On the water again ...

This time the boat was the Queen Mary (Long Beach) and  tied up to the dock!     My friend Terry & I spent two nights onboard the Queen Mary.  It's an incredible place to visit, lots of history,  and so many photo ops!   We started our time there with a "behind the scenes" tour from a very knowledgeable gentleman who has been associated with the boat for about 17 years.  Lots of funny stories about the history of this magnificent vessel and about the celebrities who have traveled on it.   I've included a few of my photos that I've processed so far.  First one is an overall view of the vessel, taken from the water.  We did a harbor tour one morning.

The following photo  was taken at night -- I loved seeing the lights on the boat.   A surprise when I looked at the photo, I hadn't seen the face in the smokestack until I pulled the shot up on the computer.  Anyone else see it?

This final post is of the city of Long Beach, taken from the sidewalk near the Queen Mary.   

Highly recommend checking out http://www.queenmary.com/Timeline.aspx for more information.  Oh, the food was great too!  

Clouds

We've had a few days of beautiful sunsets and I did, of course, go outside with my iPhone.  The shot on the left was a straight shot, processed with the Filterstorm app.

The second shot was with an app called Quad Camera.  It shoots 4 (or 6) in a row.  I set the timing between each shot to a few seconds so I can move it around a bit.   I also processed this shot with Filterstorm (little bit of lightening needed).

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!

San Diego Zoo Safari Park visit

My grandson Shane and I made a trip to the Safari Park today.   His favorite animal, he said, were the lorikeets.  You get to go in their aviary and feed them a special syrupy mix of vitamins.  The birds were hungry today, and Shane was a happy kid!

iPhone photos, used Diptic app to create the 3-in-1 look.  

Vintage-look photos

Last night I played a bit with the photos and a new plug-in from Topaz Labs.  It's B&W & everything else you may want, so many options.  I chose these three photos and am pleased with the look.  What do you think?

Grandkids photos

No smiles ...

Smile!

Still no smile, but he's hanging in there posing for me!

Family reunion in  Redwood City. Thanks Mike & Cat for having all of us there.  I brought a few of my late-Auntie Mildred's hats and my sister brought a few "guy" hats.  Didn't want to leave the boys out.   I had fun photographing the grandkids in the hats.  A few of them had fun posing ...

Ellery loves her chicken.  

I took some time to use the iPhone camera and snap a few photos along Hwy 395.   These were taken as I got closer to San Diego.  I used a new app (Photo55) to convert them to B&W, then another app (Diptic) to put the four into one.