THE PHOTO:
Not your normal overseas holiday snap, but who can resist a butterfly basking in the early morning light?

Taken in Cambodia near one of the temples in the Angkor Wat complex.

POST PROCESSING:
Smart Sharpen, Noise Reduction (to remove sharpening artifacts), Vignette, Crop, Levels, Dodge/Burn on butterfly to enhance contrast, Color Balance.

This feed item was originally published on 06/02/2010 under: fauna, photos

© 2010 Mike Hudson for seriocomic.

THE PHOTO:
HDR of the waterfalls at Trentham outside of Daylesford. Taken during a recent holiday in the area.

POST PROCESSING:
3 shot HDR merged and tone-mapped in Photomatix. Levels/curves in PS3, dodge/burn, USM.

This feed item was originally published on 22/12/2009 under: fauna, hdr, photos

© 2009 Mike Hudson for seriocomic.

THE PHOTO:
A male Superb Fairywren who seemed quite friendly and happy to get up and close on the two occasions we visited the Lavendula Lavender Farm recently.

POST PROCESSING:
USM, Levels, Curves, Dodge on eye and more sharpening.

This feed item was originally published on 13/12/2009 under: fauna, photos

© 2009 Mike Hudson for seriocomic.

THE PHOTO:
A garden snail posing for his Facebook profile shot.

POST PROCESSING:
Rotate, Crop, Levels, Vignette, USM.

This feed item was originally published on 08/12/2009 under: fauna, macro, photos

© 2009 Mike Hudson for seriocomic.

THE PHOTO:
A ladybird in a flowering tree. Actually there were hundreds on this particular tree so it must be a specific variety. The problem with photographing ladybirds is that, unless you get them early in the morning, they scurry around so constantly that its hard to get a clear shot - this was the closest I got from about 20 efforts.

Taken in Knyeton, Victoria.

POST PROCESSING:
RAW Pre-processing, USM, levels/curves, shadow/highlight, duplicate layer (blended) with gaussian blur, crop.

This feed item was originally published on 19/11/2009 under: fauna, flora, macro, photos

© 2009 Mike Hudson for seriocomic.

THE PHOTO:
Flower and Bee, together in har-mon-ee :)

Taken in the Lavandula Lavender Farm gardens - a highlight from my 4 days in the Hepburn Spa area - more photos from here to come.

POST PROCESSING:
RAW Pre-Processing, Crop, USM, Levels.

This feed item was originally published on 12/11/2009 under: fauna, flora, macro, photos

© 2009 Mike Hudson for seriocomic.

THE PHOTO:
The famous King Penguins from the Melbourne Aquarium.

POST PROCESSING:
USM, crop, levels, selective curves.

This feed item was originally published on 12/07/2009 under: fauna, photos

© 2009 Mike Hudson for seriocomic.

THE PHOTO:
A recent attempt to see an exhibition at the Melbourne Museum failed, leaving me to revisit the old bony folk aka Dinosaurs. Here's the lovely gnashers of one big bloke.

POST PROCESSING:
Levels, Curves, USM, Hue/Sat.

This feed item was originally published on 06/07/2009 under: fauna, general, melbourne, photos, places

© 2009 Mike Hudson for seriocomic.

THE PHOTO:
A goose on a pond in Mt Macedon.

POST PROCESSING:
USM, Crop, Levels, Shadow/Highlight, Dodge/Burn, Gaussian Blurred blended layer.

This feed item was originally published on 22/04/2009 under: fauna, monochrome, photos

© 2009 Mike Hudson for seriocomic.

THE PHOTO:
Archive raiding because I have no new material (hence the lack of posting). Taken the other week at the Melbourne Zoo, a water-bird catching me disturbing it's stroll.

POST PROCESSING:
Levels, Curves, USM, Vignette (blended layer), Dodge/Burn, Hue/Sat, Crop.

This feed item was originally published on 21/03/2009 under: fauna, photos

© 2009 Mike Hudson for seriocomic.