THE PHOTO:
A tree branch that was reaching out across the entrance to Ta Prohm in Cambodia - the sinewy nature of the trunk seemed almost alien.

POST PROCESSING:
Sharpen, Crop, B&W with tint, Levels.

This feed item was originally published on 17/02/2010 under: cambodia, flora, photos, places

© 2010 Mike Hudson for seriocomic.

THE PHOTO:
Water lily and weed-workers on the Angor Wat moat that surrounds the famous complex in Cambodia.

POST PROCESSING:
Quite a lot for a relatively simple shot: shadow/highlight, masked semi-transparent layer (soft-light) on the workers to maintain lighting detail, duplicated blended layer with Gaussian blur, levels, curves, noise reduction, smart-sharpen, and extensive manual cloning of dust-dimples on the water that were exaggerated by the sharpening process.

This feed item was originally published on 10/02/2010 under: cambodia, flora, people, photos, places

© 2010 Mike Hudson for seriocomic.

THE PHOTO:
Lilys in the pond in front of the main Angkor Wat temple in Cambodia.

POST PROCESSING:
USM, levels, dodge/burn, crop.

This feed item was originally published on 26/01/2010 under: cambodia, flora, photos, places

© 2010 Mike Hudson for seriocomic.

THE PHOTO:
Droplets on a soft rippled petal. Taken in Daylesford at the historic Convent gardens.

POST PROCESSING:
RAW pre-processing (contrast), sharpen.

This feed item was originally published on 07/01/2010 under: daylesford, flora, macro, photos, places

© 2010 Mike Hudson for seriocomic.

THE PHOTO:
Taken in a Daylesford garden, looking towards Mt Franklin (not convinced that's it in the background - but lets pretend that it is).

POST PROCESSING:
Sharpen, Levels, Dodge/Burn.

This feed item was originally published on 30/12/2009 under: daylesford, flora, photos, places

© 2009 Mike Hudson for seriocomic.

THE PHOTO:
An interesting bloom in the gardens of a Holiday House I rented recently in Daylesford, Victoria.

POST PROCESSING:
Selective cloning (out) of right-side bright spot, USM, dodge/burn, vignette, levels, crop.

This feed item was originally published on 06/12/2009 under: flora, photos

© 2009 Mike Hudson for seriocomic.

THE PHOTO:
Macro of an interesting floral bloom taken at a botanical garden in rural Victoria.

POST PROCESSING:
RAW Pre-processing (recovery), straighten, levels, crop, smart-sharpen, noise reduction.

This feed item was originally published on 29/11/2009 under: flora, 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:
Water drops on a tulip petal - extreme macro. Taken in the Convent Gallery gardens in Daylesford.

POST PROCESSING:
Very minor - RAW Pre-processing, levels, USM.

This feed item was originally published on 07/11/2009 under: abstract, flora, macro, photos

© 2009 Mike Hudson for seriocomic.