Just playing around with some older pics and turned this late summer photo into an autumn “Bridge to Darkness”, slightly surreal look picture. I think it leads you into a foreboding scene where only you imagination can hint at what you might find!!!
Bridge to Darkness by Mike-Hope
Hope you like it, let me know where it might lead?
Thanks for taking a look,
Mike-Hope
Hi all,
Thought you might like to check out REDBUBBLE, it’s a great place to showcase your art work and maybe make a few bucks selling some items. I put some of my photos up and have already sold a couple of items. You can turn your art or photos into phone cases, ipad covers, wall art or apparel, including T-shirts, Leggings and other cool stuff…
Take a look and let me know what you think…
Oh yeah and it’s FREE!!!
Thanks for taking a look…
Mike-Hope
This is a really cool animation of a Christmas village. Great for a screensaver or TV background display. I really like it…
Thanks for taking a look and Happy Holidays to all…
Mike Hope
Hi guys,
Thought you might to check out my new photo page on Facebook… It is a pretty cool idea if you have items you’d like to sell, or services you want to offer… It’s free, but if you want to promote your page it will cost you a few bucks. Check it out at MikeHopePhotos and see what you think!!
Mike Hope Photos
Thanks again for taking a look,
Hi all,
This is a photograph I thought you might like that I took of Petworth house approaching from an old cart track towards an old giant tree. There are two figures in the distance approaching the house. It is late afternoon and the clouds were beginning to gather. It just had that moody effect and classic english country side feel. It reminds me of famous painting but I’m still trying to find it. The grounds were designed by Capability Brown. J. W Turner and Anthony Van Dyck used to hang out there, amongst others, so I am sure one of them painted a similar scene… Let me know if you have any ideas!
Petworth House by Mike Hope
I got a really nice reply from Gustavo Moniz Ferreira who saw my photo on 500px and did a little research on a painting I shot displayed at the above Petworth House. He found out that the painting of the table (below) is called “Gulliver Presented to the Queen of Brobdignag” and the author is Charles Robert Leslie. The picture was painted in 1834/35 and has the dimensions of 100 x 123 cm.
“Gulliver Presented to the Queen of Brobdignag” painted by Charles Robert Leslie. Photo by Mike-Hope
Thanks again for taking a look,
Mike Hope
Hi all, Autumn is coming!!
Thought you might like to take a look at this one. I shot this when in Castle Combe. The bridge across the river “By Brook” to the Manor in Castle Combe UK on the edge of the Cotswolds. A magical “Harry Potter” village. This is a beautiful village really a must visit if you are in the cotswolds!
The Bridge to Autumn by Mike-Hope
Thanks for taking a look!
Mike-Hope
Hi all,
I was in Santa Monica yesterday and caught this giant old Fig Tree. It was at the Fairmont Hotel on Wilshire near to Ocean. I thought for a moment there was a Howler monkey lurking in the branches. Can you see him? Thought you might like to take a look! Check it out on 500px too…
Old Fig Tree by Mike-Hope
Hi all,
Hope you have a Happy and Safe 4th of July!!!
I just posted this one on 500px and thought you might like to take a look! It is the two towers at Century Park where the Annenberg Space for photography has some great exhibits, currently Country: Portraits of an American Sound. It really is worth a visit and is always free!! Can’t beat that… I took this photo while looking up on a sunny and clear afternoon. Then I used some post black and white filters to give it the dramatic effect.
Towers by Mike-Hope
Thank you again for taking a look!! and Happy 4th!!
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
Thanks for checking it out!!
Mike-Hope
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 by Mike-Hope
Thank you for taking a look,
Mike Hope
Mike Hope on Redondo Beach 