Morning photo: Frost City, USA

The heart of winter

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Even a dead tree can become a thing of beauty in the right light, covered with frost.

FRISCO — I had a chance to try out the Olloclip lens for my iPhone camera the past few weeks. I was especially interested in the macro attachment, and after playing around with it for a while, finally figured out how to optimize the shots. If you haven’t heard of it, the Olloclip is a three-way (wide-angle, macro and fisheye) lens that simply slips over the corner of your iPhone. It retails for about $70 and adds some versatility to your repertoire. I still haven’t figured out all the tricks, but I can say that, for a pocket-sized attachment, it offers some fun features. It’s never going to be quite as sharp as a true all-out DSLR macro lens, but as the photo below shows, it does the job for casual snapshots. Now, to explore a telephone lens for the iPhone. All the photos in this set are by iPhone. (more…)

Morning photo: Closeup!

Some semi-macro photography from Colorado

SUMMIT COUNTY — This week’s popular #FriFotos Twitter chat is all about closeups, and there’s nothing better than getting up close and personal with nature via pictures. As much I love photography, I try to keep my gear simple and to a minimum, so I don’t have a true macro lens. Instead, I’ve been using a compact Fuji Finepix camera on a macro setting, and more recently, my iPhone camera to try and capture detailed images of flowers, bugs, mushrooms and ice crystals. Join in the  fun by uploading your favorite closeups to Twitter and tagging them with #FriFotos, then sit back and enjoy the pics from around the world.

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