POTD: Lake Manyara Sunset

I wonder why when you say goodbye

beautiful colours paint the sky.

Shades of orange, yellow and pink too

all come out because of you.

And although I hate to see you go,

I really do enjoy the show.

I've seen you leave so many times

and still it's a favourite sight of mine.

There'll be no sadness, be no sorrow

because my sun, you'll come out tomorrow.

I won't feel hurt, I'll feel no pain

because on your way down, your colours will reign.

• Adoni Marcano, http://www.poetryinnature.com/nature/poetry.asp?poem=5928#ixzz1fwkCps2P

1)      Panorama - Autostitch

2)      Original – Camera+

3)      ToonPaint

4)      Snapseed

5)      Snapseed – Drama

6)      Photo Toaster – Color Burst

7)      Simply HDR

Apps Featured:

• Autostitch
• Camera+
• Snapseed
• Photo Toaster

POTD: Sunset Sky + 2 Reader's Contributions

Clouds come floating into my life, no longer to carry rain or usher storm, but to add color to my sunset sky.

-- Rabindranath Tagore

This picture was taken at Hyde Park last Sunday, around 6 ish in the evening. If it were not for my new super zoom camera, I might not have got the close up effect that you see in the picture.

1. Original with Basic edits on iPhone

(taken with my new Sony HX100V zoom camera, edited for a bit of saturation and white balance in Snapseed app)

2. Pocket Monet version

(edited in Pocket Monet app)

3. Paint It! Now version

 (edited in Paint It! Now app)

4. Autopainter version

(edited in Autopainter app)

5. Dazed version

(edited in Photo Toaster app)

Reader’s Contribution(s)

Today we have two readers contributing to our POTD.

6. ICC

First contribution is from my colleague, Loretta Tsui.

(taken with my HTC Incredible S)

In her own words:

“That’s the International Commerce Centre, it has 118 floors, it’s the world’s fourth tallest building by height, second tallest building by floors, and the tallest building in Hong Kong with the world’s highest swimming pool and bar is on the top floor.  BTW this is the view from our office.”

7. Halloween Cakes

Second set of contribution is from my other colleague and a regular contributor, Carolyne Salmen.

 

(both pictures taken with Blackberry)

Yesterday’s Polling Results:

Number 1 (Flame of Joy) was liked most, but by a small margin to the runner up Number 4 (Vibrant Flame)

  

POTD: Sunset at Thames Flood Barrier - 3rd + Reader's Contribution

Building up on yesterday’s sunset picture – taken at slightly later time of the evening. This picture too has been taken with an iPhone and then edited in Camera+ app to convert into an HDR.

Today we have an additional picture contributed by my colleague, Thomas Rippstein. It is the view of NYC from Jersey City, taken early morning with HTC Incredible phone.

 

POTD: Sunset at Thames Flood Barrier

One more of the sunset at Thames Flood Barrier. For people who are wondering what this Thames Flood Barrier is – it is the world’s second largest movable flood barrier (after the Oosterscheldekering in the Netherlands) located near Charlton in London. For more details check on Wikipedia at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thames_Barrier.

(taken with iPhone Lumiere app)

POTD: Sunset at Thames Flood Barrier

Last weekend I had been to Thames Flood Barrier and got a few good clicks. Will send these over the course of next few days. Starting off with a sunset picture that I took with my iPhone.

(mildly edited in Simply HDR app)

Canary Wharf Sunset

Canary Wharf Sunset, a photo by girish_nayyar on Flickr.

Taken with Canon Ixus 310HS and then edited for selective colouring in iQuikSplash.