About Mike
I’m interested in photography and outdoorsy stuff like climbing and canoeing, amongst other things. (Read more...)
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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. -
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! -
Cloud
Posted on May 7, 2010 | No CommentsI wonder, where is it now? -
The flight
Posted on April 17, 2010 | No CommentsUnedited. -
Flash (aaah aaaaaah)
Posted on March 31, 2010 | No CommentsYesterday, there was a big thunderstorm passing our house directly overhead. I switched off all the light, prepared the camera (full manual), and preyed upon a flash. The camera shake that you see there wasn’t actually the camera, it was me as the lightning was... -
White wall and pipe
Posted on March 31, 2010 | No Comments -
The ygg tree
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1898
Posted on March 18, 2010 | No CommentsMy first HDR image, done with Luminance/ qtpfsgui from a single image.




