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I travelled to Finland for a week in mid-July when the sunlight was filling the first weeks of summer in those extreme northern latitudes. Together with a friend of mine we left early in the morning by car from Genoa to Milan, from Milan Malpensa Airport to Helsinki-Vantaa, and from there later in the evening we took another flight on board a twin-engine propeller plane to Kajaani Airport. The sun still dominated over the horizon despite one hour to midnight. The sharp reflections of light beneath the clouds were something wonderful, dyeing the countless surfaces of lakes below us like a golden foil. When I stepped off the plane the first thing that struck me was the freshness of the air that enveloped us like a cloak, escaping from one of the hottest and sultry Italian summers of the New Millennium. Shortly after they came to pick us up by jeep and moving towards the North-East for more than 200 kilometers to the destination, very close to the Finnish-Russian border (part of the historical Region of Karelia, currently Kainuu). We skirted lakes and evergreen forests on asphalt and dirt roads through this region named Karelia. The light began to go down the horizon while my desire for adventure increased more and more.

The base was a small house near Martinselkonen Nature Reserve, a sort of B&B but much more hospitable and welcoming. They were 5 days of total dedication to the nature and the sleep-wake cycle was completely inverted; during the hours of the late afternoon, through the night and until the early morning we remained inside the huts, trying to capture the countless moments offered by that kind of totally wild nature, adult bears, cubs, birds of prey, all of this between swamp, forest and lake. We had lunch in the early afternoon and during the night we rested when the sun was high in the sky. The most charming place to photograph was undoubtedly the lake shore, almost a km from the Russian border; to rest inside the hut after hundreds and hundreds of photos taken during the sun down contained the perfection of that day spent with one of my best friends, while outside an almost-midnight sun was about to give way to the shadows of the shortest night I've ever seen so far.

Reflex: Nikon D600 - Lens: Nikkor 70-200mm f/2.8G ED VR II + Nikon TC-17E II - Filters: No filter used

Focal length: 340 mm - Diaphragm aperture: f/4.8 - Exposure time: 1/640 sec - ISO sensitivity: 2500

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Taken in: Suomi / Kainuun maakunta / Kehys-Kainuun (show map)

Taken on: July 16, 2015

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Camera: Nikon D600, f/4.8, 1/640 sec, 340mm, ISO 2500 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Nikon D600
Lens:	70.0-200.0 mm f/2.8
Aperture:	f/4.8
Exposure Time:	0.002 sec (1/640)
Focal Length:	340mm
ISO:	2500
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Flash:	Off, Did not fire
Exposure Program:	Manual
Exposure Mode:	Manual
Metering Mode:	Center-weighted average
White Balance:	Auto
Gain Control:	High gain up
Color Space:	Uncalibrated
Software:	Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.7 (Macintosh)
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