Frequently I’m confronted with scenes – on this day (and many similar occasions) it’s stunningly gorgeous skies – that my iPhone’s camera totally fails to capture. It’s really frustrating.
The photo at the top of this post, above, is the best of the many wherein the camera is focussed on the screen, not the view beyond. I keep/include this example, crap as it may be, because it does at least go part of the way towards capturing the colours in the sky, which were simply sublime.
Yesterday I picked Teresa up, mid-shift, as a drop I made was right next door to where she works, and the timing’s were perfect: dropped off the packages, drove to her workplace – literally seconds, as it was right next door – and there she is, walking out of work chatting with a co-worker.
From this point onwards, and for about the next hour or more, there was an absolutely sublime sunset. One unusual feature of which was a visual phenomenon I’ve rarely if ever seen before, and desperately wanted to capture. A perfectly vertical ‘column of light’. But, alas, due to the crapness of the iPhones’ cam’, I was unable to.
One of the most annoying things about this iPhones’ camera is that 99% of the time it’ll focus on the car windscreen, not the landscape beyond. This is so infuriating! Above and below are two rare instances where this didn’t occur.
Of maybe 30-40 attempted shots, the few here are the best. And, frankly, they fail miserably at capturing the awesome majesty of this incredible sunset. I really must get a better camera!
The most annoying part was the cam’s complete failure to capture the ‘column of light’ effect that was the most singular aspect of this particular evening’s display.
The ‘Flying V’, or arrowhead of cloud, was all that remained of the spectacular display, by the time I’d dropped my last delivery. This was also the first moment on the route that had found me stationary and with a view of the sky not totally blocked by buildings. So I took the above shot. But by then the really spectacular display was over.
The thing was, that the only times I had an unimpeded view of the skies were between drops, whilst driving. And on this occasion it was frustrating how, at no point, did a natural opportunity for a decent photo opp’ occur.