Falling Close Photo by Mike Hope — National Geographic Your Shot

Taken early morning walking around Quinault lake in the Olympic National forest, not far from Quinault Lodge

Source: Falling Close Photo by Mike Hope — National Geographic Your Shot

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Just added a few more pics to this great Nat Geo photo site…sign up for free!!

Thanks for taking a look,

Mike-Hope

 

Monsters in the Bathroom, and Other Stuff

This is some pretty cool art work…

Tulika Bahadur's avatarOn Art and Aesthetics

Gergana Zmiicharova

The daughter of an art professor and former art critic at the National Gallery of Bulgaria, Gergana Zmiicharova, based in the city of Pernik, paints, clicks and acts. She had her first exhibition at the age of 16 and later studied at the National Academy for Theatre and Film Arts and the New Bulgarian University in Sofia.

As a theatre actress, she has performed in plays such as “Joan of Arc” and “Romeo and Juliet”. In the capacity of a painter, she likes creating bright and colourful psychological pieces. When into photography, she mostly explores literary narratives. “When I was younger,” she says, “the prevailing topics of my work (photography and fine arts both) wеre simple things like family, kids, everyday life, love. I used to do a lot of works based on fairytales, stories, songs. Now, I have probably became more mature. The main topics of my art are much…

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Nice Soundz from Tribal Culture…

Oh!, and I have a test album on Souncloud too…

It’s really just a mish mash of sounds I was trying out on the computer for a little bit of fun…

Anyway maybe one you might like 🙂

Mike-Hope

New Photos Just Up on Wix!

New Photos Just Up on Wix!

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Crescent Lake in the Evening by Mike-Hope

Hey guys I just posted some new photos on Wix. This is an exciting new website creator that’s easy, fun and FREE!! So far I am really loving it and am having fun building the pages. Take a quick look and I’m sure you will like what you see…

 October 29, 2016

Mike-Hope

A few more up the coast to Canada…

I have just posted some more pictures from our travels up the Oregon Coast to Washington and beyond! take a look and let me know what you think…

500px Photo ID: 172532455 - Lighthouse at Heceta Head near Arch Cape Oregon

Heceta Lighthouse, Oregon by Mike-Hope

Thanks for taking a look and hope you like the photos’s…
Mike-Hope

Pixlr First Look!!

I was just trying this app on my cell phone and found it to be really comprehensive, easy to use and fun!! It will do all the basics, like cropping, resizing, rotating etc., and then has loads of fun stuff like filters, effects, overlays, collage, text and more… I really like it so far and is one of the better ones out there for real editing on the go.

Here is a photo edited in Pixlr

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This one was taken at the San Juan Capistrano Mission on the weekend and edited with the phone app. It is fast and fun and FREE!!!

Hope you like it and check out Pixlr too…

Mike-Hope

 

End of the Trail… Route 66

Hi all,

I just posted some more photographs on the Fine Art America site and thought you might like to take a look… This on I caught on Santa Monica Pier the other weekend when out walking about…

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Route 66 End of the Trail – Mike-Hope

Thanks for taking a look…
Mike-Hope

50 G.O.P. Officials Warn Donald Trump Would Put Nation’s Security ‘at Risk’

“He is unable or unwilling to separate truth from falsehood,” the letter says. “He does not encourage conflicting views. He lacks self-control and acts impetuously. He cannot tolerate personal criticism. He has alarmed our closest allies with his erratic behavior. All of these are dangerous qualities in an individual who aspires to be president and commander in chief, with command of the U.S. nuclear arsenal.”

https://static01.nyt.com/video/players/offsite/index.html?videoId=100000004554934

Full Article… New York Times

 

Michael Moore’s take…

This will bring it home on why we all need to do our best to stop this con artist, liar and cheat from gaining control of this country and playing into the hands of terrorists whom he would assist in making the world a more dangerous place.  We owe it to all those that depend on the United States around the world not to let this happen. We have a duty not to let them down. Whatever your political persuasion, this is not about politics it’s about people’s lives and common decency, things that Donald Trump could not care less about! If you care about this country then Trump must be voted down.

Michael Moore’s take.
Thanks,

Mike Hope

Natural History Revisited

Hi all,

I was just going through some photos of London and thought this one could do with a little rework using a Lightroom filter I found from Presetpro. I applied the filter then tweaked it a little to bring out some highlights in the colors. I think it gives more pop to the photo…

NAT HIST by Mike-Hope

Natural History Museum by Mike-Hope

Let me know what you think…

Thanks for taking a look,

Mike-Hope