About Mike
I’m interested in photography and outdoorsy stuff like climbing and canoeing, amongst other things. (Read more...)
photography Archive
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21 F
Posted on May 31, 2010 | No CommentsThis photo was taken with a Beston MC Auto Zoom/Macro 1:3.5-4.8 35-200mm on a Pentax K to Nikon F mount with my D90, and post processed with Qtpfsgui and the Gimp. -
Blog update and an old army photo
Posted on May 19, 2010 | No CommentsI’ve updated the blog theme. There’s still some details outstanding (namely thumbnails of older posts) but I’ll get to that within the next few days. I like it, but what do you think? In the meantime, why do you not try to figure out which... -
Featured artist: Kang Wenli
Posted on May 17, 2010 | No CommentsTonight I’ll present something different. There’s an incredible artist I recently had the chance to meet. Her name is Kang Wenli, and she showed my a few of her amazing paintings. Here’s a selection for you to enjoy! “Frau mit Katze” -
The old country road
Posted on May 16, 2010 | No Comments27th of October 2006. There was a light drizzle, and my wife and I were walking along this road. Our dog, Oscar the flat-coated retriever, was bouncing around, happy as only a flatcoat can be in this kind of weather. Suddenly we came around a bend and... -
High skies
Posted on May 15, 2010 | No CommentsIt was the second of September 2006, just after lunch on top of P. di Cassino Bagio (2621 meters). Wolfi and I had been been up to the central alps, into the Piansecco area in Switzerland, an area with beautiful, slabby granite. There, we had... -
Fight of the elements
Posted on May 13, 2010 | No CommentsEarly March 2010. It was cold, and it was windy. The first signs of spring were just showing. Suddenly, the sky turned menacing, and I managed to get this shot before fleeing inside for a hot mug of tea. -
Stag
Posted on May 12, 2010 | No CommentsStag, near the head of Loch Etive in Scotland, November 2007, image by Pug. It was early afternoon on the 10th of November 2007. Pug and I were driving along the road from Rannoch Moor towards Loch Etive, to have a look at the famous... -
The church behind the wall
Posted on May 11, 2010 | 1 CommentThere was a bit of editing (RawStudio, Gimp, LuminanceHDR, and some more Gimp), involved in getting this shot to look OK. The sky was rubbish, but it looks halfway decent now. -
Knight
Posted on May 10, 2010 | No CommentsMy eldest son (he’s three) has a lot of books already. Many of them are about knights and dragons and castles and heroic quests. He absolutely loves knights (he loves pirates and builders too, but that’s another story)! So yesterday, I took him to a... -
Stones
Posted on May 9, 2010 | No CommentsThis is in 16:10 format so use it as a desktop wallpaper if you will!