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I hope you enjoy looking at my photographs as much as I enjoyed taking them. Thanks for stopping by.

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Mike.

If I could tell the story in words, I wouldn't need to lug around a camera. ~ Lewis Hine.

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Race you to it…

Autumn Steps

Autumn StepsA heavy wind this morning made me realise that there wouldn’t be many autumn leaves around soon, so I made a dash for the nearest park.

Have done a little post-processing to give it a slightly dreamy look.

October 29, 2009 - 11:30 am Thomas Folke Andersen - Great shot Mike. Very nice diagonal dynamic.

Memories of Spring

Memories of SpringThanks to pareerica for the texture.

October 23, 2009 - 6:40 am Indigo - Ooooh! This is STUNNING! Wow!

October 29, 2009 - 11:31 am Thomas Folke Andersen - Another very inspiring texture shot. I love your treatment around the edgeds on this. Just wonderful!

Grunge Gerbera

Grunge GerberaAnd now for something completely different…

I thought I would try a technique blending a rather ordinary photo I took of a Gerbera with a texture, and then adding a “grunge” frame.

Here’s the original.

Gerbera

October 20, 2009 - 3:13 am Indigo - Funny, that! I was playing around with more textures and frames last night... I will post the result later. It just gives a plain shot a little more 'je ne sais quoi'! Have you been over to Les Brumes's site on Flickr? She has some great textures!

October 20, 2009 - 8:14 pm Mike - It was your pictures of flowers with frames that gave me the inspiration to do this! I'll check out Les Brumes.

October 25, 2009 - 12:57 am Thomas Folke Andersen - Hi Mike, the original image is beautiful in its own right, certainly full of its own textures within the gerbera itself, but I really like where you have taken it as well with the 'grunge' feel and texture. Very inspiring. I have a little library of textures I collect from time to time to make these sort of creative journeys from time to time. Great stuff!

Forth Rail Bridge

Forth rail bridge at sunset

The autumn sun bathed the bridge in a warm, soft light.

The Forth Road Bridge

The Forth Road BridgeThere were some strong silhouettes as the sun went down.

The crane and masts caught my eye, nestling under the Forth road bridge.

I’ve used high dynamic range (HDR) techniques here, with 3 exposures, 2 stops apart, in order to capture the sky detail, then converted to black and white.

Forth Road Bridge

Forth Road Bridge

Stormy day at the beach

Stormy day at the beach

I took this photo while on holiday in Northumbria, which has one of the most unspoilt coastlines in England. The light flitting across the grass cast wonderful shadows.

August 30, 2009 - 12:58 pm Thomas Folke Andersen - This is oustanding Mike! Really, really beautiful, the light, the wind, the highlights in the grass, the textured, rippled sand and the shadows. It just sings and you can almost smell the beach! This should definitely go on one or many walls somewhere!

October 10, 2009 - 11:25 pm Mike - Thanks Thomas. It's turned out to be one of my favourites. Black and white has that extra emotional impact, for me.

October 16, 2009 - 12:01 am Indigo - I agree with Thomas - this is a really stunning shot!

I’m a Photographer, not a Terrorist!

I'm a Photographer, not a Terrorist!

From the web site:-

Photography is under attack. Across the country it that seems anyone with a camera is being targeted as a potential terrorist, whether amateur or professional, whether landscape, architectural or street photographer.

Not only is it corrosive of press freedom but creation of the collective visual history of our country is extinguished by anti-terrorist legislation designed to protect the heritage it prevents us recording.

This campaign is for everyone who values visual imagery, not just photographers.

We must work together now to stop this before photography becomes a part of history rather than a way of recording it.

The site has some useful information for photographers about your rights, and a useful print-out-and-keep bust card with a summary on, so you can be sure where you stand if stopped by the police.

http://PhotographerNotaTerrorist.org/

Meeting in the Turbine Hall

Meeting in the Turbine Hall

August 30, 2009 - 12:59 pm Thomas Folke Andersen - Nice dynamic angle. I like the motion and I really like the tones of this black and white. Very nice image!

October 10, 2009 - 11:27 pm Mike - Thanks. I did a lot more post-processing on this than I would normally do, to bring out the floor. It reminded me of being back in the dark room!

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