Latest submission to UPP – ‘Wheels’

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 [...]
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3 weeks, 3 days ago

‘Branches and Snow’ placed in top ten in ‘Winter’ photography competition

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.
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posted on 2010-01-22

‘Branches and Snow’ placed second in ‘Snow and Ice’ on redbubble

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.
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posted on 2010-01-02

‘Poppies’ placed third in IPA ’simply the best’ competition

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
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posted on 2009-12-27

Gold Label for Trees at Clint’s Crags

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
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posted on 2009-12-11

‘tree and photographer’ placed third (and now also first)

My photograph of a tree on Clint’s Crags in the Lake District (and a photographer friend) was placed third in a competition in the International Photographers Alliance group on redbubble. Cards and prints of this image are available from redbubble. See more of my work available from redbubble on my bubblesite. Update – and also placed first [...]
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posted on 2009-12-09

‘fragments’ series available from redbubble

I’m working on a series of images based on small parts of objects in the landscape. Mostly these are parts of natural objects, which present a different impression when only a small part is seen, or are man-made objects abandoned and transformed by nature. An initial selection are available from my account on redbubble as cards [...]
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posted on 2009-11-10

image metadata for artists

I’ve posted what I hope is a useful introduction to image metadata for artists on the Selected Artworks site.
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posted on 2009-10-13

image blog

If you want to see a sample of some other art that interests me, visit my image blog, where I've got a selection of images from emerging artists, and will be adding more to the collection every couple of days.