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Time for an upgrade iPhone 14 Pro Max

This is the last image taken on my iPhone 12 Pro Max. It is it’s replacement iPhone 14 Pro Max.

Deep Purple iPhone 14 Pro Max and transparent Mous case.

I have also bought a transparent Mous case and screen protectors for this iPhone 14 Pro Max – as they did a great job of protecting the 12. Transparent to I can see the phone is deep purple.

I am looking forward to seeing what I can do with this latest camera from Apple. As a bonus it includes a smartphone!

The old phone is being up cycled to Jeremy, including the Mous case and screen protector.

However…

Apple is not as environmentally friendly as they claim, they are happy to brick and build in enforced obsolescence.

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A Few Minutes after Midnight

This is the start of year eleven of “a photo a day” and I thought I would go back to the beginning.

There are house decorations that were not there in the original – but you can see the changes in the technology between my iPhone 4 and 12 Max Pro.

A Few Minutes after Midnight

Many of the New Year’s Day photos have been of the London fireworks on the TV, so let’s have that as well.

London fireworks and lasers
London fireworks and lasers

With Diana’s and my Father Christmas’s.

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Photo for Smart Thinking

Today’s photo is for a blog due out next week on our Security, Governance and Compliance website – SmartThinking.Solutions

The article is raising questions about Apple’s proposal for all images stored in the iCloud to be scanned for CSAM. I will add the link to article here next week.

For the blog it will have a text overlay added using the markup function in Apple Photos on my phone. The larger screen of the iPhone 12 Pro Max makes it easy to do this type of photo editing. Meaning I can run my blogs and websites from my smartphone.

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Macro Lens for my iPhone

Having seen a similar lens on the BCC Countryfile I purchased this lens from, of Amazon! You cannot beat the service – ordered after Countryfile on Sunday evening, delivered to me just after 4pm on the following day.

A quick look through this blog shows I make a lot of close-up images – one of my most viewed post is one featuring a series of close-up shots of bees. This lens should get me closer.

Here are some photos using the lens this morning:

Close-up bee photo with a macro lens accessory for an iPhone 12 Pro Max
Close-up bee photo with a macro lens accessory for an iPhone 12 Pro Max

Here is the lens:

A macro lens accessory for an iPhone 12 Pro Max
100mm focal length macro lens accessory for an iPhone 12 Pro Max

It disassembles for carrying and to allow for accurate placement over the iPhone camera lens – hence the second lens cap. (I am going to put some brightly coloured stickers on the small lens cap for when I drop it!) A small draw string carrying bag was also provided.

Excerpts from the manual:

I have only used it for a trial in the garden this morning – handheld, with the wind moving the roses. I shot about 15 images and two were usable.

I have a small tripod and a smartphone clamp which I plan to use to steady this lens whenever possible. The lens, tripod and clamp are light enough that I will catty them when out walking.

I know there will be some image quality lost by using an accessory such as this and if I was still working as a professional photographer that would be a consideration, but I take photos for the challenge of making good images and the fun of it.

Watch out for the close-ups in future posts.

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