The iPhone camera is a pretty crappy deal. My 3G model only has 2mp of resolution, no focus, not very good dynamic range, and a bad lens. Despite this, iPhone photography is amazingly popular. Some pro photographers have even published books of nothing but iPhone photos. Part of the reason for this popularity is the screen. It’s amazing how much easier and more fun taking photos becomes when you have such a big (relatively speaking) screen in front of you to compose your photo on. The other reasons is apps. The iPhone has a huge selection of photo apps which do a great many things. At the basic level, they do photoshop type edits very quickly and easily.
Anyways, enough of that. Here are some of the better photos I took this past week with my iPhone. Descriptions follow each photo and be sure to click on them for a larger size.
Wisteria (fuji in Japanese.. sorry, still can’t get characters to show up on the website. Working on it.) are in full bloom right now. This is from the wisteria festival that’s going on this week.
Azalea (tsutsuji) are starting to bloom too. They are literally everywhere. I think just about every street in Okazaki is lined on both sizes with them.
Not sure what this flower is, but it was nice.
Local shrine. I love the torii gate.
Rice fields near my apartment. They are overgrown with grass and weeds at the moment, but farmers will be clearing them off to plant rice soon.
Fallen petals from the cherry trees (sakura). Most of the blossoms are several weeks gone, but a few remain, mostly on the ground.
O-jizo-sama, deep in meditation. These are from a small temple I just discovered the other day.
If you liked these, you can see more on my iPhone photos website or on flickr. I’ll try to do a “best of” post like this more often.
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I always get a bit of a kick out of seeing Wisteria in bloom, both the “hanging grape” style & the “in the wild” style. Even after nine years in Japan I came across a white Wisteria for the first time. It was mixed amongst some purple ones & very nice.
Having never grown up with seeing Wisteria, the set-up in the first picture looked a bit baffling. .-= kyushudan´s last blog ..Toothpick Castle =-.
I hear you. I can’t recall ever seeing any in this hanging style before coming to Japan.
It’s funny you mention the white ones. I also just came across some white ones for the first time this year. They looked nice mixed with the purple.
I always get a bit of a kick out of seeing Wisteria in bloom, both the “hanging grape” style & the “in the wild” style. Even after nine years in Japan I came across a white Wisteria for the first time. It was mixed amongst some purple ones & very nice.
Having never grown up with seeing Wisteria, the set-up in the first picture looked a bit baffling. .-= kyushudan´s last blog ..Toothpick Castle =-.
I hear you. I can’t recall ever seeing any in this hanging style before coming to Japan.
It’s funny you mention the white ones. I also just came across some white ones for the first time this year. They looked nice mixed with the purple.
I don’t have an iPhone, but from what I’ve seen it has a decent camera with a lot of features packed into it. It would be useful to have.
I like the photos you posted. The first picture got my attention. .-= sixmats´s last blog ..Wired Wednesday: Every Photographer in Japan is a Liar =-.
Decent is a good word to use for it. Photos straight from the camera are usually pretty bad, but you can make them remarkably good using just a few apps.
I don’t have an iPhone, but from what I’ve seen it has a decent camera with a lot of features packed into it. It would be useful to have.
I like the photos you posted. The first picture got my attention. .-= sixmats´s last blog ..Wired Wednesday: Every Photographer in Japan is a Liar =-.
Decent is a good word to use for it. Photos straight from the camera are usually pretty bad, but you can make them remarkably good using just a few apps.