Author Archives: mike

torn

Posted on September 26, 2009 by mike

Another in my fragments series, ‘torn’ is a photo of a small piece of decaying plywood in a no longer used slate quarry (near Tilburthwaite). The top ply is almost completely torn off. This has been entered into a ‘transfomations’ … Continue reading →

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Old Timer

Posted on September 15, 2009 by mike

My photograph of a piece of old rusting machinery, ‘old timer’, placed in the top ten in a redbubble ‘Rusty Crusty and falling to bits’ challenge. This photograph was taken at Threlkeld’s museum of rust last year.  

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latest submission to UPP – Devotion

Posted on September 10, 2009 by mike

This is my latest submission to the UPP circle I belong to. It is a partially desaturated image of daffodil in a church window. All but the green and yellow leaves and yellow flowers of the daffodils have been reduced … Continue reading →

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fragments

Posted on September 6, 2009 by mike

I’ve recently started to gather together a number of my photographic images into a theme entitled ‘fragments’. These are images of small parts of natural or found objects where it is not necessarily immediately obvious what the actual object is, … Continue reading →

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‘Rights grabs’ in photo competitions – government petition

Posted on July 29, 2009 by mike

A petition has been added to the UK government’s website regarding the common practice of companies holding competitions for photographs, and grabbing all rights to all entries as part of the terms and conditions. These competitions rely on people not … Continue reading →

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‘Woodland Stream’ awarded Gold label

Posted on July 3, 2009 by mike

A monochrome print of my image of a woodland stream has been awarded a Gold label by a United Photographic Postfolios of Great Britain circle, and will go forward to the UPP annual exhibition later this year. This image was … Continue reading →

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