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(Note: I've made a decision to start uploading some of the photos I take with my cell phone. This likely means an uptick in cat pictures. Apologies if that's not your thing.)
Occasionally I get a creative thought. It's rare, but does happen. Although I don't know if this truly qualifies as creative. Let's just say it's creative for me.
Sometimes it is so easy to pass up a photo either because we are lazy, in a hurry or we don't even see the opportunity. Often while driving, I will see a great photo opportunity but keep on going because I will plan on getting it later or there is no time. Usually, I never get back to that spot or the moment is gone.
Then there are the moments you do stop and are glad you did. Early one morning I was late getting out the door and rushing to an assignment. As I was racing down the street, I passed this pond covered in a layer of fog. Knowing I couldn't pass up this photo but realizing I needed to get going, I opted for the iPhone sitting on the seat next to me.
It probably wouldn't have taken more than a minute to pull my gear out of the back, find the right lens to use, put a card in the camera and change the settings to match the lighting situation but I knew I did not have a minute to spare. The phone is so easy -- turn it on and press a button. That is why I love my iPhone, it keeps me from missing moments like these.
Later I edited the image in PS Express (mobile Photoshop), a great free app that allows you to fine tune your photograph.
Thanks for looking, Paul
At the end of the conference, a bus tour to a pair of the tourist attractions in the mountains approximately 50 km north of Beijing was organised. This was a long but immensely enjoyable day.
The first stop was at the Changling Tomb (Emperor Yongle’s Tomb). The Gate of Eminent Favour is shown here.
The following text giving some background information on the site was displayed on an information panel as you entered the complex.
"Changling Tomb (Emperor Yongle’s Tomb) is the burial mausoleum of Emperor Zhudi (1360-1424), the third emperor Yongle of the Ming Dynasty, and his empress Xushi.
The main part of the mausoleum - the underground palace - began in 1409 and was completed in 1427, occupying an area of about 120,000 square meters. The mausoleum, consisting of the underground palace (burial chamber) and the above ground structures, is the largest in scale among the 13 mausoleums in Tianshou Mountain.
The main structures are as follows: Baocheng (Treasure Town, which has a diameter of 300 meters and consists of Baoding, the grave mound above the burial chamber, and Xuangong, the deep burial chamber), Minglou (Soul Tower), Ling’en Hall (Hall of Eminent Favour), Ling’en Gate, Langwu (the attached halls, 15 on either side), Sacred Kitchen (Kitchen for cooking sacrifice), Sacred Warehouse (place for temporary sacrifice storage), Livestock Slaughter Kiosk (place used to slay livestock: pig, ox, sleep), and Juju Hall (Dressing Hall for Emperor).
The mausoleum buildings have been repaired many times after the Ming Dynasty, so the main buildings have been preserved. Ling’en Hall and Ling’en Gate, made of Nanmu (a kind of rare hardwood), are the only remains of the hall-and-gate structures among the Ming Mausoleums, and deserve to be the treasure of ancient Chinese architecture."
www.orientalarchitecture.com/china/beijing/changling-tomb...
www.china.org.cn/english/features/atam/115650.htm
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ming_Dynasty_Tombs
www.travelchinaguide.com/attraction/beijing/changling-tom...
Beijing, China.
Phone 4 - Photograph taken with the camera on an iPhone 4.
Camera - The native camera app was used without the HDR option.
Filterstorm - Opened the photograph in the native Photos app on my iPad3. Copied the image, opened the Filterstorm app, pasted the contents of the clipboard, and saved a copy of the image to the Camera Roll. This manoeuvre simplified the subsequent processing by having this copy as the most recent image in the Camera Roll.
Snapseed - Structure and Ambience filters applied. Overall lighting adjustments carried out.
Photoshop Express - Noise reduction and Sharpening filters applied with manual settings.
Photoshop Touch - Crop applied. Image re-sized to 2592 x 1936 pixels.
Frontview - Trapezoidal crop applied to change the apparent perspective.
ExifEditor - EXIF data from the original photograph transferred to the final image.
(Filed as 20130725_iPad3 003 Filterstorm-Snapseed-PSExpress-PSTouch-Frontview-ExifEditor.JPG)