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Fingerprints Part 5 —The Wrath of Math
This is the fifth part of a series. Click here to catch up on previous entries. “Fearful as reality is, it is less fearful than evasions of reality.” —Caitlin Thomas I was not a good multitasker when I was in college and I am only marginally better now. I am good at unitasking, i.e. going into Tune-out…
iPhoneography Challenge: Portraits of Nature for Earth Day
Here is a portrait of a Dahlia in our backyard vegetable planter.
Hello, Dahlia!
Photo © Allan G. Smorra, All Rights Reserved
I took this photo with my iPhone 4 and made edits in Snapseed.
Weekly Photo Challenge: Up
“Up can be a direction, an orientation, or even a movement…” —WordPress Daily Post Weekly Photo Challenge
This is kaleidoscopic view of a skylight in a vaulted ceiling at the San Francisco Theological Seminary in San Anselmo, CA. I had to rearrange some couches in order to lie on the floor and shoot up at this heavenly domed ceiling.
Up
Photo © Allan G. Smorra, All Rights Reserved
Photo Notes: iPhone 5 with fish-eye Olloclip lens using Pro HDR app, edits made in Snapseed.
Stairway From Heaven
Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge this week is Steps/Stairs. I took this photo at the San Francisco Theological Seminary.
Stairway From Heaven
Photo © Allan G. Smorra, All Rights Reserved
Photo Notes: I photographed this with the Pro HDR app on my iPhone 5 using a wide-angle Olloclip lens, edits were made in the Pixlr Express+ app and Snapseed.
iPhoneography Monday: Black and White
I took this photo in Scott Hall at the San Francisco Theological Seminary in San Anselmo, CA with my iPhone 5, using the Pro HDR app. I converted it from color to B&W with the Simply HDR app and cropped and framed it with Snapseed.
Eye of God
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Word a Week Challenge: Dawn
This morning I was searching the sky for a glimpse of the Sun, and then it dawned on me!
SF Dawn
Photo © Allan G. Smorra, All Rights Reserved
Photo Notes: I used the Pro HDR app on my iPhone 5 to take this photo and made edits in Pro HDR and Snapseed.
Travel Theme: Benches
Ailsa’s photo challenge subject this week is benches. I photographed this rustic bench along San Antonio’s famous River Walk.
Bench
Photo © Allan G. Smorra, All Rights Reserved
Photo Notes: Canon A620 Powershot camera, edited in Snapseed.
Travel theme: Benches
Weekly Photo Challenge: Change
“This week, we want to see photos that represent change.”
—WordPress Daily Post Weekly Photo Challenge
This is a 116w, 130v incandescent light bulb that I changed in a Cable Light fixture on the Golden Gate Bridge 4 days ago (click here for a look at that day). If you look closely you can see the V-shaped broken filament hanging down to the right of the center of the bulb.
Broken Filament: The reason for change
Photo © Allan G. Smorra, All Rights Reserved
Photo Notes: iPhone 5, Camera+ app, edited in Snapseed
Fingerprints Part 4 —Pride Cometh Before the Fall (Quarter)
This is the fourth part of a series. Click here to catch up on previous entries. “To dare is to lose one’s footing momentarily. To not dare is to lose oneself.” —Soren Kierkegaard How close to the flame could I go and how long could I stay there? Fear, anxiety and teenage testosterone combine to make an uncontrollable personality…
