#iPhoneography Tips & Tricks

The iPhone is a simple, though powerful tool. It’s ease of operation often belies the sophisticated mathematical and computer algorithms which undergird it’s operations. The integrated movie and still camera is one of the iPhone’s highlights, and Apple, Inc. makes every opportunity to improve the images the camera produces.

Quite honestly, the iPhone is perhaps my favorite creative imaging tool… as you may likely attest, if you’ve been following my photo stream for any time. There are very few things the iPhone can do that my Nikon DSLR cannot. There are a few features on the iPhone which the Nikon does not have, and vice versa. One is the Nikon’s ability to create RAW images, whereas the iPhone creates only JPEG images. By the same token, the iPhone has a “Burst” mode, whereas the Nikon does not. And I’ve been able to obtain images with my iPhone that my Nikon could never get, such as bluebird hatchlings in their nest box.

The diminutive size of the iPhone belies it’s strength, and the ubiquitous modern smartphone with integrated camera is now so commonplace that

We All Love… Silly Pet Pictures

Seen here, Izzy, the dog has “rescued” a discarded empty of chips from the trash bin, apparently in hopes of obtaining a smidgen of a tasty morsel. / Photo by SRL

Do Animals…

Things like this – Cat LOL videos, stories of animals having friendships, and other similarly expressive photos & stories (such as the depressed goat which was separated from, then was reunited with it’s longtime donkey companion) – are quite fascinating.

The reason why should be self-evident. Which is, that we find them humorous or entertaining because we ascribe human traits to animals.

From childhood, I never considered the

Massive Winter Storm Blasts USA: Satellite pic Feb 01 2011

The original image size is 800×762 pixels, far too large to fit in this space. The photo is linked to the original NOAA source.

I’m gonna’ sleep with one eye open from now on.

A miserable excuse of an
animal… Ladies and Gentlemen – introducing, for your viewing
pleasure… Runt the Cat!! Actually, I write facetiously. He’s a
pretty good ol’ cat… for a cat. Lyric excerpt & title
from: The bluegrass tune, “I’m gonna sleep with one eye open” I M
GONNA SLEEP WITH ONE EYE O (Legal Title); BMI Work #656627;
Alternate Titles: SLEEP WITH ONE EYE OPEN; Songwriter/Composer;
Current Affiliation; CAE/IPI # – FLATT, LESTER; BMI; 10343544
Publishers: APRS; BMI; 1156248

I don’t know how you did it, but…

Mandelbrot fractal pattern

 

You made me love you.