Shades of Autumn

Shades of red

Against red.

Berries and leaves

Remind us that summer is at an end.

iPhone Camera, processed in Snapseed

The Last Sunset of 2013

 A gap in the storms that seem to be battering the British Isles at the moment,

the afternoon of December 31st, New Year's Eve, was bright and clear,

allowing the last sunset of 2013 to be captured down at Crosby beach.

Soon after this shot was taken the banks of cloud rolled in and the rain started again.

iPhone Camera, image processed in Snapseed

Late autumn colour

Autumn seems late this year,

mid November and this beech tree

is still glorious in its autumn coat.

iPhone Camera processed in Snapseed

Winter's stark skeleton revealed

As autumn progresses

Leaves fall

Leaving the bare winter skeleton

Stark against a multi hued sky.

iPhone camera, processed in Snapseed

Deepening Autumn

As October advances

leaf colours deepen

to rich warm shades

as the weather cools.

iPhone Camera, processed in Snapseed and Instagram

A Rose by Hipstamatic

The Hipstamatic App has added several new "films" to its stock recently.

I chose this beautiful creamy rose as a suitable test subject to assess the qualities of each.

Hispstamatic, Jane Lens D-Type Plate Film

Hipstamatic, Jane Lens, Blanko C16 Film

Hipstamatic, Jane Lens, Robusta Film

Hipstamatic, Jane Lens, Sussex Film

Hispatmatic, Jane Lens, C-Type Plate Film

To compare the rose photographed with the ordinary camera.

iPhone Camera, processed in Snapseed.

The Sussex Film has a quality similar to the standard camera but gives the

image a slightly roughened shaded border with is simple without

being distracting, but, for this subject, I love the antique feel to the rose

that the C-Type Plate Film produces.

Wind torn sky

September brings the first winds of autumn

Wind torn clouds fill the sky

Above spray crested waves.

Sparkling air

Clearing the mind at Crosby beach.

iPhone Camera, processed in Snapseed

September Sunsets

The month of September brings wonderful sunsets to Crosby beach.

The air is clean, washed by wind and rain,

Clouds move swiftly, reflecting the light

Of the setting sun, every shade from crimson to peach.

All images

iPhone Camera, image processed in Snapseed.

iPhone Camera, processed in Snapseed

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Powerscourt, Dublin

Another beautiful garden

partly Italian style

laid out with

stunning views of Sugarloaf,

the Wicklow hills.

iPhone Camera, processed in Snapseed

Ancient beech

Hipstamatic, Jane Lens, Kodot XGrizzled Film

Japanese Garden

Hipstamatic, Loftus Lens, DC Film

Long shadows across the lawn.

Hipstamatic, Jane Lens, D-Type Plate Film

Clouds and Angels

iPhone Camera, processed in Snapseed

Late Spring Blooms

It was late May before the countryside bloomed into Spring

The hawthorn and rape filled the fields with colour

The yellow fields are warm sunlight under the blue sky.

iPhone Camera, processed in Snapseed

Hipstamatic, Jane Lens, Kodot XGrizzled Film

 The laburnum is vibrant yellow against blue skies.

iPhone Camera, processed in Snapseed

Liverpool Skyline

Early morning light 

The city silhouetted against

The brightly lit sky

Tall towers reflect

In the smooth waters.

iPhone Camera, Processed in Snapseed

St. Patrick's Well, Tipperary

At St Patrick’s Well the sun

Breaks through swift moving clouds

A dancing shimmer of light on

Rippled water, so clean and clear

Bubbles rise from the small yellow stones

That form the lake bed, luxuriant

In vegetation fed by spring water,

Rich in oxygen.

The light reflects around the small hollow

A clearing in ancient woodland

Worn stone walls, a chapel’s ruins,

Catch the brilliance of the sun

As it flickers through swaying branches

Shadows dance across Celtic symbols

Carved in blocks of weathered stone.

iPhone Camera, processed in Snapseed

Dublin Sunset

Clouds chase across the sky

Following the sun west

As it sinks below

The hills that surround the city.

iPhone Camera, processed in Snapseed.

Winter Walk

A post Christmas walk

across fields

soaked with incessant rain.

A glimmer of sunlight

Creates a rainbow.

Symbol of hope

for the New Year.

iPhone Camera, processed in Snapseed and DistressedFX

Fragile Beauty

The delicate fragile beauty

Of a curtain of ice

Spreading slowly down

A window pane.

iPhone Camera, processed in Snapseed.

Fractured cloudscape

Thick frost on the car windscreen

Sunlight just catching

An impressionist painting

Of a fractured cloudscape.

iPhone Camera image processed with Snapseed

Ways of seeing

The centre of an orchid

A rare bird

poised for flight.

Hipstamatic, GSquad Lens, W40 Film

The same bird captured with the iPhone Camera,

processed in phone using Snapseed and BigLens.

Beach Sunset Two Ways

A beautiful clear sky at sunset on a cold November evening.

Photographed with Hipstamatic App.

Hipstamatic, Jane Lens, Ina's 1982 Film

The same scene photographed with the iPhone camera.

Image processed in Snapseed using Tune Image and Drama.

Incoming Storm

Saturday afternoon at Crosby beach

The weather changing

Dark clouds laden with rain

Sweep across from the Welsh Hills.

iPhone Camera, image processed with Snapseed App

Liverpool Snapshot

The Minton floor of St. George's Hall

Recently on show

Brings the Hall alive with colour.

iPhone Camera, image processed with Snapseed App