Daily HDR Photo — iPhone HDR: Tsushima Shrine

Today’s shot is another iPhone HDR. I believe this is Tsushima Shrine, near Nagoya. Nice sky, huh?

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This shot actually isn’t mine. My good friend Len took it with his iPhone and asked me to process it to see how much I could improve things. The end result isn’t too bad. More proof that any camera is more than capable of taking a good photo. It was already a wonderful shot before I touched it. Go check out more of Len’s stuff at his tumblr blog.

Here was the first iPhone HDR (Himeji Castle) in this series, by the way. (reposted at end of post. scroll down to see)

Things you may not know about the 6^th of July

• July 6 is the 187^th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 178 days remaining until the end of the year.

Events that occurred

• Richard the Lionheart was crowned King of England in 1189.
• In 1785 the dollar was unanimously chosen as the monetary unit for the United States.
• The first Major League Baseball All-Star Game was played in Chicago’s Comiskey Park in 1933. The American League defeated the National League, 4 – 2.
• John Lennon and Paul McCartney met for the first time in 1957, at a church in their native Liverpool, England, following a performance by Lennon’s band, the Quarrymen
• In 1986, Davis Phinney became the first American cyclist to win a road stage of the Tour de France.
• Roy Rogers, “King of Cowboys” died today in 1998. Happy trails, Roy.

People born on July 6^th

• Tsar Nicholas I of Russia (1796)
• Jetsun Jamphel Ngawang Lobsang Yeshe Tenzin Gyatso, better known as the 14^th Dalai Lama (1936)
• Sylvester Stallone (1946)
• David LaSpina (1978)

(Special thanks to Shawn Blanc for giving me the idea for this post. If you don’t read his blog, you should.)

Other iPhone HDR photo

As promised, Himeji Castle: