The evening sky glows behind a house in our neighborhood. I applied PhotoForge's Dreamy filter to this iPhone photo, but the effect was to strong; so I opened both in an app called Montage, where I was able to reduce the transparency of the filtered image.
Children can't hide their emotions. My younger grandson, Craig, shows pure delight at having found an Easter egg. Snapped with the iPhone, the picture was processed in IronCamera.
Today we discovered Burr Pond State Park. We kayaked on the lake before hiking part way around it. Along the way, crisp cold streams found their way dawn to the lake through dappled stands of evergreens. I made only a few basic adjustments to this iPhone photo using PhotoForge.
The faucets of the heavens have been unleashed here in southern New England. Although the sun came out today, the Connecticut River was past flood stage and still rising. I like this picture, taken with the Hipstamatic iPhone app, because the surreal aspect of the streetlamp out there in the river reminds me of the lamppost in "The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe."
...is to fill 52 themes, one a week for the year. Some weeks, maybe I'll try to find several photos to fit the themes. Others, I may spend more time trying to perfect one that seems best to represent the theme. Three years of a photo-a-day opened my eyes, now I want to hone my skills.
Somehow, a camera allows me to see more deeply and awakens the eye. For me, undertaking these year-long challenges is a way to become more aware of the world that swirls around me.