Today is a failed technical image just to show that the iPhone does have it's limitations (due to sensor size) if you end up cropping an image. I like to take photos of textures, especially different tree barks. This image is a beech tree which has a more smooth bark than the oaks, hickory, etc. It was interesting because I found some inspired by nature artwork. Whether this is weather, disease, insect related??? This image is not sharp and pixelated**. I tried various in camera apps, but the best I could do was using PSE 11 and doing "smart fix". ** First of all there is no ability to take the image as a RAW image on an iPhone, the sensor is small, and if you crop the image to show more detail, then you will lose clarity and begin to see pixelation. i.e. the image is not sharp and can apprear jagged even if you did use a tripod. I did not use a tripod which is recommended for close up or macro shots.. This circle was probably 3 inches in diameter. I was trying to get close but hoped to get some detail of the bark surrounding the textured circle as smaller cracks were present which I did not notice when I was taking the image. The image has some blueish cast because it was taken late afternoon in a shaded wooded area. An LED screen can be misleading as to the details of the image. 
Today I picked a tropical plant from the NC zoo to try working with some post processing. I may have come up with an idea for a card and didn't have to take out a paintbrush. I would need to add a vertical text box for the occasion. LOL I do not know the cultivar name nor was there any plant ID. I wanted to play with a painterely app with this image. Waterlogue (note spelling) which is a free painting app until end of Jan. and then did pencil drawing in PSE as well applying a vignette. I did not use flash when I took this photo but the lighting in a conservancy setting can be very tricky. With the iPhone I do not get the "blinkies" telling me I have an issue with highlights, especially with the native camera in 5s. Original image top left, waterlogue IOS app top right, Pencil drawing PSE 11 with color center left, Vignette in PSE from orignal image center right. 
On Friday near midnight, I looked out my kitchen window and saw a pink sky. I grabbed my iPhone to try to get the image. I shot it with Camera+ app for the iPhone. The main silhoutte is a black gum tree which I did straighten. Like all pictures of sunrises, sunset or atmospheric phenomena what your eye sees and what the camera sensor sees can be two different things. I did use the filters in camera to try to simulate what I thought I saw including colorlab tint and a little brightness. I may have overdone the pink as difficult to really tell on small iPhone screen. This window faces East. Too early for a sunrise and there are no commercial ventures in the neighborhood that would have explained the color of the sky. It was "one moment in time". Some night I am going to get a nice moon shot using this tree. I will post the original for comparison but you not even a tinge of pink and a more brown/black coloration plus exposure dark. 
