POTD: Scary Tree

Of all the trees that grow so fair Old England to adorn,

Greater are none beneath the Sun

Than Oak, and Ash and Thorn.

- - - -Rudyard Kipling "A Tree Song"

1. Camera+ version

(taken with HDR Fusion, edited in Camera+ with Clarity filter)

2. Monochrome version

(Camera+ version converted into a monochrome in Monochromia app)

3. Simply HDR version

(Camera+ version re-processed as HDR in Simply HDR app)

4. Scary1 – Halloween Special

(HDR Fusion pic edited in FX Photo Studio and Spooky Pic apps)

5. Scary2 – Halloween Special

(HDR Fusion pic edited in FX Photo Studio and Color Blast! Apps)

Reader’s Contributions:

6. Halloween Costume (submitted by Carolyne Salmen)

7. Name on the Beach (submitted by Stephen Grainger)

This picture reminded me of a quote I had read:

I shall go the way of the open sea,

To the lands I knew before you came,

And the cool ocean breezes shall blow from me

The memory of your name.

- - - -Laurence Hope

Friday’s Voting Results

Number 1 was liked by the majority. Out of Reader’s Contributions, both won equal number of votes.

Announcement

This Friday will be Reader’s Day! I won’t be submitting any pictures of my own, the edition will be exclusively using Reader’s Contributions. Limit is 5 Readers with 1 contribution each. So, please submit your entries now. Please note that this is over and above the daily Reader’s contributions feed, which will continue as usual.

POTD: A Sunny Autumn

I had been to Greenwich park this weekend and took quite a few pictures showing autumn in its full glory. I am sharing two of these with you today, along with some “iPhone app converted” ones.

1. Greenwich1 – taken with iPhone

I took this pic with HDR Fusion app – it takes two shots of the scene – one with a dark exposure and the other with a light exposure and then fuses them together.

2. Greenwich1 – Basic edits

I found the original pic to be slightly dull. So, I edited for a bit of saturation, ambiance and vibrancy in Camera+ app first and then Snapseed for finishing touches.

3. Greenwich1 – Rainy Daze

I got a new app today called Rainy Daze. Simply put, it adds rainy effects to photos. Although my photo was taken in very bright conditions, this app did a good job of rendering that rainy feel to it.

4. Greenwich1 – Monochrome

The scene had some drama element to it, and so I tried converting it into a Monochrome using Monochromia app.

5. Greenwich1 – PicFX

PicFX is another excellent app which always surprises me. In this picture, I used their Frame1 filter and I liked the effects it added – especially a Sun like object at the back of the silhouettes on the horizon and the bright shiny light on the path to the right.

6. Greenwich2 – Camera+

I took this picture at the same spot but slightly different time of the day and it came out dark with clearly outlined silhouettes. I just edited it a bit for vibrancy and that’s all.

Yesterday’s poll results

There was a tie between 1^st (Original) and 6^th (Monochrome).

POTD: Teardrop on a Rose

A Teardrop on a Rose

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Written and recorded by Hank Williams (SR)

While strolling thru a lovely garden

As day was drawing to a close...

My eyes be-held a tragic story

I saw a teardrop on a rose.

It should have been a tear of gladness

But deep inside the sorrow shows

A trusting heart had just been broken

I saw a teardrop on a rose.

A sobbing tear that follows parting

Holds all the pain that sorrow knows

A false goodbye a life is shattered

There lies a story on a rose.

The tear will dry the rose will wither

When spring and winter comes and goes

I loved, I lost, my story ended

With just a teardrop on a rose.

1. Rose1 - SLR Pic

 

(taken with Nikon D5100)

2. Rose1 – Converted into a sketch in Pocket Monet iPhone app

3. Rose2 – iPhone Pic (Big Lens)

(taken with iPhone using Big Lens app – I found the effects produced by this app simply amazing – almost SLR like!)

4. Rose3 – SLR Pic edited with Snapseed iPhone app

(taken with Nikon D5100 and edited for saturation and sharpness in Snapseed)

5. Rose3 – Van Gogh version

(taken with Nikon D5100 and converted into a painting in Autopainter app – Van Gogh filter)

6. Rose3 – Monochrome version

(taken with Nikon D5100 and converted into a monochrome in Monochromia app)