I had a chance to drive down to the shores of Santa Cruz today. It was a bright, sunny day with a perfect temperature and great day to take some splendid photographs. Unfortunately, I forgot to take my Canon A710 IS with me. I was kicking myself for having forgotten to take my camera with me - it was a simply a marvelous day for photography and it would go down as an opportunity lost in my books.
But this is where my Sony Ericsson mobile came to my rescue. In all aspects, it was a David when compared to my camera. 'What the heck, something is better than nothing', I thought as we descended from the car and walked towards the shores.
And hence started my 'shooting' at Santa Clara with my mobile phone. I was pretty skeptical about the results as I took each photograph. Jayanth was really surprised to learn that I had forgotten my Canon and he was not very sure of the results either with the mobile phone.
As soon as we returned home, I transferred the photographs from my mobile into my laptop. The results were surprisingly pretty good, much better than what I had anticipated. I did a bit of editing with the GIMP. Here they are for your viewing :-)
Reflections
There are times when I see something, and before I can digest that in, I take my camera out and shoot it. This is one of those times. I saw a reflection of Jayanth and myself on a store window. Before I realized, I had taken my mobile out and taken a snap of it. I did not expect much out of it.
However, when I looked at it on my laptop screen, I knew that it was a winner. Our reflections are pretty clear on the window, and at the same time, you can also look through the window. I am putting this into the top ten personal favorites of my photography collection :-)
But this is where my Sony Ericsson mobile came to my rescue. In all aspects, it was a David when compared to my camera. 'What the heck, something is better than nothing', I thought as we descended from the car and walked towards the shores.
And hence started my 'shooting' at Santa Clara with my mobile phone. I was pretty skeptical about the results as I took each photograph. Jayanth was really surprised to learn that I had forgotten my Canon and he was not very sure of the results either with the mobile phone.
As soon as we returned home, I transferred the photographs from my mobile into my laptop. The results were surprisingly pretty good, much better than what I had anticipated. I did a bit of editing with the GIMP. Here they are for your viewing :-)
Reflections
There are times when I see something, and before I can digest that in, I take my camera out and shoot it. This is one of those times. I saw a reflection of Jayanth and myself on a store window. Before I realized, I had taken my mobile out and taken a snap of it. I did not expect much out of it.
However, when I looked at it on my laptop screen, I knew that it was a winner. Our reflections are pretty clear on the window, and at the same time, you can also look through the window. I am putting this into the top ten personal favorites of my photography collection :-)