My GPS Camera Phone

It’s been awhile since my last stop at the Paynes Prairie overlook, so I made the trip out there last week during a particularly overcast day. The floodplain is just about dried up and most of the vines and grasses are beginning to wither away. There’s some late-blooming things, but most everything is about ready to succumb to the pending winter freeze.

This particular shot was taken with the Nokia 5310. A quick trip through Photoshop made this image pop more than the original, due to the poor quality of the 5310. Desaturation, curves and a gradient map later, and we’re in business.

Though the palm tree was alive, the vines that had climbed all the way to the top had since died back, waiting for next spring’s rain to repeat their ascension. And they will be back, without a doubt.

This photo was apparently stuck in limbo, with the message to my phone downloaded, but not the image. When I checked incoming messages yesterday, to my surprise, I found this great photo of a palm tree (in our front yard, maybe, but something tells me that it isn’t).

In previous shots using the Casio G’Zone, the center of the image tends to be discolored, especially when shooting earthy colors. It looks like Nancy nailed the perfect shot to cancel out this discoloration, using a light background and an earthy foreground. There’s no cropping on this photo either. It’s directly out of the camera phone. Personally, I love it. How about you?

Photo credit: Nancy