Bird Man

We went for our walk to Paper Goods Pond, and there was this dude with his two parrots. The larger one is an African grey; I can't remember what the smaller one is. He let the larger one climb onto my finger. It was a completely unexpected experience. Processing done in TiltShift Generator.

Balloon Man

The enthusiastic balloon man at the street fair today was none of the adjectives in the classic ee cummings poem "just spring." Still, the words repeated in my mind: "the little lame balloon man whistles far and wee." Processing was done in PhotoGene.

Family

Big and delightful gathering of extended family today--it was all about the stories. This iPhone photo of just a few of the crowd was taken and processed with A new app called Photo+.

Vehicle

The Dial-a-Ride parking lot as seen from the lunchroom of my office building. Processing done in TiltShift Generator.

Foxglove

My husband discovered these foxglove blooming in an overgrown area of the yard. Just some basic processing was done in PhotoForge.

I am a shade embarrassed at the number of photo apps I have on my iPhone; but PhotoForge is the one I return to over and over again. It's like the Elements of apps. It has all the tools to tune up and perfect a photo. There are plenty others for playing with photos, and they generate fun effects. But for me, PhotoForge is the one I use first on every photo to make it the best it can be.

Steel

The house across the street is being renovated. The dumpster they've got in the driveway has the word STEEL spray painted on the side. Processing was done with the new Camera + app.

Sky

Words could not describe the sky today--and even a photo can capture only one fleeting instant of this vast shifting interplay of blue and white, light and shadow. Processing--only to try to make it as crisp and brilliant as it was to the eye--was done in FilmLab.