HOLBOX ISLAND – the smartphone files
I finally did it. I finally tried out my smartphone’s camera. File sizes are not very large, shutter lag all but forbids pursuing moving subjects and no amount of shading or peering will make the screen usable for composition. That said, for such a small package, it does pack a fair punch.
Holbox Island, in southern Mexico, is an unusual place. The beaches’ sand is a little hard but a well-worn couch provides providential padding…
All around Holbox there are many poles sticking out of the shallow water. While the effectiveness in combating erosion is debatable, it is undeniable that they do provide handy resting spots for the many seabirds.
Holbox has two piers, this wooden one is the smaller of the two and juts north into the Gulf of Mexico.
My smartphone camera has such a long shutter lag that moving subjects prove a challenge to capture at the right time…
…but pre-framing and focusing and then waiting for the subject to walk into the frame does improve chances slightly.
Holbox being an odd place, the highlight of the Christmas season is the annual dog dress-up contest, held in the town square. The pup on the right, sporting a green elf-y number, won the contest.
Proud owner shows off his butterfly-winged mutt, who came in a very respectable second place.
The smartphone used for all these photos is an older Samsung Gt-i9070. Color jpegs were converted to monochrome and cropped to the square format on a regular desktop PC.
Thanks for the visit. Hope you enjoyed.
Alessandro Ciapanna
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