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August 25, 2009

Photo of the Week – Through the Bars

Filed under: Photography, Weird — Tags: — Meghan @ 6:32 pm

Let’s kick this off with my first attempt at actual photography with my iPhone camera. While I tend to use the iPhone for snapshots a lot, there are many times when I see something and think “I wish I had my camera with me” and it never occurs to me to pull out my iPhone and take the picture. But in my wander across the internet yesterday, I came across some VERY cool photography by someone who only uses an iPhone. The key for him was that nearly every photo was heavily edited, which is not something I do very often.

So, I decided that I would make more of an effort to use the iPhone camera when I had a chance, and take the opportunity for some creative editing on the resulting photos. Besides, I could use the editing practice.

First attempt: Through the Bars – click for the bigger version on Flickr



Through the Bars, originally uploaded by Meghan A.

Taken with the iPhone camera, edited with iPhoto; converted to black and white, sharpness adjusted, edge blur added.

June 14, 2008

When was the last time. . .

Filed under: Photography, Weird — Meghan @ 6:05 pm

You woke up, saw a Peacock in your backyard, and thought “Where’s my camera, I need to take a picture!. . . . . . . . . . wait, why is there a Peacock in my backyard?”

That was not the way I expected to start my day today. After some discussion with the neighbors, it was decided that this was a young, male Peacock who had escaped from someone. He was rather tame, and based on his determined path over fences and through various yards, he had a destination in mind.

We called the sheriff (seriously, who do you call to report a random Peacock?) and they called animal control. Eventually, the Peacock disappeared into a yard on another street before there was any sign of animal control.

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