Random Skywatching


Smart phones and I - we have a complicated relationship stemming mostly from the fact that I simply cannot keep up with its technology. My smart phone has a good camera. In fact it's really good according to the specifications, but I seem to dismiss it and prefer to lug around a camera. I just cannot trust it enough to mainly rely on it to capture my travel memories.

However, I don't dismiss its usefulness altogether as a camera. As a matter of fact, I find myself using it more and more as a camera. It's also perfect for skywatching opportunities.

Some random shots from my smart phone.

Ocean Beach
January 18 was a very mild winter day when we took a friend's niece to visit Ocean Beach.

IMG_20140118_171736_301
By sunset we were in Land's End, also on January 18.

IMG_20140128_212055_194
Ten days later I was shooting a night scene in Vegas with the smart phone. I thought didn't do a good job.

IMG_20140128_091640_519
The phone fared well with drive by shooting. Somewhere in Nevada, road tripping.

IMG_20140128_131951_069
Destination for the day was Zion National Park. Here the phone also handled the drive by shooting very well.

IMG_20140128_131811_387
One more from Zion, these are the Three Patriarchs.

I still prefer to use the camera, but there is a shift in my feelings about the smart phone. I'm starting to like it.

SKYWATCH is a weekly gathering of sky lovers and sky watchers. Join us.

(All photos taken in January 2014.)

Comments

  1. I can't tell these photos are from the smart phone at all! They are amazing and beautiful photos!

    (Hmmm...smart phone, got to remember this! :)

    ReplyDelete
  2. Beautiful photos and wonderful places to visit.. I really loved Zion! Have a happy weekend!

    ReplyDelete
  3. Great mix of shots and I wouldn't have known you took them with your I phone.

    ReplyDelete
  4. I have a similar relationship with my smart phone too, still preferring to take a smallish camera with me if I expect to be taking photos....

    ReplyDelete
  5. Have no relationship with my phone, since I don't want my life ruled by it. Zion Nat. Park, aren't the mountains amazing there? This is in the winter? I've been there for 2 summers - and the colors are much more vivid (maybe also due to more pixels of my camera).

    ReplyDelete
  6. I enjoyed your assortment of smartphone pics. :-)

    ReplyDelete
  7. Wonderful shots. I like those from Zion National Park.

    ReplyDelete
  8. I'd say you got some good shot on your phone--love Zion Park. Mickie ;)

    ReplyDelete
  9. You were in one really beautiful place... nice captures...

    Pixellicious Photos

    ReplyDelete
  10. Awesome varieties!
    Thanks for stopping by :)
    www.womenandperspectives.com/2014/06/sky-watch-grey-sky-above-curving-bridge.html

    ReplyDelete
  11. Terrific photos...especially the landscape of the Zion Nat'l Park!!!

    ReplyDelete
  12. Hi! Nice collection of smartphone photos. You travelled many places. I enjoyed your photos very much. Thanks for sharing.

    ReplyDelete
  13. Your smart phone is doing a good job for you. The night shots must be rock steady by leaning against something. Smart phones don['t zoom like a camera.
    I carry my camera all the time and use the smart phone occasionally.

    ReplyDelete
  14. Great series! Very interesting compositions.

    ReplyDelete
  15. Hurrah! Those are great! I almost exclusively use my iPhone now to take pics; it's so much easier than lugging my Nikon around. By the way, when I take night shots with my phone, I try to set it down somewhere on a ledge, for example, so that the movement is minimized. I recently received a mini iPad as a gift and I've actually been using it to take photos now too! Thanks for stopping by at my SWF. Enjoy the weekend!

    ReplyDelete
  16. The Zion NP shots are my favourites. Fantastic place.

    ReplyDelete
  17. Looks to me like you know exactly what to do with your phone camera. Zion is a favorite place of ours.

    ReplyDelete
  18. Nice selection of skies from your archives!

    ReplyDelete
  19. They are so sharp that we will not know you used a handheld phone if you didn't tell us. My problem with my phone is i don't know how to transfer them to the computer for resizing to upload in posts, haha. I still have to ask my nephew, so always forget that it can be used as a camera, haha! Before you know it you might get used to it much that a camera will be a 2nd priority.

    ReplyDelete
  20. Very convenient, 'no?

    Love those last three shots—the landscape is awesome!

    ReplyDelete
  21. I totally get ya. I love my 'big' camera but it is burdensome to lug that sucker around all the time. But even when I have my SLR, I still use my phone camera to post immediately to instagram or whatever social media of choice. On our trip I used it mostly for video and the SLR for my stills. Your images are very very nice, and they look like they're from a regular camera. But I suspect you can easily see the difference because you can compare with what came out of your SLR. I'm sure you agree though, that even a mediocre camera photo is better than no photo at all. :)

    ReplyDelete

Post a Comment