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
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
| 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 |
| 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
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
“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
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
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 by Mike Hope
| 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 |
| 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
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
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
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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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
Hope you like it!!
Mike Hope
Hi all,
I know I posted the sun up photo in October last year but since then I just revisited some of the shots I took and found three shots in sequence with different shutter speeds from a slightly different angle than the first photo. I put them into Lightroom and used LR/Enfuse to blend them together. Then did a little work in Photoshop to bring out the depth. I have placed some small pictures of the individual shots before I processed them and you can see the difference with the final output. Thought you might like to take a look at how it came out!!
Bye the way, I was using my old Canon 60D and a rental Canon 24-105MM F/4 lens. I rented the Lens from LensRentals.com a great place to try before you by and get the lowdown on all the equipment! One thing I really needed was a sturdy tripod and to remember to use mirror lock-up.
Grand Canyon Sunrise by Mike-Hope
These are the shots with different exposures
Thanks again for taking a look and I appreciate the feedback!
Mike Hope
Mike Hope on Redondo Beach 