Iphone Camera

It has been said that that most photos posted in Flickr are taken using the Iphone camera. With millions of Iphones around it is not surprising anymore that this eventuality has to happen. Mobile phones in general are handy, easy to use, quick to set-up on the get-go and never misses to be carried around all the time. The quality of phone cameras are also getting better and better each model. So I would say that eventually dedicated cameras will be a thing of the past. Especially point and shoot cameras. DLSR may stay for a while as the complete functions of these high end cameras cannot be replaced yet on a cellphone equivalent.

I for one is now taking more photos with my Iphone than my SLR or point and shoot. I can also easily perform basic and advance editing with the availability of Apps that performs the complex functions of Photoshop. Heck, even Photoshop has a free App for editing photos on a mobile phone.

So how about you? Are you still locked up to your point and shoot?

View of almost sunset taken with my Iphone while going home

Grainy HDR

Grainy but colorful. What can I say?

Hiroshima Castle

Another HDR experiment edit. I tried mixing up the curves, selective color, exposure and the like to create different exposed shots. All were combined and re-adjusted to finally came up with the final edit for this experiment.

It is still not to my desired output but it's a start.

Dreamboard

I have been using Winterboard to customize the look and feel of my Iphone. Now, I have tried using Dreamboard which is another customization application. My first impression is that Dreamboard is much better than Winterboard because you don't have to re-spring every time you toggle themes. Also in Dreamboard, you don't have to install other jailbreak applications because it can attain deep UI customizations.

Below is the Endroid theme I am currently using.

Hiroshima Castle Gate

Wandering around Hiroshima brought me again to Hiroshima Castle. I have visited this place many times and at different seasons. I don't get tired taking photos from different angles and locations to get that surreal look of the place.

Below is the entrance to the castle grounds.

Tech News I'm Excited Lately

You can say I am a techie dude. I follow and is interested in anything related to technology. I am always excited for new technologies that makes news to the general public. Two of these recent buzzes are the possible release of 2 new iPhones and Google+.

First is about the iPhone. I currently use the Iphone 4. What really amazes me about this phone is not the phone itself but the myriad applications that I can use for different purposes. I currently jailbreak my Iphone which means I can install homebrewed applications aside from the almost 425,000+ apps available in the Apps Store either as a free or paid application. That's a lot of apps the choose from. And it is neverending. New and groundbreaking apps keep on being developed and released. So with the upcoming Iphone 5 and Iphone 4S I might be tempted to update my current Iphone 4.

The second tech news that I am excited about is Google+. This is Google's latest attempt in social networking. They have tried before releasing Google Wave and Google Buzz. Have your heard of them? Most likely you have not as these first attempts failed miserably. Now Google+ is on trial stage with selected invite only users. Unfortunately I am not one of those invited to try this latest social networking application from Google. But what I've heard from chatters across the net is that this is much a better attempt by Google than those Wave/Buzz failures. I hope that they can release it sooner than later as I really want to have a social application that falls between Facebook (more personal social app) and LinkedIn (more professional social app). And from what I heard, Google+ falls smack between these two heavyweight social networking sites/apps.

HDR Again

I used to love HDR photos very much that every time I shoot  I always make sure I bracketed the shot into three exposures for HDR processing later. It is not convenient way as you have to make sure that your shot is not shaking, which necessarily means putting your camera in a tripod. And if you're on the go all the time this makes a bracketed shot tedious to make.

Nowadays I usually shot one photo only. Then I just make 3 pictures out of this shot using the curves adjustment function of Photoshop. And with the 3 pictures I have, I will process an HDR photo through Photomatix software.

Now I am also trying to make an HDR photo through the gazillion functions of Photoshop. There are many ways you can do this and different photographers have their own version of doing it. So I have much to learn how to this but I have the time to make this happen.

Below is a sample of one shot photo converted into an HDR image.