Life as seen through my iPhone camera.
This tree picture was another that I took at Lake Ontario park. I actually took a somewhat similar picture back in March on Day 217, but this tree was bigger and the weather was better. I am pretty fascinated by tree trunks that have large holes in them like this, although it's a kind of creeped-out fascination, I admit.
I took the shot with Camera+, cropped it a bit, used the Clarity filter from the Scenes menu and the So Emo filter from Effects.
I went sailing for the first time today. The marina where the boat is docked is on the north side of the lift bridge on the La Salle Causeway so leaving and returning meant coming back as close to the top of the hour as possible so that we could catch the bridge going up. Sailing was great! I'm looking forward to trying it without Essie along sometime so that I can enjoy the full experience without wrangling her but she had a great time as well.
I took this shot with Camera+ and used the Clarity filter on it. I didn't have to crop it or use any other filters. It was a freakishly beautiful day out and all the colours were bright and lovely.
Today's photo is another of the bunch that I took while we were in Niagara On The Lake last weekend. It was blisteringly hot so I ended up putting Essie's hair up in a topknot to keep it off of her neck. I got this shot of her chasing ants while we were in the bandstand and kept coming back to it for the texture of her hair.
I took the shot with Camera+ and then used the Clarity filter from the Scenes menu. I didn't use any other filters because I liked the colour the way it was.
Today's shot is one I took at Lake Ontario Park over the last week. I really liked the textures in this one; grass to rocks to water to sky.
I used Camera+ to take the picture, cropped it, used the Clarity filter from the Scenes menu and the Ansel filter from Effects. I appreciated what Ansel did with the light and shadow of this one.
We got this inflatable wading pool for the backyard on a super-hot summer day after Essie had begged and begged and begged to go to a beach. Since that first day she has preferred to play around the sides of it from the outside instead of getting in; scooping water out to water plants, 'wash' toys, wet her hands for catching bubbles. Everything but wade! It wasn't until this week with her cousin July encouraging her that she finally decided that it was fun to play in as well as around. I posted a similar picture to this on Facebook but absolutely loved the focus in this one; Essie and her splashing so blurred and full of motion, July's hair and expression so detailed and awesome.
I took the shot with Camera+, cropped it, used the Clarity filter from the Scenes menu and the Fashion filter from Effects.
Another picture at Lake Ontario Park. I noticed this fungus growing on the trunk of a tree and liked the contrast of its curvy lines and soft colour against the coarse bark.
I took the picture with Camera+, cropped it, used the Clarity filter from the Scenes menu and the So Emo filter from Effects. (I think if I were fated to be a fungus I'd be emo about it too.)
Some of my favourite photos are ones I take without quite realizing what I was framing. I saw how this tree had a strange branch reaching up and wrapping around itself but it wasn't until i got home and looked at the pictures I'd taken that I saw how it looks like a creature disengaging from the tree and climbing upward. Creepy, but fantastic.
I took the shot with Camera+ and then used the Clarity filter from Effects and the Faded filter from Effects.
