Whirlwind

These leaves were stuck to a porch screen during a recent storm.

I'm still trying to learn the Laminar app. For this photo taken on the iPhone 4 and processed on the new iPad, I selected Laminar's radial blur effect at 100%, followed by the splatter texture at 50%.

Then I slightly bumped the saturation in iPhoto.

Barely Holding On, #2

Photo Walk for Exercise, Rock Springs Park, O'Fallon, Illinois

This totally iOS photo was taken on an iPhone 4 and processed on the new iPad using Laminar's auto white balance and FX vintage archaic filter at 90%.

Not Now!

Photo Walk for Exercise, Rock Springs Park, O'Fallon, Illinois

This totally iOS photo was taken on an iPhone 4 and processed on the new iPad using Laminar's saturation adjustments and iPhoto's spot saturation brush and artistic dark gradient filter.

Barely Holding On

Photo Walk for Exercise, Rock Springs Park, O'Fallon, Illinois

This totally iOS photo was taken on an iPhone 4 and processed on the new iPad using Laminar's auto white balance and FX vintage archaic filter at 50%.

Fallen Leaves and a Stump

This is the first really windy day of the fall, and the weather has resulted in consistently falling leaves.

This totally iPad photo was processed in iPhoto with adjustments in contrast and saturation, along with spot saturation and sharpening.

Snapseed was used for center focus and ambience adjustment.

Second Nature

With the incorporation of any human advancement, including technology, comes a learning curve. I remember watching adults using two hands while attempting to control the mouse on early Macintosh computers.

Today, however, I'm observing that touch screen technology is apparently second nature, even for kids at a very early age.

When stopping to reflect, we have always used our finger to point out what we believe to be important as we exclaimed, "Look there!" or "They went that way!" And, how many times do we observe fast food customers pointing at items on the menu boards before deciding on the final selection?


This totally iOS photo was taken on an iPhone and processed on the new iPad.

Superimpose was used to layer two photos, mask out some of the unwanted images, and blend the layers. I used ArtStudio to erase additional elements and add black to the background. In Glaze I added a paint filter. Next, back to ArtStudio to smudge and texture spray parts of the image. Finally, I used iPhoto to lighten parts of the photo.

Centrum

Royal Caribbean's Jewel of the Seas

Here's the 9-deck view through an observation panel in the floor of the Crown and Anchor Lounge on Deck 12 to the floor of the Centrum on Deck 4.

A totally iPad photo with cropping, color adjustment, and oil paint filter processing in iPhoto.