Beam me up Scotty!

Grandson Shane (5 yrs) brought home an alien from kindergarden.  It's about 1-1/2 inches tall & really a cute little guy!   I found a dandelion in the yard and added it before the photograph.  Shane wasn't sure an alien would carry a flower  ;-)   Hipstamatic on the iphone.

Then I played around a bit with a new app:  Decim8 for the two following photos.

Double trouble!

Hipsta from the road

Travelled from Reno to Redwood City today and shot a few Hipsta's along the way.  

The Milk Farm sign has been there for decades.  I just read recently that the restaurant was closed.  Pulled off the highway today and discovered the restaurant had been completely destroyed -- mothing left but a cement pad and waist-high weeds, and, of course, this sign.  Glad I had a chance to photograph it.  I've driven by this sign since the mid-70's on the road to Reno.

The rose was a Hipsta captutre.  (John S camera with Kodot film).  I love the way it brought out the colors in the rose.  

Enjoy.

More Hipstamatic

Two more Hipstamatic photos, this time with the Salvador 84 camera.  As you  can see, it distorts photos.  The top one might be recognizable:  the front of a car.  The bottom one is the grill work on a second car.   Pretty cool!   I used the Kodot film which gives the scratchy frame around the edges.

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Plant shopping today

Succulent (Hipstamatic app) 

Succulent, love the symmetry.  

Plumeria 

I went "shopping" for ideas today ... time to start planning the garden and succulents and drought-tolerant plants are at the top of my list.  Water is very expensive in San Diego, I learned that 95% of our water is purchased, so while the state of California is off water restriction (the drought is over), the water companies here are asking us to continue to conserve on water use.

Today I scouted out two nurseries that deal with drought-tolerant  plants.  The plumeria was found at a nursery that specializes in "tropical" plants.  Took a few photos with the iPhone,  these were my top 3 favorites.

San Diego Safari Park with my iPhone

I had to make a quick trip up to the Safari Park to pick up some paperwork and decided to take my morning walk there!  Using the iPhone and a new app (Pro HDR) I started shooting -- learned a lot.  I liked the one photo (above) of the cactus.   Pretty amazing app.

The B&W on the right was with the Hipstamatic app.    It's so much fun.