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:
A butterfly in the gardens of Yeli Island - Zhuhai (possibly one of the many huge butterflies that the young boy in the previous photo was pointing at).

POST PROCESSING:
Sharpen, crop, levels/curves, edged vignette.

This feed item was originally published on 03/07/2010 under: fauna, flora, photos, places, zhuhai

© 2010 Mike Hudson for seriocomic.

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.