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Cosplay tribute to the legendary Finnish sniper Simo Häyhä.Finland from Axis Powers Hetalia
Taken at Lake Tahoe, Dec 2009
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sniper!Finland by Eririn
photography/editing by =masa-kocha
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Read about this shoot: [report] Snow at Lake Tahoe
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Comments: 31
okay, i will be an asshole, but... why are you holding Winchester 1897? Simo Häyhä used Mosin-Nagant M28 with iron sights and in February 1940 he got rifle Mauser with scope, but he prefer his M28.
But awesome cosplay of my favourite sniper (I love Häyhä more than Zaytsev or Ljakova(favorite Czech sniper))
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I absolutely love you for that! That is one of my most favorite snipers! *flails happily*
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This is beautiful. Love the feel, love the hood, love the tribute to Simo. Just.. awesome picture.
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It is cool cosplay picture! It is nice, that even someone remember finnish peoples. Finland isn't so large country, but I'm proud of being a finnish! Sorry, my english isn't so great.
I love that cosplay dress!
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Thank you very much!
These two were very enthusiastic about this pairing and the Nordic countries, we tried to make it look like a forest you would find there and be as accurate as possible. Finland seems like a beautiful country, you should be very proud! ^-^
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I didn't personally, but the cosplayer told me about this version she wanted to do. We both did research on Finnish history in preparation for this shoot. ^^
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ooooh... That's still cool :,D
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This is awesome
Häyhä was an amazing sniper. May he rest in peace.
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Thank you. ^-^
Yes, I read up about him and his statistics are amazing.
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No problem
And when he was asked how he felt about having to take so many lifes his response was that he did what he was have to do. About 700 kills is insane... just as war is.
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you are a amazing photographer, and all your models are so bold in representation of their character's.
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Thank you, I'm very glad you think so~ of course the cosplayers deserve much credit for this as well!
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I would say 60, 40 to you the photo's wouldn't even exists with out you soo.... =]
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Totally real! We had to make sure not to leave footprints everywhere or they'd show up in the photo.
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It looks very... unreal! 
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I love the composition of this! That shade of blue is just so beautiful. @A@
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Thank you~
Glad you made it home OK, too.
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Sniper!Fin is the best kind there is! True Finnish spirit.
And, like others have said, the lightning is fabulous.
...right now I'm proud to be a Finn.
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Oh thank you~ how cool to have a Finnish person comment.
I bet it's really cold there right now!
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Ahaha, no problem!
It is... and it's not exactly fun. Even inside the house it's freezing! That's why I call my room Siberia... pff. but it was even colder few weeks back, so now it's kinda okay.
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very VERY striking photo!
and.. and and now I'm going to learn me some Finnish sniper stories /googles away~
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Thank you!
Yes, his history is very fascinating. He was an amazing sniper, especially in snow.
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I absolutely love this photo. The lighting is near perfect! Very neat.
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Thank you Angela!
The light was so pretty that I had to take this portrait... even though the setup itself isn't too sniper-ish.
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Wow, this is the first cosplay pic I've seen that doesn't look flaming gay. Nice work yo.
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Aww not gay enough?
j/k, with this rifle shoot we were going for a serious look.
Thank you very much.
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