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Hermosa Beach – One Minute on Earth Project – June 21st, 2014

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I took this shot on Pier Ave., Hermosa Beach yesterday as part of the One Minute on Earth photo project with Kujaja.com. Everyone takes a photo at exactly the same time around the world. Then Kujaja will put together a book where all the proceeds go to helping a children’s orphanage in Cape Town South Africa!! I’ll keep you posted on the progress…
Taken at Hermosa Beach Pier Ave. June 21st, 2014

Taken at Hermosa Beach Pier Ave. June 21st, 2014

You can see the actual picture at Kujaja.com
Thank you for taking a look and check out all the One Minute on Earth photos at KuJaJa. I think you’ll like them…
Mike-Hope

Hi all,

I was inspired to put this together from another picture using wet glass. I took five pictures of the sunflowers with different exposures and fused them in an HDR program. Then I used filter software to create the wet glass layer look and blended it together.  Let me know if you like it!!

 

Wet Sunflower by Mike-Hope

Wet Sunflower by Mike-Hope

Thanks for checking it out!!

 

Mike-Hope

Wet Sunflowers by Mike Hope

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Time Moves

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Hi all,

Thought you might like to take a look at this one. I took a shot of an ornamental gift clock / weigh machine in a great curio shop in Lake Arrowhead. Hand held with the Canon EOS-M and a 40mm lens on f/2.8 in low light so I could get a narrow depth of field and natural look. Then I applied some oil paint effects in post to give it the oiled canvas look, adjusting light contrast etc., as I went. Let me know what you think?

Time Moves

Time Moves by Mike-Hope

 

Thank you for taking a look,

Mike Hope

Redondo Beach Home Sales May 2014

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Hey all,

Here is a quick update for the Redondo Beach Home sales in our neighborhood for May of this year. Sales are still pretty good with a slight upward trend in price. Some potential buyers are still holding back due to lack of equity in the property they would like to sell helping to cool the market. For more information on property values and sales check out Cecily Lee at ceilylee.com or call Cecily Lee on 310-376-5673

 

Rescue by Mike Hope

Rescue by Mike Hope

 

 

Townhome sales in our neighborhood for May 2014

 

ADDRESS SQUARE FT BED BATH YR BUILT SALES PRICE DOM LOT SQ FT SALE DATE
222
S Irena AV #D		 1,352 2 1 1979 $564,000 156 — 05/16/14
606 N Guadalupe AV #G 1,504 2 2 1979 $615,000 12 — 05/23/14
708 El
Redondo AV #4		 1,541 2 2 1980 $626,000 10 — 05/13/14
506 N
Helberta AV #3		 1,292 2 2 1980 $710,000 7 — 05/07/14
212 N Lucia AV #B 1,766 3 2 1990 $768,000 23 — 05/06/14
523 N Juanita AV #A 2,200 3 2 2005 $1,075,000 6 — 05/05/14
205 S
Helberta AV #B		 2,644 4 3 2000 $1,125,000 0 — 05/20/14


Single Family Home sales in our neighborhood for May 2014

 

ADDRESS SQUARE FT BED BATH YR BUILT SALES PRICE DOM LOT SQ FT SALE DATE
103
N Lucia		 592 2 1 1924 $540,000 93 4,032 05/07/14
103 N Juanita 1,012 3 1 1924 $799,000 53 3,013 05/07/14
301 N
Francisca AV		 3,233 5 3 1990 $895,000 102 3,735 05/23/14

Information is deemed reliable, but not guaranteed. Cecily Lee, Redondo Beach Realtor, Redondo Beach Homes for Sale and Redondo Beach CA Real Estate.

Thanks again for stopping by,

Mike-Hope

 

COSMOS -A Spacetime Odyssey

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Have you been watching  Cosmos 2014 with Neil DeGrasse Tyson? This is quite amazing and a real tribute to Carl Sagan who co-wrote and presented the original awesome series!! If you haven’t seen this series you should check it out the production is amazing and the logic flawless.  The last enthralling episode will help many of us understand more fully the causes and consequences of global climate change. For some this may be an eye opener and for all it should be a call to action!! You can check it out on-line at COSMOS: A Spacetime Odyssey

Ancestors

“We are alive thanks to our countless ancestors who have survived for over 3 billion years”

“Look again at that dot. That’s here. That’s home. That’s us. On it everyone you love, everyone you know, everyone you ever heard of, every human being who ever was, lived out their lives. The aggregate of our joy and suffering, thousands of confident religions, ideologies, and economic doctrines, every hunter and forager, every hero and coward, every creator and destroyer of civilization, every king and peasant, every young couple in love, every mother and father, hopeful child, inventor and explorer, every teacher of morals, every corrupt politician, every “superstar,” every “supreme leader,” every saint and sinner in the history of our species lived there-on a mote of dust suspended in a sunbeam. Carl Sagan

Let’s turn Carl Sagan’s vision and Neil DeGrasse Tyson’s tenacity into reality. We can make this into a “Garden of Eden“, we have the power if we have the will!! The strength of humanity is in it’s common bond and that common bond can drive us to great things. As it says on the web photo “We are alive thanks to our countless ancestors who have survived for over 3 billion years” To reflect on this, just for a short time, makes us realise that hardships and sacrifices they all went through to bring us to this point in our long and turbulent history. Let’s not forget our heritage and do what all those millions of voices would be imploring us to do! After all it is their world too…

Thanks for stopping by,

Mike Hope

 

Mike-Hope at 500px Prime

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Hi everyone,

Just thought I’d let you know that some of my photo’s are now up on 500px Prime. It’s a new site from 500px and thought you might like to take a look and let me know what you think. Of course unless you want to license a photo don’t buy anything!!! Just go to the regular 500px site and you can download the same image for a lot less 🙂  Anyway, take a look and let me know what you think of the site!

Mike-Hope at 500px Prime

Mike-Hope at 500px Prime

 

Redondo Beach Home Sales – April 2014

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Hi all,

Here is the Redondo Beach Home Sales in our area for April. Slight slow down on March and prices seem relatively stable with a small upward swing. For more information check out Cecily Lee’s site at cecilylee.com. If you are thinking of buying or selling a home or would like advice on you homes value you can call Cecily Lee on 310-376-5673

 

Redondo Beach on a windy Mothers Day

Redondo Beach on a windy Mothers Day by Mike Hope

April 2014 Townhome sales in our neighborhood

 

ADDRESS SQUARE FT BED BATH YR BUILT SALES PRICE DOM LOT SQ FT SALE DATE
220 S Prospect AV #9 1,501 2 1 1980 $608,000 1 — 04/08/14
709 N Juanita AV #4 1,434 3 2 1975 $625,000 176 — 04/08/14
620 N Irena AV #B 2,491 4 4 1989 $1,030,000 10 — 04/25/14
511 N Maria AV #A 2,417 4 2 2004 $1,255,000 7 — 04/15/14

 

April 2014 Single Family Home sales in our neighborhood 


ADDRESS SQUARE FT BED BATH YR BUILT SALES PRICE DOM LOT SQ FT SALE DATE
308 N Prospect AV 1,248 3 2 1960 $679,500 143 6,320 04/08/14
1015
Garnet ST		 1,464 3 2 1960 $760,000 21 3,655 04/25/14
211
S Irena		 1,022 2 1 1914 $1,02,000 24 6,616 04/21/14
527 N Guadalupe 3,700 5 4 2014 $1,605,000 5 4,894 04/29/14

Information is deemed reliable, but not guaranteed. Cecily Lee, Redondo Beach Realtor, Redondo Beach Homes for sale and Redondo Beach CA Real Estate
Thanks again for stopping by,

Mike Hope

Just for Fun!!

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I was at the Brit Week  stands on Third Street Prom last weekend and had a blast!! The new Jaguar F-Type was on display and being a Brit couldn’t resist taking a closer look…

Having a ride in the new F-Type

Having a ride in the new F-Type

 

I didn’t actually go anywhere just blurred the background a bit in Photoshop and imagined I was driving up Pacific Coast Highway!! Jaguar is now owned by Tata Motors of India and it didn’t quite have the feel or finesse of the old Jags. It’s a shame to see all the old and famous names migrate across the oceans but that’s progress I suppose!! The starting price isn’t too bad and you can drive one off for 69 grand plus tax. No extras of course!!

Thanks again for taking a look…

Mike Hope

Reflections

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To look at ourselves in reverse is another way of reflecting on the future! To truley see the way forward we must walk into the hall of mirrors and understand where the light originates from… It must shine from within illuminated by what has been learnt from the past.

Mike Hope

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Santa Monica Parking

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Hi all,

Hope you are having fun this weekend!! We went over to the Brit Week on Third Street Promanade in Santa Monica on Saturday. It was a lot of fun, then Third Street is always a lot of fun, with the activity and street performers, you can’t help having a good time! I shot a few photos and hopefully will upload some more soon. This one I shot on the way back to the car and just thought it was pretty funky!! What do you think?

Santa Monica Parking by Mike Hope

Santa Monica Parking by Mike Hope

Hope you like it!!

Mike Hope