The New Year begins with the weekly phoneography challenge brought together by Sally Donatello at Lens and Pens by Sally. The first Monday of the month is all about nature.
I began using my Samsung Galaxy more than ever at Christmas time, when I took this photo in a San Francisco flower shop; and just returned from a trip to Las Vegas where I purposefully did not take my DSLR, and decided to see what I could do with just my phone. It turns out quite a lot, and this may be my trend for the year.
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great shot!
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Thanks!
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Fabulous movie poster feel to this shot Angeline!
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Thanks, Patti! You’ve just made my evening!.
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sea life, of corse! but – when I saw the picture first, I thought of a big firework. a silent one 😉 happy new year!
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sea live! yes. but my thoughts went to a firework lightening… happy new year!
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That is a great perspective! Thanks, Stephanie. And Happy New Year to you too.
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This is an amazing photo. We’re an android family and there don’t seem to be quite as many gadgets available as for the iphones – but you’ve done this really well on the Galaxy. (What app did you use?)
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Thanks,Margaret! I agree about seemingly fewer android apps than there are for the iPhone, and having prevously owned an iPhone, I get a bit frustrated sometimes. For this photo I used Snapseed, which really covers a big area for creative post processing.
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Wow
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Thanks, bulldog. This cacti has quite the personality.
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It is lovely Angeline. I must look in to my phone camera more as well.
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Thanks, Jo. I hadn’t done a lot lately with the phone camera, but this last week really got me going on it.
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Striking picture, love this a great deal.. Take care and happy blogging to ya…
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Thanks, sweetpea. Happy New Year blogging to you too!
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Angeline, this has a sci-fi feel to it as well as the under-the-sea vibe. Lovely! I use my iPhone 5S almost exclusively for my photos and almost every photo on my blog is taken with it. So easy to carry!! 🙂 You’re going to have a blast with yours.
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Thanks, Janet! I had used my phone more in the past, and then let it go. Now the last couple of weeks have opened my eyes again to what that phone can do. I really do look forward to getting the iPhone.
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I was thinking it would make a wonderful book cover illustration for SciFi – I’m so glad I wasn’t the only one.
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Thanks so much!
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What a great shot of the cacti, Angeline. The angle you took for this one is just so clever!
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Thanks, Amy. I had never seen a plant like this before.
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Love it!
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Thanks, Cindy!
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Angeline, lovely textures of sea life. It seems that my iPhone 6 is a more constant companion than my DSLR. I know exactly what you are implying. By the way, there are so many accessories for this technology. The capabilities are increasing with external lenses almost available for the 6, which I will get. I have a gadget that allows me to use my real tripod with the iPhone. There are such incremental changes in quality plus the obvious convenience. My best to you for a calm and serene New Year, and many new discoveries now that you live in the Bay area. Happy Photo Challenge.
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This cacti does look like a sea anemone. I am hoping to make the switch to an iPhone six in the summer, and cannot wait to get back to the iPhone camera.
Thanks for the good wishes for the New Year, and may you also have a year filled with making beautiful photographs.
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