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Mobile Apps for Photographers
We all spend way too much time staring at our mobile phones these days, simply because you can do so much with them. If you love photography there are new and exciting apps becoming available for your phone on a daily basis, although many of them are rubbish. I will keep adding to the list below replacing with improved versions as and when I find them, so keep checking back to keep up-to-date with the best Apps available.
Snapseed
Lots of tools and filters This app brings to your mobile device the power and control of professional photo editing software, previously only available on the desktop. Now with the tap of a finger you can retouch, adjust perspective, re-edit, and more.
Beauty on your Doorstep – Hindley walk photos
While Hazel and I love going for walks, we habitually drive out of town to do it, often travelling to Bolton to walk around the many reservoirs. But occasionally we walk the old railway lines and footpaths around where we live in Hindley. It’s surprising what beauty you have on your own doorstep. I’ve lived here for 17 years and didn’t know the two ponds below even existed. All these images were taken with an Android Mobile phone camera.
Amberswood
Walmesley park
If you live in the Wigan area check out this hidden gem of a location https://www.miketurnerphotos.co.uk/photos-haigh-viaduct-wigan/
Torrs Riverside Park and Millennium Walkway
As part of my effort to get fit and lose weight, me and Hazel revisited the MIllennium Walkway for the first time in 6-7 years. It was a 2.5 mile walk from where we parked the car, but well worth the effort.
The Millennium walkway is located where the rivers Sett and Goyt meet, and the power of which has been used by mills for over 200 years. The mills are now largely ruins, although I did notice part of one the mills being used by a local business. It’s a great walk for the family to enjoy, and as unusual a place as you’re likely to come across. Commonly referred to as the “Park under the town”. Directions below.
Torrs Hydro New Mills
Torrs Hydro New Mills Ltd
Market St
New Mills
High Peak, Derbyshire SK22
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ax6JcRhy6I&feature=share
Rocks are hard objects we don’t think of as bendable in any sense of the word, and yet Spanish artist José Manuel Castro López has found a way to manipulate stone so that it appears soft and pliable. His stunning sculptures don’t even look real, as the rocks he carefully crafts are full of impossibly awesome twists and folds. Simply looking at his work makes you question everything you think you know about rocks.
PANO | LA from SCIENTIFANTASTIC on Vimeo.
Live life the way it was intended, look up from your phone, you don’t know what you’re missing…
Amazing 3D art
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