A Secret! I Know A Secret!

'Solarized Cactus' © Paula Scott Molokai Girl Studio

OK, it's really NOT a secret, but if you have an Android phone, your cell phone camera has this little icon that looks like a magic wand. Have you played with that? I have. Perhaps excessively if there is such a thing, but I always like to explore the, 'what would happen if' or the, 'how would this look if...' kind of thing. So, when I saw all the different effects my cell phone camera (Samsung Galaxy III in case you have one and you haven't gone 'exploring' in the camera settings yet) in my world of photography, I consider this to be 'bling'. Big time bling!

The effect you see here is the 'solarizing' effect. There are lots of shadows in this image, but they have been interpreted differently due to the effect. And, I will say, 'me likey'! I've been playing around a lot for the past year and a half with these effects and I often find myself using this one.

Here's another one, but more of a 'big picture' kind of image at the Albuquerque's Bio Park's Japanese pond:

Japanese Pond at the Albuquerque Bio Park © Paula Scott Molokai Girl Studio

I had this one enlarged and printed on metallic paper. It has a pretty good 'cool' factor according to my son!

Hopefully, I've unleashed a fun 'Pandora's Box' for you. Now, get that cell phone camera out and go PLAY!!!

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