Mike Child Photography

Macro Competition

Mike — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 22:00:45 +0000

I received an honours at last night’s Macro competition for this flower shot.

and a highly commended for this praying mantis shot

Photojournalism Competition

Mike — Wed, 05 May 2010 22:00:21 +0000

Two more honours awards at last nights Henderson Photographic Society competitions.

I got an honours for my ANZAC day image in the Photojournalism competition.

And another honours in the open subject for this pregnancy photo.

ANZAC Day 2010

Mike — Sun, 25 Apr 2010 10:28:05 +0000

One of my favourite photos from this mornings ANZAC day dawn service at the Auckland War Memorial Museum.

Night Light Competition

Mike — Wed, 07 Apr 2010 10:30:33 +0000

I received an honours for this night shot from Piha in tonights Night Light competition.

(Note: this definitely looks best at larger sizes, so click on it to see a larger version)

Contemplating Infinity

Content-Aware Fill in Photoshop CS5

Mike — Fri, 26 Mar 2010 01:18:48 +0000

Wow, this is so impressive!

This amazing new feature in the upcoming release of Adobe Photoshop CS5 looks as though it would be worth the cost of the upgrade all by itself – and I’m sure there are lots of other great new features on the way to.

Avatar and Pocahontas mashup

Mike — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 19:33:40 +0000

Don’t get me wrong, I loved Avatar. I enjoyed the story and it was visually stunning, but as this mashup video shows, boy was it a rip off of Pocahontas.

CFV 426 – Avatar/Pocahontas Mashup FINAL VERSION from Randy Szuch on Vimeo.

Amazing Carpenter from Venice

Mike — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 00:07:36 +0000

Check out the amazing carpentry skills of this guy from Venice.

How about a hand carved, wooden Ferrari boat?

Steampunk Apple iMac

Mike — Tue, 23 Mar 2010 20:08:03 +0000

Check out the amazing steampunk refit these guys can do with your computer.

Visit Old Time Computer for more.

Photo Essay Competition

Mike — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 10:30:54 +0000

Officially promoted to the Salon grade (which is the highest level) of the Henderson Photographic Society tonight, and received an honours for my photo essay of the Muriwai gannet colony.

The old tablecloth trick – super sized.

Mike — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:16:47 +0000