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Decorative solar powered garden lanterns against a stormy sky, taken in between a decorating session on the iPhone

I saw some great levitation photos this morning which triggered me to have a quick initial go to see how I thought they were done. I'm not happy with the result and will have to look at some techniques on the subject as it's a totally new avenue for me.

The Bracebridge Pumphouse from behind the fence, taken with the Olympus Pen EP2 and a new Toy Lens I'm testing. The lens is a c mount security lens with a f/1.4 aperture so you get really shallow depth of field. It vignettes and has masses of distortion

A teddy I had as a kid. This was taken on the iPhone and pixl r matic app. I placed the teddy on a carpet and lit him with two small florescent tubes.

A shot of an item out of a pot pourri placed on some wallpaper as a backdrop and taken with the iphone and then processed using pixlr o matic to give the ragged edge and texture layer overlay.

I was experimenting with the Olympus EP2 by placing a Pentax macro lens in front. Not connected just butted up to the body. It gave a fairly decent shot with little loss in contrast. I then turned the lens round so the filter thread was flush to the lens

I walked over Bleaklow today to Higher Shelf Stones near Glossop to view the crash site of a Boeing RB-29A 44-61999 of the 16th Photographic Reconnaissance Squadron, 91st Reconnaissance Group, 311th Air Division, Strategic Air Command, USAF

Well not really, but the power of the sun threw shadows from a pint glass on to a table so I placed my hand in the shot and let the shadow fall across my knuckles in a sort of love/hate way. Iphone and hipstamatic

I have a feeling this will be the second to last shot from my poppy series. This is of ageing poppy heads shot from a low angle using the hipstamtic iphone app.

Blue Melo is a demo table for the Reactable music app for the ipad. The real Reactable is used by artists such as Bjork on recent live gigs. This was taken with the iPhone and Hipstamatic app.