Yesterday’s Top 5 post was all about my photography taken with my Nikon D800 camera. Today’s Top 5 is all about my other camera, my iPhone. This year all of my winter iphoneography was done on an iPhone 6 Plus and sure enough, this camera did not disappoint either.
Here are my Top 5 iPhoneography Winter Photography Favourites.
Number 5
This black and white winter photo was really magical. It was a long exposure photo, which enabled me to get the details below the water. I love how the smooth water contrasts with the rough details of the ice. This monochromatic image adds much more drama to this scene than the original colour version.
Number 4
Many of you will have seen the square cropped version of this image, as seen on my Instagram feed here, and featured on many other hubs on Instagram. While it works well with the square crop, I do like the full view as well. This was taken at Tiffany Falls in Ancaster one overcast Saturday. I happened to come here without knowing there was going to be a class. By chance, I ran into some other photographers who had been taking ice climbing photos for a long time. I learned a couple things here and there from him, and had a good time trying out different angles and whatnot.
Number 3
It was an overcast day that made all photos a little boring to look at. I happened to come across this point in the Hamilton region while out shooting one weekend. That wooden structure caught my eye as I was walking back to my car. I took a quick snap of it with the Toronto skyline visible in the backdrop. The clouds were white and grey, but I liked the texture that I caught with this photo. After a little tweaking using the Mextures app, I came out with this photo which added so much more character and life into it. I really do like that faded purple feel to this. It’s somewhat calming in a sense.
Number 2
Keeping things simple often works in many cases. And that’s what I did here. I tried to keep things to a minimum by cropping out any extraneous distractions. As the sun rose above the horizon, I grabbed this quick shot, which highlighted the fog over Lake Ontario very well. I love the cold morning feel you get with this shot. It was edited with the LV01 filter in VSCOcam, which gave it that overall faded feel to the photo.
Number 1
You’ve seen this square cropped version on my Instagram feed, but the uncropped version is so much more telling. It gives the wide view of the landscape, including the snowbank on the side, and the vast cloud formation, which further adds drama to the scene. If you read my post yesterday, my number one photo from my Nikon also came from this day. The combination of colours, clouds, and viewpoint just struck me as something only Mother Nature can provide in a beautiful sunrise.
Honorable Mention
I have one more shot that I really liked, but didn’t put it in my list because of one technical flaw. This was a long exposure but somehow I managed to blur the subject in the photo. My phone was on a tripod and everything, but I suppose my fat fingers may have done some extra damage to the scene. It may look fine on a mobile screen, but when looked at full size, the CN Tower is actually quite blurry, immediately taking this out of contention. I do really like this scene though, and it was unfortunate that this happened.
So there’s my top five favourite iPhoneography with my iPhone 6 Plus for this winter season. I hope you found the thoughts behind my photos a little enlightening.
Have you taken a favourite winter photo with your mobile device? Let me know what it was in the comments below, and link to it so I can view them as well!