Through the Lens of an iPhone challenge: The "Landscapes" that have caught my eye so far

Well, it's been just over a week since the July Through the Lens of an iPhone photo challenge started, and there have been plenty of "Landscape" photos entered, and here are just a few of the ones that caught my eye.

[Note: Please hover your mouse over photo to reveal the photographer, and click to visit that photographers Flickr page].

If you haven't join in with the fun, why not read the rules here, then head over to the "Through the Lens of an iPhone" Flickr group and start uploading, but remember, no DSLR or computer manipulated images.

Comments

[macounette]

These landscapes are really stunning ! Great selection !

[Bert]

Nice, but it's not terribly hard to take photos shot with a high-end DSLR and turn them into "iPhoneography" shots. It would appear that at least a few of these fit that description.

[Glyn Evans]

Bert, which ones do you think are from a DSLR?

[Reservoir_dan]

I agree with Bert - for me, as a landscape iphoneographer, I do not believe the level of detail in the waterfall shot is possible from an iPhone. The first shot clearly has the rose blooms consistent with iphone4 sun shots, number 2 is clearly an iPhone HDR with additional help from Rays or LensLight, shots 3 and 4 are believable enough as well. But #5? I'd say DSLR all the way. Just my two cents, spent all at once :)

[Reservoir_dan]

That said, I know the photographer Pat Shourds and he is absolutely a stand up guy. I don't believe he would lie about the shot so if he says it's pure iphoneography I'd be inclined to believe him.

[Ladfromlancs]

Thanks for featuring my picture Glyn. (Photo No.2) I will check out the others. Some great shots there. Dan was spot on except it was just Rays used.

[Alex]

I can't believe people create those with their iPhones! Stunning!!!

[vlamas]

also a big thx from me for showing my pic.
spasiba, glyn!

[Darren]

Sadly I'm inclined to agree with Dan on this one. The detail (and at that distance) on the last pic just seems way too detailed to be an iPhone.

That said, I'd dearly love to be proven wrong. It would certainly be inspirational if it *was* taken with an iPhone!

Lovely pics though all - those responsible should be proud of their work here!

[PositivePauly]

Actually I'm convinced Pat's Yosemite shot is 100% iphone. While I've never been to Yosemite I'm pretty confident looking at it in full-res (http://www.flickr.com/photos/pat_shourds/5919211639/sizes/o/in/photostream/) that the angle of view fits what would be shot w/a lens equivalent to what the iPhone uses as its focal length. It also has the typical iPhone camera details that I've come to be able to recognize (but it could be some added texture from an app). The first thing I noticed about the iPhone 4's camera was its AMAZING ability to hold texture in the highlights, provided you're able to control the exposure well enough to expose for them. This seems to be the case here, although I'm pretty sure Pat shoots still with a 3GS. If that's the case, then it makes the shot all the MORE impressive.

But I'm very well aware of the iPhone camera's amaaaazing ability to capture detail. This is one of my old 3GS shots that when I printed I honestly had a hard time distinguishing it from some of the old Ilford shots I made in the b/w chemical darkroom: http://www.flickr.com/photos/paulmarshphotography/4015479271/sizes/o/in/set-72157624936569661/

[PositivePauly]

Also - again, look at the details in the large version of Pat's Yosemite photo and compare them with those in my shot here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/paulmarshphotography/5531377792/sizes/o/in/set-72157624936569661/

Back in April, I hung some prints for my local Arts Walk community art display, and I had an informal contest for people to determine which of the prints were made with my iPhone and which weren't. The photo I've linked above got everyone every time. No one guessed that it was an iPhone shot -- precisely for the reasons y'all were talking about above -- the amazing level of detail in the scene that was captured all throughout the scene convinced people that in no way shape or form could it have been made with an iPhone.

Yep. All iPhone...

[Pat Shourds]

Wow, this is wild. Thanks for the comments. I took lots of iPhone and DSLR shots in Yosemite. I double checked just to be absolutely sure. This is a 100% iPhone image. The original is dark. all the enhancements are done with filterstorm and photoFx Apps.
The clouds, light, and wind created a magical moment. Thanks for including me in your "landscapes that have caught my eye" edition.