Iceland Puffins - Processed with Snapseed

On the last stop of the last day of our tour, we went to Kirkjufjara. There we found a couple large lagoons with beautiful black sand and rock beaches. he cliffs were amazing and there were wonderful rock formations in the ocean. As I was walking along the beach I saw these birds flying back and forth. At first I didn't pay much attention thinking they were gulls but I finally looked up and was thrilled to see the Puffins. I then ran back to get Michael Pressman because he is a wildlife photographer and I knew he wouldn't want to miss this moment. Unfortunately the Puffins were too high in the rock wall for me to capture but a dot with my iPhone so I went to collect rocks on the beach instead. (I have rocks from every adventure I have been on for years now.)

Later we went to the top if the hill where the light house was. This is when I spotted the puffins next to the cliff's edge but in a location that if, and that was a BIG if, I could walk up to them I might be able to capture more than a dot. So I s-l-o-w-l-y walked up to them talking a photo and taking a step and then taking a photo and taking a step until I was within 3 feet of two of them. At this point I was still standing up and hand holding the camera (My tremor was not allowing me to capture a great image so at this point I was still unhappy that I wouldn't be getting a very good image.)

Next I ever so slowly kneeled down on the grass on set up my tripod without extending the legs. I put my iPhone on the tripod holder aimed and took more photos. This time I knew they would be sharp and wonderful - I was dancing in my seat! I didn't need to get any closer then the 3 feet since the cliff was at least a 2000 foot drop to the beach below. The ProCamera App captured a wonderful image.

I processed this with PerfectPhoto, Filterstorm and Snapseed. It was a great ending to a great trip!

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Glorious Morning in Iceland

We were on the road at 4am this morning and saw the sunrising in the sky turning the clouds into beautiful colors, however we hadn't yet arrived at our destination. So we changed our plans and stopped literally right in the middle of the road (no traffic at 4am in Iceland!) and took this incredible reflection in a puddle.
This image was only sharpened in Filterstorm, no other processing necessary. I also am including at the end of this blog a screen shot to show that yes a stitched image from an iPhone is a large size 16mp to be exact. Is it printable? - you bet it is, just as many iPhone images are.

Our day continued to a wonderful lagoon full of icebergs. Some were grounded, some broke apart and floated away right in front of us. I just sat there and watched the amazement of Mother Nature changing the earth right in front of me. Our final stop this morning was at the black sand beach just across the road from the lagoon. This is where the ocean waves once again grounded many of the icebergs that were floating by us. The beach was literally litered  with them.
The above photo is my Icelandic iPhoneography (and big boy camera photography) partners, Harry Sandler and Michael Pressman. It has been a pleasure to travel with them this week. We have shared jokes and created very memorable stories!

This image was captured from the car window because it was raining too hard outside. The fog was low and you couldn't see any of the spectacular mountains or glaciers on the trip to our hotel that day. These buildings are referred to as 'out houses', however they are used to shelter the sheep in the winter time. These particular ones were no longer in use. We were amazed at how they were built right into the rock!

This image was processed with Artista Haiku, Blender and Filterstorm.

The screen print shows the size of the top stitched image. It was stitched with the app AutoStitch on the iPhone.


iPhoneography Classes Available Now! - next class starts September 12th - only six student per session, So sign up now. Last class filled up quickly If you would like to learn how to capture and process iPhone images beyond a basic snapshot take an Online iPhoneography Course with Teri Lou. Two courses are available iPhoneography 101 and iCreativity. Click on the direct links in the upper left hand column of this blog for information, pricing and schedule.