> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://finlandonfilm.com/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # Early fall in Kivikko's forest - URL: https://finlandonfilm.com/early-fall-in-kivikkos-forest/ - Published: 2026-11-09T19:51:39.000Z - Updated: 2026-11-09T19:51:39.000Z - Author: Frank Diepmaat - Tags: Photography East Helsinki gets a bad reputation. Every time I mention I live in the east side, I get one of two reactions. Either people have no clue where Kivikko is, or they kinda make a face like "ow you poor peasant". On the handful of occasions I meet other people who actually live here, or have lived here, they light up and say they like it. Personally, I think the area has a lot to offer. We get warmer summer days, without the cold air blowing over from the great Baltic lake. And way more snow in winter, that doesn't immediately turn into a gravel flavoured slushy. You know, the water ice cream with vibrant colors. I'm just as far from a national park as the city center. And right behind my apartment there's a lovely park. One we're constantly fighting to keep, as developers pitch plan after plan to destroy it. First a private helicopter field, and now they want to build single family homes. Anyway, with these photos I hope to show everyone the lovely park we have now. ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/a3/ba/a3baafc6-a5bb-4266-8ab1-a590704fe1cb/content/images/2026/11/konica_1.jpg) ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/a3/ba/a3baafc6-a5bb-4266-8ab1-a590704fe1cb/content/images/2026/11/konica_2.jpg) ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/a3/ba/a3baafc6-a5bb-4266-8ab1-a590704fe1cb/content/images/2026/11/konica_3.jpg) ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/a3/ba/a3baafc6-a5bb-4266-8ab1-a590704fe1cb/content/images/2026/11/konica_4-1.jpg) ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/a3/ba/a3baafc6-a5bb-4266-8ab1-a590704fe1cb/content/images/2026/11/konica_5.jpg) ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/a3/ba/a3baafc6-a5bb-4266-8ab1-a590704fe1cb/content/images/2026/11/konica_6.jpg) ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/a3/ba/a3baafc6-a5bb-4266-8ab1-a590704fe1cb/content/images/2026/11/konica_7.jpg) ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/a3/ba/a3baafc6-a5bb-4266-8ab1-a590704fe1cb/content/images/2026/11/konica_8.jpg) ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/a3/ba/a3baafc6-a5bb-4266-8ab1-a590704fe1cb/content/images/2026/11/konica_9.jpg) First roll was shot on my Konica Autoreflex T3 with the 200mm Konica Hexanon f/4.0 lens, on Kodak Gold 200\. The first picture of the bunny was underexposed, so I had to fix that in post. Luckily all the detail was there, the editing just made it a bit grainy. But it's film through a 50 year old vintage lens, so who cares. For these shots, I basically walked from my back door on the west side of the park, to the frisbee golf area. It's always super lively there, people actually talk to each other, and I managed to get some lovely action shots of people playing. There were also some people flying a kite, which turned into a fun exercise to get good shots of the kite. Using a manual focus lens with a stiff ring, while anticipating the movements of the kite, is a good test of skill for a new photographer. The setting sun shot is one of my favorites, it came out exactly as I wanted. Just goes to show that ignoring best practices is often excellent advice for making art. ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/a3/ba/a3baafc6-a5bb-4266-8ab1-a590704fe1cb/content/images/2026/11/pentax_1.jpg) ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/a3/ba/a3baafc6-a5bb-4266-8ab1-a590704fe1cb/content/images/2026/11/pentax_2.jpg) ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/a3/ba/a3baafc6-a5bb-4266-8ab1-a590704fe1cb/content/images/2026/11/pentax_3.jpg) ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/a3/ba/a3baafc6-a5bb-4266-8ab1-a590704fe1cb/content/images/2026/11/pentax_4.jpg) ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/a3/ba/a3baafc6-a5bb-4266-8ab1-a590704fe1cb/content/images/2026/11/pentax_5.jpg) ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/a3/ba/a3baafc6-a5bb-4266-8ab1-a590704fe1cb/content/images/2026/11/pentax_6.jpg) ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/a3/ba/a3baafc6-a5bb-4266-8ab1-a590704fe1cb/content/images/2026/11/pentax_7.jpg) ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/a3/ba/a3baafc6-a5bb-4266-8ab1-a590704fe1cb/content/images/2026/11/pentax_8.jpg) ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/a3/ba/a3baafc6-a5bb-4266-8ab1-a590704fe1cb/content/images/2026/11/pentax_9.jpg) This next roll of Kodak Gold 200 was shot a week later, with my Pentax S3 and the 200mm Takumar f/4.0 lens. And a Takumar 55mm f/1.8 lens. The already warm tones of the lens, with the warm tones of golden light during fall sunset, and Kodak Gold, really made some a bit too golden for me. But the forest shots came out really nice. I know I can fix this in post, and editing is perfectly normal, but I chose this hobby so I'd spend less time on a computer, not more. (I say while writing this on my laptop) At the time of writing, this website had 22 visitors and has 4 subscribers, so for those gigachads and chadinettes, you might notice the same deer posted again. I was so happy with that one I put it in two posts. I also had loads of fun playing with the 200mm focal length, especially the shot of the stream. It's really nice to use for things that are closer, open up the aperture and get that shallow depth of field going. It really creates the illusion of that tiny mud stream being a whole river. Obviously the scale of the grass gives it away, but still fun to play with and expand my photographic toolkit. ## Bonus photo ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/a3/ba/a3baafc6-a5bb-4266-8ab1-a590704fe1cb/content/images/2026/11/bonus.jpg) As with any piece of nature in Finland, our park is also under constant attack. After the helicopter field was shot down, someone decided to do a 3 year long project putting a bunch of cables in the ground. Not sure why this couldn't go around the park, but here we are. I think this photo creates a contrast between the happy people, deer and rabbits just a few hundred meters away. The juxtaposition of machines and nature. Anyway, thanks for reading and subscribing. For those interested in checking the park out yourself, before someone decides we need a datacenter or something, it's here: ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/a3/ba/a3baafc6-a5bb-4266-8ab1-a590704fe1cb/content/images/2026/11/image-1.png)