To my surprise some flowers arrived at the door today addressed to me. The card addressed the Steen Family and was sent from the Mayo Family. Awwww!

Be sure to check out my how I processed this HDR at the bottom!

They came from a place called Rambling Rose in Manly (about a 25 minute drive from where I live). There’s a flower shop less than a 2 minute drive away from where I live.

I guess it’s hard to know the distance of places from the other side of the world. I mean, there is Google Maps, but I’ll be the first to admit that I didn’t use gMaps when sending flowers to Rachel. Granted she lives in a tiny town where there’s probably only 2 or 3 flower shops; I just chose the one with a good website.

I can’t tell whether the flowers we received are real or cut. I tipped them upside down earlier today and managed to create a nice puddle on the kitchen counter. Go me!

They’re all pretty compacted together so I can’t get down to the roots. Hmpf!

Thanks heaps for the flowers, Mayos! :) :) :)

My EXIF
Camera: iPhone 3GS
Lighting: Overhead compact fluorescent bulbs
Processing:
1) I created a real HDR using the TrueHDR app (opens iTunes). Unlike other iPhone/iPod Touch apps, TrueHDR actually takes TWO images and merges them together to create a High Dynamic Range. Don’t be fooled by the extremely simplistic icon and user interface graphics; they look silly, but the app means serious business!

Within the app there’s written and video instructions on how to use the app — for those that haven’t done HDR photography before.

TrueHDR is only US$1.99 in the App Store. As of December, 2009, it’s the only application that takes 2 images and merges them together to create a tone mapped image (incorrectly known as an HDR). Buy TrueHDR in the Australian iTunes App Store.

2) I took the processed tone mapped image and then used Helga setting in CameraBag.