THE PHOTO:
Another from the archives. This one taken in March 2009 at the Melbourne Zoological Gardens, featuring the same Orangutan as the one in this shot.

In this frame he looks somewhat forlorn and "over it".

POST PROCESSING:
Pre-processing (lighting) in LightRoom, bleach bypass and vignette in PhotoShop with selective dodge/burn and curves/levels. A fair amount of sharpening was added to crystallize the eyes and bring out the facial detail.

This feed item was originally published on 29/08/2010 under: fauna, melbourne, photos, places

© 2010 Mike Hudson for seriocomic.

THE PHOTO:
Archive raiding again - this time from a road trip soon after I moved to Melbourne, out in the country-side...somewhere...

The cleverly observant amongst you will notice from the EXIF data that this was actually taken in the morning rather, as the name suggests, late. Too late, I had already saved the file with that filename.

POST PROCESSING:
RAW pre-processing in LightRoom, sharpen, levels, shadow/highlight, crop.

This feed item was originally published on 17/08/2010 under: landscapes, melbourne, photos, places

© 2010 Mike Hudson for seriocomic.

THE PHOTO:
Archive hunting again, this time I decided to blend two exposures taken from atop the parking building adjacent to the Police HQ building in Docklands overlooking the historic Goods Shed building and facing intersection. A ninety-degree anti-clockwise view of the Docklands corridor taken from the same spot is here.

POST PROCESSING:
Two exposures blended (layers), crop, dodge/burn, levels.

This feed item was originally published on 11/08/2010 under: cityscape, melbourne, photos, places, structures

© 2010 Mike Hudson for seriocomic.

THE PHOTO:
Fireworks over Docklands in Melbourne.

POST PROCESSING:
Black & White, 55mm filter (tinting), Crop, Sharpen.

This feed item was originally published on 06/08/2010 under: cityscape, melbourne, monochrome, photos, places

© 2010 Mike Hudson for seriocomic.

THE PHOTO:
Inside the mountain-top monument overlooking Port Arthur (Lushun) harbour, China - but looking down in to the rickety wooden staircase.

POST PROCESSING:
3-exposure HDR composited and tone-mapped in Photomatix, Vignette and Bleach Bypass in Photoshop.

This feed item was originally published on 04/08/2010 under: dalian, general, hdr, photos, places, structures

© 2010 Mike Hudson for seriocomic.

THE PHOTO:
Probably my last shot from Dalian, China - this being taken on the Bin Hai road lookout. There's nothing like a quaint old bike to take a photographer's fancy.

POST PROCESSING:
Pre-processing in Adobe Lightroom, Sharpen, 55mm Filter (black and white, vignette), Levels.

This feed item was originally published on 02/08/2010 under: dalian, monochrome, photos, places

© 2010 Mike Hudson for seriocomic.

THE PHOTO:
A revisiting of a shot I took in 2008 near where I live in Docklands, Melbourne. This time the shot is (obviously) taken at night, with the Bolte Bridge in the background.

POST PROCESSING:
Pre-processing in Lightroom, Sharpen, Crop.

This feed item was originally published on 31/07/2010 under: cityscape, melbourne, photos, places

© 2010 Mike Hudson for seriocomic.

THE PHOTO:
A Chinese zodiac statue whispers in the ear of an inattentive person enjoying the public park space in Labor Park, Dalian.

POST PROCESSING:
55mm Filter - 'aged', crop, sharpen, shadow/highlight.

This feed item was originally published on 23/07/2010 under: dalian, monochrome, people, photos, places

© 2010 Mike Hudson for seriocomic.

THE PHOTO:
A stand of trees in the popular Labor Park in Dalian.

POST PROCESSING:
Crop, levels/curves, shadow/highlight, USM.

This feed item was originally published on 21/07/2010 under: dalian, flora, photos, places

© 2010 Mike Hudson for seriocomic.

THE PHOTO:
A rare 'older' piece of architecture found in the relatively young city of Dalian in China.

POST PROCESSING:
3-shot HDR composited and tone-mapped in Photomatix. Shadow/highlight, levels/curves, rotate and crop.

This is a 55mm 'aged' filter - I was torn between this effect and the color one below:

I'd be interested to hear what you think about which one is better...

This feed item was originally published on 19/07/2010 under: dalian, hdr, monochrome, photos, places, structures

© 2010 Mike Hudson for seriocomic.