michael.gardner15's photostream  

I'm an Australian. Retired journalist, living in Belgium. Busy writing a book, and taking photographs. I like the seasonal faces of nature, and unusual sky/cloud formations. I also like street photography... people, just being people.
I try to be honest with my photography. I don't like digital enhancement of my images, and when I do "fiddle", I say so in the caption. It's purely a personal preference -- I admire the work of some HDR exponents, but there are others who (in my opinion) distort colours beyond all recognition, and I think having ultra-sharp focus and stark detail in foreground, middleground and distance simultaenously is contrary to nature.
I guess you could call me old-fashioned...
I spend several hours each day just keeping up with my contacts, and I can't always respond to comments on my photostream or add new contacts and do them the justice they deserve. I'm reluctant to add those who already have thousands of contacts...
All of my images are copyright (all rights reserved) and are not available for galleries inclusion. Any image must NOT be copied, blogged or used for any other purpose without my permission.