sierraclub.org - sierra magazine - march/april 2013 - year-life-lonely-oak - that tree: a year in the life of a lonely oak
Photos by Mark Hirsch | Text by Della Watson
Some of the iPhone's limitations have yielded interesting results. "The shaft of light is from lens glare," Hirsch says of this ethereal portrait of a katydid. He doesn't use any filters, and his app use is limited: He prefers Camera+ and ProCamera for exposure controls; Slowshutter for timed exposure shots; and Snapseed for photo editing. "The iPhone, to me, is not much different from any other camera. In the hands of a skilled photographer, it's a fully capable camera," he says. "It has its limitations, but my real cameras won't fit in my pocket."