the Rogue Gene Collective speaks » monochrome http://blog.roguegenecollective.com ... artists working for artists ... Sun, 25 Jul 2010 15:23:25 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Entry to Cotswold Monochrome 2010http://blog.roguegenecollective.com/entry-cotswold-monochrome-2010-782.htm http://blog.roguegenecollective.com/entry-cotswold-monochrome-2010-782.htm#comments Wed, 14 Jul 2010 14:57:05 +0000 mike http://blog.roguegenecollective.com/?p=782 Continue reading →]]> I entered the Cotswold Monochrome salon again this year, this year sending just digital images for projection. (Its cheaper than making and posting 40×50 cm matted prints!)

monochrome photograph of a street scene in Whitehaven

old and new - competition entry

As usual no acceptances, but came the closest I’ve ever managed with one entry – ‘old and new’. This was taken on a wet and dreary day in Whitehaven on the Cumbrian coast – I first spotted the two rather different greengrocers’ shops side by side, and then noticed both had the same name!
There’s more about my entry in my own blog Words by Mike Finley, with some follow up comments on the Cotswold Monochrome Salon itself.


]]> http://blog.roguegenecollective.com/entry-cotswold-monochrome-2010-782.htm/feed 0 Cookham Exhibition Photoshttp://blog.roguegenecollective.com/cookham-exhibition-photos-714.htm http://blog.roguegenecollective.com/cookham-exhibition-photos-714.htm#comments Sat, 22 May 2010 18:05:19 +0000 Aitch http://blog.roguegenecollective.com/?p=714 Continue reading →]]> Here are some photos from the exhibition we held at Pinder Hall in Cookham last weekend. You will notice that there are also one or two non-Rogue Gene Collective artists included, which really helped to create an interesting and varied exhibition.

I will be writing about the weekend in more detail on my personal blog soon, once this nice weather has gone!

The Collaboration pieces by members of Rogue Gene Collective

Mike's Work

]]> http://blog.roguegenecollective.com/cookham-exhibition-photos-714.htm/feed 0 This Week’s Featured Image in the Ace Café on redbubblehttp://blog.roguegenecollective.com/this-week%e2%80%99s-featured-image-in-the-ace-cafe-on-redbubble-674.htm http://blog.roguegenecollective.com/this-week%e2%80%99s-featured-image-in-the-ace-cafe-on-redbubble-674.htm#comments Mon, 22 Mar 2010 18:35:22 +0000 mike http://blog.roguegenecollective.com/?p=674 Continue reading →]]>
Tree and Photographer - monochrome image by Mike Finley

Tree and Photographer - featured in the Ace Cafe group on redbubble


‘Tree and Photographer’ is this week’s featured image in the ‘Ace Café‘ group on redbubble.
Images are submitted for consideration by members of the group, and critiqued and voted on for admission by the members of the group. The hosts select a weekly feature image from the images accepted into the group.
There is also a workshop area for discussion of how images could be improved.

In this group we are looking to exhibit exceptional art as voted for by the members. We hope that it will be an open, lively and friendly group where artists are supported and encouraged to grow.

]]> http://blog.roguegenecollective.com/this-week%e2%80%99s-featured-image-in-the-ace-cafe-on-redbubble-674.htm/feed 0 Latest submission to UPP – ‘Wheels’http://blog.roguegenecollective.com/latest-submission-to-upp-wheels-637.htm http://blog.roguegenecollective.com/latest-submission-to-upp-wheels-637.htm#comments Mon, 15 Feb 2010 15:37:42 +0000 mike http://blog.roguegenecollective.com/?p=637 Continue reading →]]> An infrared photographic image of wheels in a meadow
This is my latest submission to the UPP circle I belong to.
It is a monochrome image of a couple of rusted, discarded wheels resting under the trees in the centre of a meadow in the English Lake District. It was recorded on infrared film, giving its characteristic bright tones and dreamy feel to the foliage and grasses. The film I used is no longer made, in common with many of the less mainstream films once available.
Infrared photography is hard to do with a normal digital DSLR, requiring extremely long exposure times in even in bright sunlight, but I have recently found a company that can convert some DSLRs for infrared photography with much more reasonable exposures, and have sent my ‘spare’ body to them for conversion. I’m looking forward to getting it back (in a month or so’s time) and seeing what I can do with it …

]]> http://blog.roguegenecollective.com/latest-submission-to-upp-wheels-637.htm/feed 0 ‘Branches and Snow’ placed in top ten in ‘Winter’ photography competitionhttp://blog.roguegenecollective.com/branches-and-snow-placed-in-top-ten-in-winter-photography-competition-569.htm http://blog.roguegenecollective.com/branches-and-snow-placed-in-top-ten-in-winter-photography-competition-569.htm#comments Fri, 22 Jan 2010 14:34:49 +0000 mike http://blog.roguegenecollective.com/?p=569 Continue reading →]]>
Branches and Snow - photograph by Mike Finley

Branches and Snow - photograph by Mike Finley


My monochrome photograph ‘Branches and Snow’ was placed in the top ten (out of over a hundred entries) in a ‘Winter’ competition in the ‘Photography Fun’ group on the redbubble site. This is its second success in competitions on the site.

]]> http://blog.roguegenecollective.com/branches-and-snow-placed-in-top-ten-in-winter-photography-competition-569.htm/feed 1 ‘Branches and Snow’ placed second in ‘Snow and Ice’ on redbubblehttp://blog.roguegenecollective.com/branches-and-snow-placed-second-in-snow-and-ice-on-redbubble-557.htm http://blog.roguegenecollective.com/branches-and-snow-placed-second-in-snow-and-ice-on-redbubble-557.htm#comments Sat, 02 Jan 2010 18:05:28 +0000 mike http://blog.roguegenecollective.com/?p=557
Branches and Snow - photograph by Mike Finley

Branches and Snow - photograph by Mike Finley


My monochrome photograph ‘Branches and Snow’ was awarded second place in the ‘Snow and Ice’ challenge in the ‘No More Color’ group on the redbubble site.

]]> http://blog.roguegenecollective.com/branches-and-snow-placed-second-in-snow-and-ice-on-redbubble-557.htm/feed 0 ‘Woodland Stream’ awarded Gold labelhttp://blog.roguegenecollective.com/woodland-stream-awarded-gold-label-206.htm http://blog.roguegenecollective.com/woodland-stream-awarded-gold-label-206.htm#comments Fri, 03 Jul 2009 13:20:40 +0000 mike http://blog.roguegenecollective.com/?p=206 Continue reading →]]>
Woodland Stream by Mike Finley

Woodland Stream by Mike Finley

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 made from a photograph taken in the Lake District in 2007.
More details of the UPP can be found at http://www.uppofgb.com/.

]]> http://blog.roguegenecollective.com/woodland-stream-awarded-gold-label-206.htm/feed 1 Decisions …http://blog.roguegenecollective.com/decisions-151.htm http://blog.roguegenecollective.com/decisions-151.htm#comments Tue, 19 May 2009 21:29:37 +0000 mike http://blog.roguegenecollective.com/?p=151 Continue reading →]]> devastation

devastation

I’ve said I’ll enter the Cotswold Monochrome salon this year, so the time has come to decide on four images to submit, as submissions close next week.

I’m not good at making decisions!

I’ll probably include ‘devastation‘ in the set (Iron Keld in the Lake District), one more recent image, and a couple of older ones. I’ve no idea what the judges are looking for (other than that it has just a few seconds to make an impact before they move onto the next image). I won’t be including anything that I submitted to the Lancashire and Cheshire Photographic Union, since they didn’t meet with much approval there!

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