Festive Fall Flower

Here's a festive fall flower that's been spending time on the back porch.

This is a totally iOS photo was taken on the iPhone 4 photo with processing on the iPad 3.

iPhoto was used to adjust contrast and brightness, along with adding spot saturation and an artistic vignette effect. A drama effect was added in Snapseed.

Breakfast Silhouette

I've never been happy with my results processing the original photo taken with the iPad 3 during breakfast onboard Royal Caribbean's Jewel of the Seas cruise ship. So, here's one attempt I recently created while trying to better understand several iPad apps.

While totally processing the image on the new iPad, MonoPhix HD was selected to create two black and white photos with varying degrees of tonal effects. Blender was used to layer, adjust and flatten the images.

A photo of a rock wall inside the Temppeliaukio Kirkko (Rock Church) in Helsinki, Finland was imported to Laminar. Following histogram adjusts and the addition of an FX blur effect, the image was highly saturated. This is a method I frequently use to create images for my texture library.

Again, Blender was used to layer and adjust the flattened black and white and texture images.

Finally, I selected iPhoto to complete contrast, brightness and saturation adjustments.

Welcome, My Friends!

I captured this seasonal image from the front porch of a relative's house.

This totally iPad photo was created after repairing with TouchRetouch, adjusting the histogram and adding an FX miniature effect with Laminar, adding a Grunge drama 2 filter in Snapseed, and selecting white balance and saturation levels in iPhoto.

Dragor Postcard

"Dragor Postcard"

Here's a postcard image I created after visiting Dragor, Denmark. It was a beautiful day, and my new iPad really loved the light!

Both photos in this totally iPad image were processed with iPhoto for cropping and color  saturation. Then, the images were combined in Photo Wall. Finally, the text was added in Photo Wall and Impression.

London Bobbies on Horseback

London Bobbies on Horseback, London, England

This totally iPad photo was taken through a bus window with the London Eye visible on the far bank of the River Thames. TouchRetouch, Snapseed and iPhoto were used to process the photo.

Muted Tree

Here's another Laminar and iPhoto creation from my picture processing playground. I'm not sure why, but my goal was to create a image designed for a formal environment featuring muted greens, rusts and blues.

This totally iOS photo was taken on an iPhone 4 and processed on the new iPad. After opening Laminar, I tweaked the general histogram adjustments and selected the Photo FX 2-strip technicolor and vintage rust filters. Finally, iPhoto was used to adjust the final saturation and add an artistic warm gradient filter.

Riding Sunbeams

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

Shooting this image late in my walk, I really didn't think much about it until I spent a couple of minutes playing with it in iPhoto.

This totally iOS photo was taken on an iPhone 4 and processed on the new iPad using TouchRetouch for spot healing and iPhoto to adjust contrast and saturation, while also adding an artistic warm gradient filter.