishing with 4 years old boy

2009-06-27T05:56:00.000-07:00

Our son is nearly 4 and very interesting in anything about fishing. For some weeks ago I got him first rod och reel. Now he is starting his fishinghobby. This week we have already been two times sportfishing at sea with a boat. As catch we have got perches, pikes and zanders. Here are two galleries from fishing tours.

http://kettunen.1g.fi/kuvat/pienikalastaja/ and http://kettunen.1g.fi/kuvat/kuhareissu/.

I was very positive suprised how good it went to throw tackles by a little kid. Sharp hooks can be very dangerous, if it goes wrong. I did try sportfishing for the first time when I was 6 years. So my son handle it two years earlier, and do it nicely.

They will soon be found also in our photostock with keyword sportfishing

Hair Do Head Shot

2009-06-11T14:41:00.000-07:00

Although it has firm and respected roots in the portrait world, I'm not a big fan of the blown white background.
I much prefer a subtle gradient and opaque tones.
The lighting for these headshots was provided by 2 Elinchrom FX 400's modified with a 65cm softbox as key camera right and a honeycomb grid for a rim light on camera left. The fill light was reflected with a 1.8m x 1.2m sunfire Lastolite reflector also on camera left.

True to my roots a Nikon SB-800 was neatly tucked behind the model, and gelled with a Lee Filters B53 Blue 3 inside the diffusion dome.

A huge round of applause goes to stylist, Marina Andreeva, her sister, Victoria (the lovely model), and also Marina's good friend Maria for translating my dodgy English.

Well done to all you guys and good luck with the competition!

Another mammoth sized thanks goes to Henrik Kettunen for providing the gear and the studio space. As always Henrik, your a champion!
T.

Battle Of The Belge

2009-04-16T00:53:00.000-07:00

This weekend I teamed up with a buddy of mine and we went a shootin' in Helsinki City. The first location was Belge bar in Kaisaniemi. Extra large thanks go over to Pauliina at Belge for kindly allowing permission to shoot in such a wonderful and stunning bar.

It was a difficult environment for Matti and I, the ambient light was similar to what would be available in a coal mine, a great and atmospherical touch for one enjoying a beverage or two but not ideal for the dynamic photo duo.

Another enormous thanks goes out to artist and model Molla Mills and model Anjuska Kylloenen.

Lighting wise, in Belge I threw an SB-800 with Lastolite 60cm hot shoe soft box, a SB-28 with silver reflector umbrella and another SB-28 with a stofen onto the scene. All speedlight's were nicely smothered with 3/4 cut CTO correction gels to balance with what little available light there was.

We had a very short space of time before Belge opened up for the day and by then we need to be packed up and out (hence the absence of a set up shot and power outputs on the strobes, sorry folks). So we charged onwards to the studio, courtesy of Henrik Kettunen, a very good mate of mine who regularly saves my days. Thanks for the use of The Black Room Henrik!

In the studio we made good use of Elinchrom FX 400 flash heads, 65cm soft boxes, honey comb grids and a speedlight for background separation. Anything you need, it's in there! Including the beautiful antique radio!

Check out the studio details here
http://www.kuvaus.fi/vuokrastudio.php
I highly recommend it.

Northern Lights - Aurora Borealis - Greetings from Lapland!

2009-03-29T05:17:00.000-07:00

Some shots from this week. I just came back from Lapland where I for the first time had possibility to take pictures of this quite interesting phenomen. Outdoor in Muonio it was minus 26 degree Celsius, around midnight, and my feet was freezing. But I got my first pictures of this green thing.

traditional lights: (click photo to see hole view)

scary big green face above me:

More Aurora Borealis / Northern Lights -photos can be found in our photo stock.

Photographer : Reijo Juurinen

2009-02-25T03:17:00.000-08:00

Reijo Juurinen has been a professional nature photographer for over 25 years in Finland. He is known for very nice Lapland -views. Now a days when he is over 60, he mainly likes to work i his backyard, feeding and photographing common animals, red squirrel, hedgehogs, and some more rare ones like flying squirrel,
and smaller things he finds there. One typical thing for Reijo is that he likes to ad some humoristic things in his photos.

He lives in Veikkola, only a 5 minutes walk from Nuuksio National Park. So if the backyard is not enough, and he want´s to meet moose or to pic berries - there is always the big forest, lungs of Helsinki.

More of Juurinens photos can be seen here

New more specified price list - and other new things

2009-02-07T03:21:00.000-08:00

We prior to be very photographer-friendly photo agency. Thats why we have raised photographers share to 60%. In specied photo view, there is now also after photographers name, www-link to photographers homepage, partly to buust up ranking in a search engine. And to give extra support for profiling up the photographer, after the bigger lowres photo 600*400 pix, there is ranomdly shown 4 thumbnail photo of the same photographer. Hope You like our fixed database-solution. And there is more new things still to come.

And the more economical issue:
www.cartinafinland.fi/en/pricelist.html

We did also fix the keywordlist. Now it shows only words that are used 4 times or more: www.cartinafinland.fi/kuvapankki/en/keywords.html

Save stamps and save albatrosses

2009-01-20T21:02:00.000-08:00

RSPB (The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds) raise used stamps post, and sell to get money to support urgent work to stop albatross deaths. You can help RSPB in this work by sending stamps. RSPB can raise money from ALL types of stamps – whether they are used or un-used, UK, foreign or even first day covers. Campain raise £1.50 per kg for UK stamps and £12.50 per kg for foreign stamps.

If possible, please separate UK and foreign stamps when you give them to us.

You do not have steam the stamp from the envelope, just tear off the corner with the stamp and send it in.

How to get stamps to us
1. Post your stamps to:

RSPB Stamps
PO Box 6198
Leighton Buzzard
Bedfordshire
LU7 9XT

http://www.rspb.org.uk/supporting/campaigns/albatross/support.asp--
www.savethealbatross.net
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Albatross-photos that can be found in Cartina:
Black-browed albatross
Northern royal albatross

Bird and nature sounds

2009-01-14T12:22:00.000-08:00

Some samples of bird and nature sounds can be found in our photos stock database.

Se more here: cartinafinland.fi/en/naturesounds.html or if You want to read more from the producers pages, see here: www.kultasointu.com

ps. Hope You´ll remember that files are copyright protected.

A list of samples:

Arctic loon
Arctic Skua
Bar-tailed godwit
Barn swallow
Bean goose
Black grouse
Black-headed gull
Black redstart
Black woodpecker
Blackbird
Blackcap
Brambling
Bluethroat
Blyth's reed-warbler
Canada goose
Capercaillie
Chaffinch
Chiffchaff
Coal tit
Common buzzard
Common crane
Common crossbill
Common eider
Common goldeneye
Common greenshank
Common magpie
Common merganser
Common pheasant
Common raven
Common redpoll
Common ringed plover
Common rosefinch
Common sandpiper
Common shelduck
Common snipe
Common starling
Common Swift
Common tern
Common whitethroat
Corncrake
Crested tit
Cuckoo
Dipper
Dunnock
Eurasian coot
Eurasian curlew
Eurasian golden plover
Eurasian hobby
Eurasian oystercatcher
Eurasian siskin
Eurasian sky lark
Eurasian sparrowhawk
Eurasian teal
Eurasian woodcock
Eurasian wryneck
European nuthatch
European robin
European wigeon
Gadwall
Garden warbler
Goldcrest
Golden eagle
Grasshopper warbler
Great black-backed gull
Great cormorant
Great crested grebe
Great spotted woodpecker
Great tit
Greenfinch
Grey-headed woodpecker
Grey heron
Greylag goose
Hawfinch
Herring gull
Hooded crow

House martin
House sparrow
Icterine warbler
Kittiwake
Lesser black-backed gull
Lesser spotted woodpecker
Lesser whitethroat
Linnet
Little gull
Little plover
Little Tern
Long-tailed jaeger
Long-tailed Tit
Mallard
Marsh warbler
Meadow Pipit
Mew gull
Mistle thrush
Mute swan
Northern goshawk
Northern lapwing
Northern pintail
Northern wheatear
Nutcracker
Parrot Crossbill
Pied flycatcher
Pink-footed Goose
Pygmy owl
Reed bunting
Red-backed shrike
Red-breasted flycatcher
Red-necked grebe
Red-necked phalarope
Red squirrel
Red-throated diver
Redshank
Redstart
Redwing
Roe Deer
Rook
Rough-legged buzzard
Ruddy turnstone
Rustic bunting
Sand martin
sedge warbler
Siberian tit
Song-thrush
Spotted redshank
Tawny owl
Tengmalm's owl
Thrush nightingale
Tree creeper
Tree pipit
Tree sparrow
Water rail
Whimbrel
Western jackdaw
Whinchat
White-backed woodpecker
White-fronted goose
White-tailed eagle
White wagtail
White-winged crossbill
Whooper swan
Willow ptarmigan
Willow tit
Willow warbler
Winter wren
Wood lark
Wood pigeon
Wood sandpiper
Wood warbler
Yellow wagtail
Yellowhammer

Canon Eos 5 D mark II in test

2009-01-10T13:22:00.000-08:00

I did get my 5DII just form some day a go. And I have tested it on a photographing assignment. I was shooting one event for Kohu-live, which is a event marketing company, which do event marketing for big brands in Finland. This time it was one promoting event of new taste of energy drink for Battery. It happend in restaurante Onnela in Helsinki on very low light.

This shot was taken with 24 mm f 1.4, 1/13 s and iso 4000! Did do my basic convertings with Lightroom 2.2 and only very soft noise reduction, about 1/4. So it was very close to a normal prosessing of my photos to clients. I was in deed positively suprised about the quality with iso 4000.

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edit:

Just noticed that 5DII can be found in DXO-test, where You can compare it with DIII and DsIII. But they are a lot more expencive cameras.

new photographers and new photos

2008-12-29T09:21:00.000-08:00

We have new photographers and new photos:

Photographers:
Mick Olsen
Alex Bartel
Mark Carwardine
Roger Berglund
Suzi Eszterhas

And some of new interesting photos:
Cheetah
Steller sea lion
Harbour seal
Northern elephant seal
california sea lion
Polar Bear
American Black Bear
Alaskan brown bear
Grizzly Bear Mountain gorilla
European Badger
Moose
Lion
Beaver
Musk ox
Arctic Fox
Spotted Hyena

List of species (in english) we have photos of in Photo Agency Cartina:

2008-12-29T07:50:00.000-08:00

Adelie Penguin,
African Darter,
African Fish Eagle,
African Harrier Hawk,
African Jacana,
African Mourning Dove,
African White-Backed Vulture,
Amazon parrot,
Andean Condor,
Arctic Fulmar,
Arctic loon,
Arctic Skua,
Arctic Tern,
American White Pelican,
Australasian Gannet ,
Atlantic Puffin,
bald eagle,
Bananaquit,
Bar-tailed godwit,
Bar-tailed Godwit,
Barbary Partridge,
Barn Owl,
Barn Swallow,
Barnacle Goose ,
Bean Goose,
Bearded Reedling,
bearded tit,
Beautiful China-mark ,
Black-bellied Bustard,
black-browed albatross,
Black-capped Chickadee,
Black Grouse,
Black-headed Heron,
Black Redstart,
Black Grouse,
Black Guillemot,
Black-headed gull,
Black-Headed Oriole,
Black Kite,
black redstart,
Black swan,
Black-throated Diver,
Black Woodpecker,
Black-headed Gull,
Black-faced Grassquit,
Black Heron,
Black-tailed Godwit ,
Black-throated Diver,
Blackbird,
Blackcap,
Blacksmith Lapwing,
Blacksmith Plover,
Blue-and-yellow macaw,
Blue-bordered Carpet ,
Blue-Crowned Parakeet,
Blue-eyed shag,
Blue Jay,
Blue tit,
Bluethroat,
bohemian waxwing,
Bordered Sallow ,
Boreal owl,
brambling,
Brent Goose,
Brown Pelican,
Brown Skua,
Buff-tailed Coronet,
Bullfinch,
Burchells Starling,
Canada Goose ,
Cape Batis,
Cape Bulbul,
Cape Cormorant,
Cape Grassbird,
Cape gull,
Cape Petrels,
Cape White-eye,
Capercaillie,
Caspian Tern,
Cattle Egret,
Capercaillie,
Chaffinch,
Chat Flycatcher,
Chestnut-sided Warbler,
Chiffchaff,
Chinstrap Penguin,
Coal tit,
cocoi heron,
Collared Dove,
common adder,
Common blackbird,
Common buzzard,
Common Crane,
Common dove,
Common Eider,
Common Goldeneye,
Common greenshank ,
Common Guillemot,
Common Gull,
Common Pheasant,
common pochard,
Common quail,
Common Raven,
Common Redpoll,
common redshank,
Common Redstart,
Common Ringed Plover,
Common Rosefinch,
Common Sandpiper ,
Common Shag,
Common Shelduck,
Common Snipe,
Common Starling,
Common Swift ,
common teal,
Common Tern,
Common Treecreeper,
coot,
corn crake,
Corncrake,
Crane ,
Crested tit,
Crossbill,
crow,
Curlew ,
Curlew sandpiper,
Dark-capped Bulbul,
Dipper,
Downy Woodpecker,
Dotterel,
Dunlin,
Dunnock ,
Eastern Wild Turkey,
egyptian goose,
Emperor Penguin,
Eurasian Bullfinch,
Eurasian Collared-Dove,
Eurasian Coot,
eurasian curlew,
Eurasian eagle owl,
Eurasian Golden Plover ,
Eurasian Hobby,
Eurasian Jay,
Eurasian Oystercatcher,
Eurasian pygmy owl,
Eurasian Sky Lark,
Eurasian Sparrowhawk,
Eurasian Teal,
Eurasian Three-toed Woodpecker,
Eurasian Wryneck,
European Bee-eater,
European Goldfinch ,
European Greenfinch,
European Magpie,
European Nuthatch,
European Pied Flycatcher,
European Robin,
European roller,
European Siskin,
European Wigeon,
Familiar Chat,
Fieldfare,
Forest Buzzard,
Gadwall,
Garden Warbler,
Gentoo penguin,
giant kingfisher,
Glaucous Gull ,
Glossy starling,
Goldcrest,
Golden eagle ,
golden plover,
Goldeneye ,
Goldfinch,
Goliath Heron,
Goosander,
grasshopper warbler,
Great Black-backed Gull,
Great Cormorant,
Great Crested Grebe,
Great Grey Owl ,
great grey shrike,
Great Horned Owl,
Great potoo,
Great Snipe,
Great spotted woodpecker,
Great tit,
Great white egret,
Great white pelican,
Greater Flamingo,
Greater White-fronted Goose,
green woodpecker,
Greenfinch,
Grey-Backed Fiscal,
Grey Crowned Crane,
Grey Partridge,
Grey Phalarope ,
Grey-headed Woodpecker ,
Grey Lourie,
Grey Wagtail,
Greylag Goose,
Hadada Ibis,
Harlequin Duck,
Hawfinch,
Hawk Owl,
Hawkowl,
Hazel Grouse ,
hazelhen,
Helmeted guineafowl,
Herring Gull ,
Hoatzin,
honey buzzard,
Hooded Crow,
hooded vulture ,
Hoopoe ,
Horned grebe,
Horned Lark,
House Martin,
House sparrow,
Hummingbird,
Icterine Warbler ,
Inca tern,
Indian Pitta,
Indian Pond Heron,
Intermediate Egret,
jackass penguin,
Jackdaw,
Kelp Gull,
Kestrel,
King eider,
King Penguin,
Kingfisher,
Kittiwake,
Lapland Bunting,
Lapland owl,
Lappet-faced Vulture,
Lapwing,
Laughing Dove ,
Lesser Black-backed Gull,
Lesser Flamingo,
Lesser Spotted Woodpecker,
Lesser Whitethroat ,
Lilac-breasted Roller,
Linnet,
Little Alk,
Little Auk,
Little Bee-Eater ,
Little Egret,
Little Green Bee-eater,
Little Gull,
Little Ringed Plover,
little stint,
Little Tern,
Long-eared Owl,
Long-tailed Jaeger,
Long-tailed Tit ,
Macaroni Penguin,
Magellanic Penguin,
Magnificent Frigatebird,
Magpie,
Malabar Grey Hornbill,
Mallard,
Mandarin Duck,
Mangrove Cuckoo,
Marabou Stork,
Marsh Harrier,
Marsh Warbler,
Masai Ostrich,
Meadow Pipit,
Military Macaw,
Miombo Double-collared Sunbird,
Mistle Thrush,
Moorhen,
Muscovy Duck,
Muskrat,
mute swan,
Northern Gannet,
Northern Goshawkl,
Northern hawk owl,
Northern Lapwing,
Northern pintail,
northern raven,
Northern Royal Albatross ,
Northern Shoveler,
Northern Wheatear,
Northern White-crowned Shrike,
Nutcracker,
opisthocomus,
Orange-breasted Sunbird,
Oriental Turtle Dove,
Ortolan Bunting,
Osprey,
Ostrich,
Oystercatcher,
Paradise Shelduck,
parakeet,
Peacock,
Peregrine Falcon,
Peruvian Pelican,
pied flycatcher,
Pied wagtail,
Pigeon guillemot,
Pine Crossbeak,
Pine grosbeak,
Pine Siskin,
Pink-footed Goose,
pintail,
Pochard,
Ptarmigan,
Pukeko ,
Purple Sandpiper,
Purple Swamphen,
Purple-throated Woodstar,
Pygmy Owl,
raven,
Razorbill,
Red and Yellow Barbet,
Red-backed Shrike,
Red-billed Gull,
Red-billed Gulls ,
Red-billed Teal,
Red-breasted Flycatcher,
Red-breasted Goose,
Red-breasted merganser,
Red-breasted Nuthatch,
Red Crossbill,
Red-footed Falcon,
Red-knobbed Coot,
Red necked phalarope,
Red-necked Grebe ,
Red-Backed Shrike,
Red-winged Starling,
Redpoll,
Redshank,
Red-breasted Merganser,
Red Phalarope,
Red-tailed Hawk,
Red-throated diver,
Red-throated Pipit,
Redstart ,
Redwing,
Reed bunting,
Reed Long-tailed Cormorant,
Reed Warbler,
Ring-billed Gull,
Ring-necked Dove,
Ringed Plover,
Rock Dove,
Rock Kestrel,
Rock Pigeon,
Rock Pipit,
Rock Ptarmigan,
Roller,
Rook,
Rose-breasted Grosbeak,
Rose-coloured Starling,
Rough-legged Buzzard,
Ruddy turnstone,
Ruff,
Ruffed Grouse,
Rustic Bunting,
Sacred ibis,
Sand Martin,
Sanderling,
Sandhill Crane,
Saw-whet Owl,
Scalloped Oak ,
Scarlet macaw,
sea-parrot,
Sedge Warbler,
Shoeveler,
Shoveler,
Shore Lark,
Short-eared Owl,
Siberian Jay,
Siberian Tit,
Siskin,
Slavonian Grebe,
Small Pratincole,
Smew,
Smooth-billed Ani,
snow bunting,
Snow Goose,
Snowy Egret,
Snowy owl,
Song thrush,
South African Crowned Crane,
Southern Carmine Bee-eater,
Southern Ground-Hornbill ,
Southern Rockhopper Penguin,
Southern Yellow-billed Hornbill,
Spanish Sparrow,
Specled Pigeon,
Spoonbill,
Spotted Flycatcher ,
Spotted Morning Thrush,
Spotted redshank,
Spur-Winged Lapwing,
Stock Pigeon,
Sulphur-crested Cockatoo,
Svalbard ptarmigan,
Tawny Owl,
Temminck's Stint,
Thick-billed Murre,
Three-toed Woodpecker ,
Thrush Nightingale,
Toucan,
Tree Sparrow,
Tree creeper,
treecreeper,
Tufted Duck,
Turnstone,
Turtle dove,
Twite,
Two-barred Crossbill,
Ural owl,
Usambiro Barbet,
Village Weaver,
Violet-tailed Sylph,
wagtail,
Water Rail,
Water Thick-knee,
Waxwing,
Western Black-chested Eagle-buzzard,
western greylag goose,
Western Gull,
western honey buzzard,
Western Marsh Harrier,
Whimbrel ,
Whinchat,
White-Backed Vulture,
White-backed Woodpecker,
White-browed Coucal,
White-faced Whistling Duck,
White-fronted Goose ,
White-naped raven,
White Stork,
White-bellied Sunbird,
White-tailed Eagle,
White Wagtail,
Whitethroat,
Wigeon,
Willow grouse,
willow ptarmigan,
Willow tit,
Willow Warbler,
Winter Wren,
Whooper swan,
Woodcock,
Wood Duck ,
Wood Pigeon,
Woodlark,
Woodpigeon,
Wood sandpiper,
Wood Warbler,
Woodcock,
Woodland Kingfisher,
Wryneck,
Yellow Wagtail,
Yellow-billed Stork,
Yellow-eyed Penguin ,
Yellow-legged Gull,
Yellowhammer,

Animals

African buffalo,
African Bush Elephant ,
African Leopard,
African wild dog,
Agama Lizard,
alaskan brown bear,
Aldabra giant tortoise,
Alligator,
Alpaca,
Amazonasdelfin,
American Beaver ,
American Bison,
American Black Bear,
American marten ,
American Mink,
American Red Squirrell,
American Toad,
Amur tiger,
antelope,
Arabian oryx,
Arctic fox,
arctic hare,
Argentine horned frog,
Asian elephant,
Asiatic lion,
Atlantic Ghost Crab,
Aye-aye,
Badger,
Banded sea snake,
bank vole,
Barbary Macaque,
bat,
Bearded Seal,
Beaver,
Bighorn Sheep,
Black adder,
Black and white Colobus Monkey,
Black-backed Jackal,
Black Bear,
Black Girdled Lizard,
blue whale,
Blue wildebeest,
Blue-tailed sandveld lizard,
Bowhead whale,
Brown Hare,
brown bear,
california sea lion,
Camel,
Cane toad,
Capibara,
Capybara,
Caribbean land hermit crab,
Caribbean Reef Squid,
Cheetah ,
Common Ameiva,
Common bottlenose dolphin,
Common dolphin,
Common eland,
common european viper,
Common Frog,
common iguana ,
Common lizard,
common mola,
Common seal,
Common Shrew,
Common Toad,
common zebra,
Cornsnake,
Cottonmouth ,
Coyote,
Crab,
Crocodile,
Desert black rhino,
domestic pig,
domestic rabbit,
Double-wattled cassowary,
Dromedary,
Dusky Dolphin,
Eastern Chipmunk,
Ebony Leaf Monkey,
Elephant,
elk,
emu,
Eurasian Lynx,
Eurasian Shrew ,
European Beaver,
European Hare,
European Hedgehog,
European Mink,
European Rabbit,
European Water Vole,
Feral Pig,
Fin whale,
finback whale,
Flap-necked Chameleon,
Flower crab,
flying squirrel,
fox,
Gaboon viper,
Gemsbok,
gemsbuck ,
Gerbil,
giant one-horned chameleon,
Giraffe,
Goat,
Golden gliding frog,
grass snake,
gray whale,
gray wolf,
Great white shark,
green anaconda,
Green anole,
Green Frog,
Green Iguana ,
Green Sea Turtle,
Green tree python ,
Grey langur,
Grey seal,
grey whale,
Grizzly Bear,
harbour seal,
Hartebeest,
Harvest Mouse ,
Hawksbill Sea Turtle,
Hawksbill turtle,
hedgehog,
Hermit Crab,
Highland cattle,
Hippos,
hippopotamus,
horse,
Humboldt Penguin,
humboldt penguins,
Humpback whale,
Hyeena,
Icelandic horse,
iguana,
Impala,
Iringa red colobus Monkey,
Jaguar,
Java gliding frog,
Javan langur,
Jellyfish,
Jesus Christ lizard,
kermode bear,
killer whale,
lama,
Least Weasel,
lemur,
Leopard,
Leopard Seal,
lion,
Lion-tailed macaques,
Lizard,
Long-beaked common dolphin,
Lynx,
Macaque,
Madagascan leaf-tailed gecko,
Malayan sun bear,
Mexican wolf,
mink,
Minke Whale,
Mongoose,
Monitor Lizard,
Mountain Ground Squirrel,
Mountain Hare,
Minke Whale ,
Monitor lizard,
Monkey-tail skink,
moose,
Mountain gorilla,
Musk Ox,
muskrat,
New Caledonia crested gecko,
New Zealand Fur Seal ,
New Zealand Sea Lion ,
nile crocodile,
North American Lynx,
North Pacific right whale,
Northern elephant seal,
northern sea lion ,
Norway lemming,
Norway Rat,
Nyala,
Olive baboon,
Orca - killer whale,
Otter ,
Pacific white-sided dolphin,
Painted ghost crab,
Peruvian beaked whale ,
Pilot whale,
Plains zebra,
Plumed basilisk,
poison dart frog,
Polar Bear ,
Pool Frog,
Puff Adder,
Puka bear,
rabbit,
Raccoon,
Raccoon Dog,
rainbow boa,
rat,
Reed frog,
Red Colubus Monkey,
Red-eyed tree frog,
red fox,
Red-footed tortoise,
red hartebeest,
Red panda,
Red-ruffed lemur ,
Red-tailed Monkey,
reindeer,
Rhinoceros iguana,
Roe deer,
Rock Hyrax,
Saltwater Crocodile,
Sand cat,
savanna baboon ,
Savanna elephant,
Scorpion,
sea lion,
Sea star,
Sheep,
Short-beaked Common Dolphin ,
Shortfin Pilot Whale,
Short-finned pilot whale,
Siberian Flying Squirrel,
Siberian husky,
Signal crayfish,
slender boa,
Slender-tailed meerkat,
Slow-worm ,
South African Giraffe,
south american fur seal,
Southern elephant seal,
Southern right whale,
Southern Rock Agama,
Snow Leopard,
Spanish Ibex,
Sperm Whale,
Spirit bear,
spotted hyena,
springbuck ,
Squirrel,
Stellers sea lion,
Steller Sea-lion,
Stoat,
Striped Field Mouse,
Svalbard reindeer,
Sykes Monkey,
Tenerife lizard,
Thompson Gazelle,
Turkish spiny mice,
Vervet Monkey,
vicugna,
Viviparous lizard,
Walrus,
warthog,
Water Vole,
Waterbuck,
Western lowland gorilla,
White-lipped tree viper,
White Rhino,
White Rhinoceros,
Whitetail deer,
White-tail deer ,
White-tailed deer,
Wild boar,
Wild cretan goat,
wild forest reindeer,
Wildebeests,
wolf,
Wolverine,
Zanzibar red colobus,
zebra,
Yellow Baboon,
Yellow-eyed Penguin ,
Yellow-necked Mouse,

Fishes

American whitespotted filefish,
anemone fish,
Angelfish,
Arctic char,
Atlantic cod ,
Baltic herring,
Banded Butterflyfish,
Bannerfish,
Batfish,
Bleak,
blue surgeon fish,
Blue-spotted grouper,
Bluestriped Grunt,
Box fish,
Bowhead whale,
bream,
Brook trout,
Brown trout,
Butterflyfish,
Carp bream,
Chestnut moray,
Clown fish,
common whitefish,
damselfish,
eel ,
European bream,
european smelt,
fifteen-spined stickleback ,
flounder,
Flying Gurnard,
Glassfish,
gold striped bream,
Grayling,
Great white shark,
Grouper,
herring ,
humpback salmon,
Japanese Koi Carp,
Lion fish,
lizard fish ,
long nosed butterflyfish,
Mackerel Scad,
Manta ray,
Masked butterflyfish,
Morey Eel ,
Moray eel,
Oriental sweetlips,
Pacific pink salmon,
Palometa ,
Parrotfish,
perch,
pike,
pike-perch,
Pollock,
pufferfish,
Rainbow trout,
rabbitfish,
Red-bellied piranha,
Redlip Blenny ,
roach,
Rudd,
salmon,
Sand diver ,
Sand goby ,
scorpion fish,
Sea Horse,
Sergeant Major,
Shark,
Skipjack tuna ,
Smooth trunkfish ,
smooth-tail mobula,
Snapper,
Soldier fish,
Spotted Moray Eel,
Squirrelfish ,
Spotted Moray eel ,
Straw-coloured fruit bat,
stingray,
tench,
Three-spined stickleback,
Trevally,
trout ,
Trumpet fish ,
whitefish,
Whitespotted filefish,
Whiting ,
Yellowtail damselfish,
Zander,

Insects

alfalfa plant bug ,
Alpine Butterwort,
Amanda`s blue,
Amber Snail,
Arran Brown butterfly ,
Autumn Green Carpet,
Autumnal Moth,
Azure hawker ,
Beautiful Demoiselle,
Bee beetle,
Birch Mocha,
black carpenter ant ,
Bird-cherry ermine moth,
Birmstone,
Black Darter,
Black-veined white,
Blood-vein,
Bordered Beauty,
Broom Moth,
Brown-line Bright-eye ,
Brown hawker,
Brown Hairstreak ,
Burnished Brass,
Camberwell Beauty Butterfly,
Chestnut Heath ,
Chilopoda,
Chimney Sweeper,
christmas tree worm,
Clouded apollo ,
Clouded Buff,
Clouded Border,
Clouded-bordered Brindl,
clouded drab,
Club-tailed dragonfly,
Common hawker,
Common Heath,
Common pond skater ,
Common Scorpion Fly ,
Common sexton beetle,
Copse Snail ,
Cranberry blue,
Cranberry Fritillary ,
cranefly,
Cream-spotted Lady Beetle,
Critter,
Cucumber green spider,
Dance Fly,
Deaths-head Hawk-moth ,
Deer ked ,
Downy emerald,
Double-striped Pug,
Early Thorn ,
Elephant hawk moth,
Emerald Damselfly,
Essex skipper,
European garden spider,
European hornet,
European pine sawfly,
Eyed ladybird,
Fen raft spider ,
Field grasshopper,
Fishing spider,
flower spider,
Four-dotted Footman,
four spotted chaser,
Fox Moth,
Freija Fritillary ,
Garden spider,
Gerridae,
Glanville Fritillary,
Gold Spangle,
Goat Moth,
golden-bloomed grey longhorn,
Great Green Bush- cricked,
Great pond snail,
Green Bottle Fly,
Green Club-tailed Dragonfly Snaketail ,
Green hairstreak,
green huntsman spider,
Green Shieldbug,
Green tiger beetle,
Green tortoise beetle ,
Green-veined White,
Great pond snail,
Grizzled Skipper,
hawkmoth,
Heart and Club,
Heath Fritillary,
High brown fritillary,
Holly blue,
Horse-fly ,
Horse leech,
Idas blue,
Inachis io,
Ingrailed Clay,
Jumping spider,
Juniper Pug,
Kentish Glory,
lacewing,
Large Emerald,
Large pine weevil,
Large poplar longhorn,
Large Skipper,
large wall brown,
Large White-faced Darter Dragonfly ,
Latticed Heath,
Leech,
Lesser marbled fritillary,
Lewes Wave,
lime hawk-moth,
Mallow,
Map Butterfly ,
Mazarine blue ,
Meloid beetle,
Mosquito,
Mother Shipton ,
New Forest Burnet,
Northern Brown Argus,
Northern checquered skipper,
Northern Damselfly,
Northern Spinach,
Northern Wall Brown,
Northern White-faced Darter,
Oak Eggar,
Ochre Granite,
Orange Tip,
Orange Underwing,
Painted lady ,
Pea moth,
Peacock Moth ,
Pearl-bordered fitallary ,
Pebble Hook-tip ,
Phoenix ,
Pine Carpet ,
Pine hawkmoth ,
Plain Wave,
Poplar Admiral,
Poplar Leaf Beetles ,
Privet Hawk-moth,
Purple-edged Copper ,
Raft spider,
Red Admiral ,
Red-eyed damselfly,
Ringlet,
Rustic,
Sand Wasp,
Satin Moth ,
Sawfly,
Scarce copper,
Scarce Swallowtail ,
Scarlet lily beetle,
sea urchin,
seven-spot ladybird,
Shaded Broad-bar,
Silver-ground Carpet,
Silvery argus,
Silver-studded blue,
Silver washed fritillary,
Silverfish,
Siricid woodwasps ,
Slow-worm,
Small copper,
Small Heath,
Small Magpie,
Small pearl-bordered fritillary ,
Small tortoiseshell,
Speckled Wood,
Star fish,
Striped Hawk-moth ,
Striped love beetle,
Tau emperor,
Twenty-two-spot Ladybird ,
Vagrant Darter ,
Variable Damselfly,
Wart-biter,
Western honey bee,
White-legged Damselfly,
Wood Tiger ,
Yellow meadow ant ,
Yellow-winged Darter,

Plants / flowers

Adder's-tongue,
Alder ,
Aloe arborescens ,
Alpine Bartsia ,
Alpine Butterwort ,
Alpine Gentian,
Alpine Lady's-mantle,
Alpine Milk-vetch ,
Alpine Penny-cress,
Alpine rock-cress ,
Alpine Saw-wort,
Alpine Speedwell ,
Alternate-leaved Golden-saxifrage,
Angular Solomon's-seal,
Arctic raspberry ,
Arctic white heather,
Aspen,
Aster tripolium,
Bearberry ,
Beech ,
Bell pepper,
Bernstein rose,
Big-leaved Lupine,
Birch,
Bird-in-a-bush,
Bittersweet ,
Black Chanterelle ,
Bird Cherry ,
Black Elder,
blackberry,
Blackcurrant ,
Bladder wrack ,
Bloody Crane'S-Bill,
Blue dress,
Blue-eyed-Mary ,
Blue Heath ,
Blueberry,
Bog Arum,
Bog bilberry,
Bog-rosemary,
Borage ,
bottle tree,
Brain Coral ,
Breckland Thyme,
bridal wreath,
Broad-leaved Pondweed,
Broad-leaved Willowherb ,
Brown Birch Bolete,
Brown Knapweed ,
Brown Roll-rim ,
Bulrush,
Burnt Orchid ,
Bush Vetch ,
Butterbur ,
Butterwort,
Cabbage ,
Canadian Goldenrod ,
Caraway,
Caucasian-stonecrop,
Chanterelle,
Chinese hibiscus,
Chive blossom,
Chives ,
Cloudberry ,
Clustered Bellflower ,
Common Bistort ,
Common Bladderwort,
Common Butterwort,
Common Chickweed ,
Common Club-rush,
Common Cow-wheat,
Common Duckweed,
Common Fumitory,
Common Hair Cap Moss,
Common Ink Cap ,
Common Juniper ,
Common Lavender ,
Common Lungwort,
Common Nettle,
common reed,
Common Swallowtail,
Common Toadflax ,
Common Wasp,
Common Wintergreen ,
Common wood sorrel ,
Conifer Mazegill,
Conifer Tuft,
Corn Mint ,
Cornflower ,
Cottongrass ,
Cow-Parsley,
Cowberry ,
Cowslip ,
crack willow,
Creeping Bellflower ,
Creeping Buttercup ,
Creeping Thistle,
Crimson Pitcher Plant,
Crinoid,
Cross-leaved Heath,
Crowberry ,
Cup lichen,
Curled Dock ,
Darlingtonia,
Death caps,
Cross-leaved Heath,
Dandelion ,
darkening brittlegill ,
Devil's-bit Scabious ,
Diapensia ,
Drooping Saxifrage ,
Dwarf Cornel ,
Dwarf Periwinkle ,
Dwarf Willow ,
Early Marsh-orchid ,
Eastern pasqueflower,
Elder-flowered Orchid ,
Elliott Black Chokeberry ,
Emetic Russula ,
English ivy,
European Bird Cherry,
European Larch ,
European White Elm,
Fairy slipper,
False Morel,
Fat-hen ,
fen violet,
Field Cow-wheat ,
Field Garlic ,
Field Pennycress,
Field scabious,
Fir Clubmoss ,
Flowering-rush ,
Fly orchid,
Forget me not,
Foxglove ,
Fragrant Orchid ,
Fringed Bleeding Heart,
Funnel Chanterelle,
Garden Angelica ,
Garden Speedwell,
Garlic Mustard,
Germander speedwell ,
giant onion,
Gipsy mushroom ,
Glaucous Dog-rose ,
Goat Willow,
Golden Coral Fungus ,
golden saxifrage,
Grass-of-Parnassus ,
Graying Russula,
Great Mullein ,
Greater Burdock,
Greater Celandine ,
Greater Plantain ,
Greater Stitchwort ,
Grey Alder,
Grey Club-rush ,
Grey Reindeer Lichen ,
Ground-Ivy ,
Ground-Elder,
Groundsel,
Guelder-rose,
Harebell ,
Hazel ,
Heath Dog-Violet ,
Heath Speedwell,
Heath Spotted Orchid,
Heather,
Hedge Mustard,
Herb Bennet ,
Herb-Robert ,
Herb-Paris ,
Heart-leaved Elephant-ears ,
Hoary Cinquefoil ,
Hoary Rock-rose,
Holiday Cactus,
Honeysuckle,
Hoof Fungus,
horned melon,
Horse-chestnut ,
Horse-radish ,
Houndstongue,
Iceland Moss ,
Imperforate St John's-wort,
Indian Balsam,
Issler's Clubmoss ,
Labrador-tea,
Lady's Bedstraw,
Large Trefoil,
Large-flowered Hemp-Nettle,
Leafy Hawkweed,
Least Gagea ,
Leatherleaf,
Leopard's Bane,
Lesser Butterfly-orchid ,
Lesser Celandine,
Lesser Stitchwort,
Lilac ,
Lily of the Valley,
Lingonberry,
Liverleaf,
Kingcup,
Maiden Pink,
Maize - corn,
Marble Arch Rose,
Mare's-tail,
Marsh arrowgrass ,
Marsh Cinquefoil,
Marsh Grass of Parnassus ,
Marsh Helleborine ,
Marsh Lousewort ,
Marsh Violet ,
Martagon Lily,
Masterwort,
Male-fern ,
May Lily,
meadow buttercup,
Meadow Vetchling ,
Meadowsweet,
Menyanthes ,
Mezereon,
milkcap,
Mistletoe,
Moss Campion,
Mountain Avens ,
Mountain Everlasting ,
Mountain Melick ,
Mouse-ear-hawkweed ,
Mugwort,
Musk,
Narrow Buckler-fern,
Narrow-leaved Hawk's-beard ,
Orpine,
Oysterplant ,
Pasque Flower,
Peach-leaved Bellflower ,
Perforate St John's-wort,
Phacelia,
pickling cucumber,
pine,
pine bolete,
Pipe Club ,
Pohlia nutans,
Polypody ,
Potatoe,
Pouched False Morel,
Prickly Sow-Thistle ,
purple loosestrife,
purple coneflower,
Puschkinia scilloides,
Ragged-Robin,
Rainbow plant ,
Raspberry ,
Red Banded Polypore,
Red Banded Webcap,
Red Campion ,
Red Clover,
Red Dead-nettle ,
Red Fescue ,
Red Ring Rot,
Reed Canary-Grass ,
Ribwort Plantain ,
rose moss ,
Rosebay Willowherb,
Roseroot ,
Rough Comfrey ,
Rowan,
Rufous Milk Cap,
Sand Pink ,
Sand Spurrey ,
Saxifrage,
Scaly Webcap,
Scentless Mayweed,
Scheuchzer's Cottongrass ,
Schreber's Feathermoss ,
Scottish Dock ,
Sea Anemone,
Sea Aster ,
Sea kale ,
Sea Mayweed ,
Sea-milkwort ,
Sea Pea ,
Sea Sandwort ,
Sea-buckthorn ,
Sea Campion ,
Selfheal,
Shady Horsetail,
Shaggy ink cap ,
Shaggy Moss ,
Sheep's Sorrel ,
Shepherd's Purse ,
Shrimp Plant ,
Siberian Cedar ,
Siberian peashrub ,
Siberian Primrose ,
Siberian Squill ,
Silverweed,
Skullcap ,
Slender Spike-Rush ,
Small Balsam ,
snakeshead ,
Snapdragon,
Sneezewort,
Snow Buttercup,
Snowdrop ,
Spear Thistle,
Spreading Bellflower,
Spiked Speedwell,
Spindle,
Spotted orchid ,
Spreading Bellflower,
Spring Pea ,
Star-Tipped Reindeer Lichen ,
Sticky Catchfly,
Stone Bramble,
Sundew,
sunflower,
Starry Saxifrage ,
Starwort Mouse-ear ,
Strawberry-blite ,
Swallow-wort ,
Sweet Chestnut,
Sweet Cicely ,
sweet sultan,
Sweet Vernal Grass,
Tansy ,
Tartar Maple ,
tea-leaved willow ,
Three-Leaved Rush,
Thyme-leaved Speedwell ,
Timothy,
Touch-me-not Balsam ,
Trailing Azale ,
Treacle-mustard ,
True Meadow Anemone,
Trumpet chanterelle,
Turnip,
Tufted vetch ,
Twinflower,
Two-toned Pholiota ,
x-mas tree worms,
Yarrow ,
Yellow Alpin Milk-vetch,
Yellow Anemone ,
Yarrow Broomrape,
Yellow Bird's-nest,
Yellow flag iris,
Yellow foot,
Yellow Lady's Slipper,
Yellow Loosestrife,
Yellow meadow ant ,
Yellow Moosedung Moss ,
Velvet foot ,
Venus Flytrap ,
Viola riviniana,
Viper's-bugloss ,
Water Avens,
Wavy Hair-grass ,
Welted Thistle,
White Campion ,
White Dead-nettle ,
White Domecap ,
white dryas ,
White Stonecrop ,
Wild Pansy,
Wild Radish ,
Wild Strawberry ,
Winter Chanterelle,
Winter-cress,
Wolf's milk,
Wood Anemone ,
Wood granesbill,
Wood Club-rush ,
Wood Forget-me-not ,
Wood Hedgehog ,
Woolly Milkcap ,
Zigzag Clover ,