Don, 

     I hear you, my friend. I shall sally forth and test my iPhone'c camera to 
its limits - or mine. As I think about what you've said, yes, how the heck do 
they do it. 


Bob 

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From: "DON BERTOLETTE" <[email protected]> 
To: [email protected] 
Sent: Monday, July 20, 2009 6:34:11 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern 
Subject: [ENTS] Re: Dune Adventures 

Bob- 
I tell ya, that iPhone's a panoramic wonder!  You COULD not get those with ANY 
smartphone camera, and most SLR specialized lenses. Now that the new ones have 
gone up to 3Mb resolution, they're great...yes they have limitations (no zoom), 
but yours is always in focus, and my new one has a very fast autofocus. And 
take a close look at the size of the lens...how do they do that! 
That said, great composition in your photos Bob, you've the knack, you've just 
gotta discover it and use it! 
-Don 


Date: Mon, 20 Jul 2009 18:31:36 +0000 
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Subject: [ENTS] Dune Adventures 


ENTS,WNTS, 


   The attached images reflect an infinitesimal fraction of dune moods and 
patterns to which the eye is treated in a scene that unfolds each day from dawn 
to dusk.  These are all images that were taken with my little iPhone camera.  


1. S-BlendedEcosystems:  This image was taken at the edge of the dunes. The 
unrelenting battle between sand and vegetation is featured here against the 
backdrop of the massive 13,294-foot Mt. Herard. Clouds spill over Medano Pass 
to heighten one viewscape. 


2. S-Footprintsinthe Sand: All sand prints are ephemeral. One walks into and 
out of the dunes, looking back to see the lingering trace of one's presence. 
The physical manifestations of that presence pass to be replaced by others, and 
so on. The only constant of the dunes is change. 


3. S-LookingBack: When in the dunes, one's attention is drawn first to 
micro-patterns then macro-patterns, and back. The boldness and expansiveness of 
this extraordinary landscape first captures ones imagination, followed by the 
heart, and then the soul. There is more here than can be absorbed in an hour, 
day, year, or century. Some parts change in the blink of an eye. Other parts 
seem eternal.  


4. S-Sandscapes:  There are no dull moments spent in dune wanderings. Sudden 
changes brought by windy gusts; shifting patterns highlighted by the dancing 
interplay of light and shadows; cresting a high dune to be confronted by a 
still higher one; it all unfolds in an endless expanse. But there is a 
constant. It is the ever bold backdrop of the lofty Sangre de Cristos. I could 
never tire of the dunes.  


Bob  



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