Martin and I were working in and around Horncastle today, for various clients, fixing some network problems, updating software and repairing a webcam connection. Between jobs we had to meet and the cafe on the Market Square in Horncastle seemed a good place to go.
It was a grey day for a walk but Richard and I walked down to the river at Washingborough.
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I took the original shot with the Pro HDR app, on my iPhone 4. I prefer the HDR (High Dynamic Range) results from this app over the Apple camera app, the results are more dramatic. However for the best results from Pro HDR two things have to be considered.
Once the picture is taken you can adjust several image qualities before saving the picture – I increased the colour saturation.
I then imported the image into Photogene2 for more editing – having tried a number of editing apps for my iPhone I particularly like Photogene2, it is easy to use, with a well thought out interface, based on “dial a function”, so you can find the effect or tool you want very quickly.
I cropped out a section of the original image – I included a large section of the clouds that I was interested in and less of the green field. I also cropped for the distinctive line of trees, loosing the hedge and the larger trees.
I then applied the “simple black and white” effect.
To get the results I wanted, I increased the exposure and the contrast.
The final thing to do is to save the finished image to the Camera Roll and post it to my blog.
Note – during the process the save the intermediate images as I make changes, so if I am unhappy with any of the results I can back up and try again.
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On Friday evening, I went into Lincoln city centre, with a couple of friends to shoot some photos of the Christmas lights and anything else of interest we came across. Between them they had a Sony SLR, and two Nikons – I took my iPhone.
One of the apps I wanted to try out was 6×6, a camera app that takes square images. I know you can crop any photo you take with an iPhone to a square but this app forces you to create your image inside a square, something that photographers used to do when using medium format cameras with 6cm by 6cm film frames. 6×6 also has a setting to take only mono photos (no second colour image saved) – it gives a similar experience to when I used to shoot black and white film.
A number of the following shots were taken on Steep Hill – the best street in the UK.
The Pie Shop used by Lawrence of Arabia.
And the rectangle shot for comparison.
Another camera app I used was Pro HDR, when the app takes two images to make the final shot, it takes some interesting ghost images.
And in colour…
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