Some clouds over Astir Beach in Vouliagmeni and great light create ideal photo conditions for the iPhone 4.
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The picture shows some of the Beach Beds at YaBanaki in Varkiza; they are probably inspired by the good old Greeks or Romans 
. The fact that they are about 5 feet above the level of the sand where the masses enjoy the beach, gives them a somewhat imperial or divine dominant position as seen on old paintings.
The iPhone automatically used the following settings:
F-stop: f/2.4
Exposure time: 1/2320
ISO speed: ISO-80
Focal length: 4 mm
Metering: Average
The metering mode gives us a uniformly sharp or blurred picture. Focusing with the iPhone is easy: by tapping the touch screen the camera focuses on the part of the image addressed.
Posted from Vari, Attica, Greece.
YaBanaki Varkiza is a post from: iPhone 4 Photos All content Copyright © 2010 Yorgo Nestoridis. All rights reserved. Contact mail: iPhone (at) yorgo.net
YaBanaki may sound Japaneese but in fact it means “for the little bath” and is Greek. At this beach in Varkiza, just a few kilometers south of Vouliagmeni, all names start with ‘Ya…’ such as my preferred ‘YaOuzaki’ which is the name of the tavern (for the Ouzo). The’…aki’ at the end designs a diminutive.
This iPhone 4 Photo has been color adjusted to get rid of the over warm rendering by the iPhone.
Posted from Greece.
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Coincidence or paparazzi? Taking a shot of a friend at the Beach restaurant of the Grand Resort Lagonissi with the iPhone 4, I noticed the former French Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin in the background when viewing the shot.
Wikipedia teaches us that Villepin’s full name is Dominique Marie François René Galouzeau de Villepin, a whole dictionary by itself. Mr de Villepin, unlike other “people” preserves also in shorts his ‘alure’ as a states man. The Grand Resort Lagonissi sure is a great place to relax with friends and family. Great idea, Mr Villepin to choose Greece and the Grand Resort Lagonissi.
Below just some black and white excerpts of some other shots from the same day and place.
This is not an iPhone 4 Photo. The focal length is 49 mm corresponding to a 400 mm tele-lens on 35 mm equivalent, shot with a speed of 1/500 and f/4.9 at ISO-250 with a Leica V-Lux-20.
Same camera and settings as before but with ISO-160. A 400 mm equivalent hand-held optical zoom is difficult to stabilize at 1/500 as the pics show. It was worth the try and the sensation of being a mini paparazzi .
Images Copyright 2010 Yorgo Nestoridis - iPhone4Photos.net – All rights reserved.
Posted from Kalyvia Thorikou, Attica, Greece.
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This photo shows the beach at the Grand Resort Lagonissi; the iPhone 4 photo does not really reflect the clear, translucent waters and for once the colors are too cool. Nice setting however with the Resort’s Bungalows in the background.
Some of the data:
F-stop: f/2.8
Exposure time: 1/1885 s
ISO speed: ISO-80
Focal length: 4 mm
Posted from Kalyvia Thorikou, Attica, Greece.
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The image shows the far end of the beach bar at the Grand Resort in Lagonissi from where water sports are launched. The scenery is gorgeous and generous, typical for the coast of Attica between Vouliagmeni and Cap Sounio. The Beach is part of the 5 Star Grand Resort Lagonissi and accordingly well equipped – 5 star service included. A brilliant place for the whole family.
This black and white version has been achieved by post editing, whereas I have just converted the original above into b&w with Photoshop. The conversion with Photoshop of the iPhone Photo looks better to me than taking B&W pictures with the B&W App from Hanna Mobile. The disadvantage: you cannot just shoot and send a B&W immediately to the net or by mail.
Posted from Kalyvia Thorikou, Attica, Greece.
Grand Resort Lagonissi is a post from: iPhone 4 Photos All content Copyright © 2010 Yorgo Nestoridis. All rights reserved. Contact mail: iPhone (at) yorgo.net
The above features the Beach Bar of the Grand Resort Lagonissi; in fact the bar is surrounded by the sea and the platform serves also for launching water sports. Above the roof, two powerful speaker boxes used for mainstream music plaid by more or less famous DJs.
The photo has been shot using a free B&W app for the iPhone by Hanna Mobile. This iPhone 4 Photo looks quite crisp to me with a good degree of detail and nuance. Unfortunately the use of the application kills the EXIF information. When downloading the image no camera details are visible. This may be one of the limitations of the free version of the app, however I am not sure about the specs of the paid B&W app.
Posted from Kalyvia Thorikou, Attica, Greece.
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Enjoy the Monkey Valley News Trailer with sound and music!
Copyright © 2010 Bianca Gubalke. Visit the original article at http://biancagubalke.com/south-africa/alan-marriott-at-monkey-valley-resort/.
Alan Marriott – International Stage Hypnotist who calls himself “Man of the Mind” – filmed at Monkey Valley Resort, Noordhoek South Africa, on Saturday, 24th July 2010.
Please click on the Video further down to see a 2 minute clip from material I shot with my Digital Camera with very low light conditions and blasting sound, all edited on Camtasia Pro 7 until I get more RAM to be operational with Adobe Premiere Pro! Without a couple of additional GB nothing moves there. . . duh!
If you don’t get there by clicking on the YouTube Video “Hypnotist Alan Marriott at Monkey Valley Resort” try again HERE.
Alan Marriot, the Entertainer, mesmerized his audience with his “extreme hypnosis”, telepathy, manipulation of the mind… and he made us laugh as you see and hear in the short video above.
Beyond the jokes, however, hides a thoughtful and caring personality… a qualified hypno-therapist who helps people to get rid of addictions and pains.
Digital Media Design is what counts on the Internet today and we have to get ready for it!
Me shooting a movie clip with a digital camera is already ‘something’… but I am amazed at the quality.
Next is the conversion, especially when it comes to HD formats. Download times are a pain in countries with slow connections and there it’s best to first download the entire movie and then watch it without buffering. I always have to do this… as a rule – and it’s very, very annoying with tutorials… and I wish Adobe could make an effort to get that into ‘lighter’ shape as we really suffer down here.
With my website back up since about an hour after a temperamental migration to larger servers due to higher streaming capacities, I am happy to be back with a post!
I will have to catch up with a couple of articles that got lost in the roll-back. However, Internet lines incredibly slow and sticky today again; one wonders what’s going on out there . . .
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