the Rogue Gene Collective speaks » Contests http://blog.roguegenecollective.com ... artists working for artists ... Fri, 14 Oct 2011 10:44:27 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 ‘fragments: flow’ placed in top ten http://blog.roguegenecollective.com/fragments-flow-top-ten-894.htm http://blog.roguegenecollective.com/fragments-flow-top-ten-894.htm#comments Tue, 02 Nov 2010 12:16:18 +0000 mike http://blog.roguegenecollective.com/?p=894
natural abstract image in Mike Finley's fragments series

'flow' image placed in top ten in redbubble challenge


This image was placed in the top ten in a recent redbubble challenge for macro images of dead wood textures.

]]> http://blog.roguegenecollective.com/fragments-flow-top-ten-894.htm/feed 1 Second place print in camera club annual competition http://blog.roguegenecollective.com/second-place-print-in-camera-club-annual-competition-708.htm http://blog.roguegenecollective.com/second-place-print-in-camera-club-annual-competition-708.htm#comments Fri, 21 May 2010 14:28:41 +0000 mike http://blog.roguegenecollective.com/?p=708 Continue reading →]]> Abstract image representing wild fire

Wild Fire - photograph by Mike Finley

A print of this image was placed second in the print class of our camera club’s Annual competition. It is actually a photograph of a small part of the back of a headstone, and shows some texture of the stone, but mostly algae, lichen, and traces of ivy.

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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 redbubble http://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 ‘Poppies’ placed third in IPA ‘simply the best’ competition http://blog.roguegenecollective.com/popies-placed-third-in-ipa-simply-the-best-competition-534.htm http://blog.roguegenecollective.com/popies-placed-third-in-ipa-simply-the-best-competition-534.htm#comments Sun, 27 Dec 2009 16:39:05 +0000 mike http://blog.roguegenecollective.com/?p=534 Continue reading →]]>
Poppies - an image from the fragments series

Poppies - an image from the fragments series

My photographic image Poppies was placed third in the ‘Simply the Best’ competition of the International Photographer’s Alliance group on RedBubble.



“Poppies” is one of a series of images of small images abstracted from the landscape, other examples of which can be seen on redbubble: “fragments” – photographic images by Mike Finley

]]> http://blog.roguegenecollective.com/popies-placed-third-in-ipa-simply-the-best-competition-534.htm/feed 0 Gold Label for Trees at Clint’s Crags http://blog.roguegenecollective.com/gold-label-for-trees-at-clints-crags-525.htm http://blog.roguegenecollective.com/gold-label-for-trees-at-clints-crags-525.htm#comments Fri, 11 Dec 2009 13:04:49 +0000 mike http://blog.roguegenecollective.com/?p=525 Continue reading →]]>
Trees at Clints Crags - monochrome photograph by Mike Finley

Trees at Clint's Crags - monochrome photograph by Mike Finley


A print of this image was awarded a Gold Label by my United Photographic Postfolios Circle, scoring 44 points out of a maximum possible 50 points. It will be exhibited at the UPP 2009-10 exhibition next summer.
Cards and prints available from redbubble

]]> http://blog.roguegenecollective.com/gold-label-for-trees-at-clints-crags-525.htm/feed 2 Speech & Drama Festival http://blog.roguegenecollective.com/speech-drama-festival-486.htm http://blog.roguegenecollective.com/speech-drama-festival-486.htm#comments Sun, 08 Nov 2009 11:12:01 +0000 Aitch http://blog.roguegenecollective.com/?p=486 Continue reading →]]> Next Saturday is the Hornsea Speech and Drama Festival in East Yorkshire.  Every year we enter the members of our Junior and Youth sections for various classes and they compete against young performers across the area for trophies and certificates. It gives them a chance to be adjudicated by a professional and hopefully improve the skills we have tried to encourage in them. Most of the children enter, with only rare occasions when members drop out at the last minute, and it is a very enjoyable, if not at times stressful, day for us all. It starts at 9am and finishes about 5.30pm. I am in the middle of copying the programme for each child and highlighting the clases and times that they are needed, but I know full well that on the day this will not stop the almost constant barrage of  “When am I on next?”  “What’s next?” “Am I before Amber/Laura/Sam” etc etc. Each year we go, we spend most of the time wondering why and the rest of the time feeling proud of our youngsters!

Trophies are held by the winners in each category for one year – Keith and I actually won a trophy last year for “Outstanding contribution to the Hornsea Speech & Drama Festival”, which was a lovely surprise for us! We have been taking the children there for the past 9 years and I think without the members from BADS, the festival would not exist, so they are probably grateful for our input!

I will report back with the results next weekend. We are having extra rehearsals this afternoon from 2 till 5.30pm so hopefully they will all be ready for it by Saturday!

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waterfall by Mike Finley

waterfall by Mike Finley


This is my latest submission to the UPP circle I belong to.
It is a monochrome image of a waterfall in a small stream in the English Lake district. Originally a colour image from a digital camera, it has been reduced to a monochrome image.
Also available as a giclee print via the Rogue Gene Gallery website.

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