Michael James Brown

Light Layers

Michael Brown — Sat, 25 Apr 2009 05:39:45 +0000

Just an image I took the other night from the balcony….so lazy

Stitch That

Michael Brown — Sat, 04 Apr 2009 00:26:51 +0000

I’m a techo laggard. I’m a tightwad, so I always get technology that is just been superseeded so I get it at half the price it was when it was released. I only recently upgraded from a very early version of PS, simply because I was still getting the results I needed, and for me, there wasn’t a great deal of difference when I did….

Up until now, I didn’t even give the stitching gig a look in because I couldn’t get the vertical resolution required for a 75inch print. Now with a reasonably priced 21meg camera in the 5D, I’m constantly thinking about it. However with every shot I take on the 617, I’m wondering how I would sticth it……. Some images are perfectly stitched (Christian’s Wyadup Rocks perfect example, but then, intrinsically it’s as close to a perfect image I have seen in a long time…), but others I see have stitching hallmarks that are obvious from 100 paces. Then, how do you stitch from a heli, or how do you stitch from a boat. Granted, these are a small percentage of most people’s portfolio, but look at KD’s portfolio, some of his best sellers are from the air.

All will be revealed in good time I suppose……

The Signpost

Michael Brown — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 01:11:15 +0000

Just back from Heron Island on the GB Reef where we had a great photo tour, some of the groups images will be posted soon, some of them are pretty fine looking at those lcd’s/histograms, so hoping they aren’t too much better than my efforts, still that’s good for business isn’t it….

This was one I got the day before you all arrived, up the eastern side of the island at shark bay! Hope you all like it, and can’t wait to see all of yours!

Pacific Stage II

Michael Brown — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 02:43:26 +0000

Thought I’d drag my backside out of bed again this morning to see what was going on out the window, and for the second day I managed to get some good ray action through the cloud and humidity.

Early Mornings…

Michael Brown — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 04:36:47 +0000

I wok up out of bed the other day and saw this out the window….I almost broke my leg scrambling for the camera.’

HERON ISLAND PHOTO TOUR

Michael Brown — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 04:53:42 +0000

I have finally released my first photo tour for 2009, and it will be on the Great Barrier Reef at Voyages Heron Island Resort. All the details are on my site. You need to commit by THIS SATURDAY, as I’m only booking 6 rooms, and 2 have already been reserved. Please visit www.michaeljamesbrown.com for the details.

We should be able to give Heron Island some new promo images without blue casts through them……

Update: I have now sold 3 rooms, so only 3 remain! Details on the website www.michaeljamesbrown.com

Nice clouds, shame about the building….

Michael Brown — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 11:17:24 +0000

Ken Duncan gets clouds like this at Valley View in Yosemite. I get them out the front or my place….

Autumn Nude

Michael Brown — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 19:12:03 +0000

This was one of my first digital origin images. I was a late starter with digital, it was only taken a year or so ago. I love film, I think I was born 20 years too late….

Long White Cloud….

Michael Brown — Sat, 01 Nov 2008 21:38:43 +0000

Visit NZ and you’ll soon see the “Long white cloud”…they are everywhere. There’s anotherone to the left, and probably behind me too. This image probably looks better in colur now I’ve scaled to B&W, as the foreground rock seems to blend in to the mid ground a little too much.. The colour ersion the rock is a lot more prominant….

Storm at Snapper Rocks

Michael Brown — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 02:35:13 +0000

A shot last night down at Snapper Rocks near the NSW border – the weather was a little wilder than it looks.