{"id":890,"date":"2016-06-24T16:53:09","date_gmt":"2016-06-24T16:53:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/philippemonthoux.com\/blog\/?p=890"},"modified":"2020-03-20T18:03:00","modified_gmt":"2020-03-20T18:03:00","slug":"iphone-photography-lone-tree","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/philippemonthoux.com\/blog\/iphone-photography-lone-tree\/","title":{"rendered":"iPhone Photography: Lone Tree"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After taking a nature fine art online photography class, I really took to adding textures to my pictures. I was therefore delighted to find out there were apps that allowed me\u00a0to do this on my\u00a0smartphone.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_892\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-892\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-892\" src=\"http:\/\/philippemonthoux.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Philippe-Monthoux-iPhone-Lone-Tree-DistressedFX-1.jpg\" alt=\"iPhone photograph of a lone tree in winter time edited with the DistressedFX app.\" width=\"800\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/philippemonthoux.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Philippe-Monthoux-iPhone-Lone-Tree-DistressedFX-1.jpg 800w, https:\/\/philippemonthoux.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Philippe-Monthoux-iPhone-Lone-Tree-DistressedFX-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/philippemonthoux.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Philippe-Monthoux-iPhone-Lone-Tree-DistressedFX-1-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/philippemonthoux.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Philippe-Monthoux-iPhone-Lone-Tree-DistressedFX-1-624x624.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-892\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">This is my favourite of all the versions of the lone tree photograph I created with the DistressedFX app.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>One of my favourite editing apps is DistressedFX. It is very easy to use, but it does take quite a bit of experimentation to find which photographic subjects best lend themselves to adding DistressedFX textures.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_893\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-893\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-893\" src=\"http:\/\/philippemonthoux.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Philippe-Monthoux-iPhone-Lone-Tree-DistressedFX-2.jpg\" alt=\"iPhone photograph of a lone tree in winter time edited with the DistressedFX app.\" width=\"800\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/philippemonthoux.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Philippe-Monthoux-iPhone-Lone-Tree-DistressedFX-2.jpg 800w, https:\/\/philippemonthoux.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Philippe-Monthoux-iPhone-Lone-Tree-DistressedFX-2-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/philippemonthoux.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Philippe-Monthoux-iPhone-Lone-Tree-DistressedFX-2-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/philippemonthoux.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Philippe-Monthoux-iPhone-Lone-Tree-DistressedFX-2-624x624.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-893\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">It never ceases to amaze me how different a photograph can look when applying another DistressedFX texture.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The &#8216;distressed effects&#8217; worked out quite well, in my opinion, with this photograph of a bare tree taken during the past winter, on my way to a meeting.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_894\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-894\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-894\" src=\"http:\/\/philippemonthoux.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Philippe-Monthoux-iPhone-Lone-Tree-DistressedFX-3.jpg\" alt=\"iPhone photograph of a lone tree in winter time edited with the DistressedFX app.\" width=\"800\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/philippemonthoux.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Philippe-Monthoux-iPhone-Lone-Tree-DistressedFX-3.jpg 800w, https:\/\/philippemonthoux.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Philippe-Monthoux-iPhone-Lone-Tree-DistressedFX-3-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/philippemonthoux.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Philippe-Monthoux-iPhone-Lone-Tree-DistressedFX-3-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/philippemonthoux.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Philippe-Monthoux-iPhone-Lone-Tree-DistressedFX-3-624x624.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-894\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">This high contrast version works because of the graphic simplicity of the subject.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>When editing the photos, what I typically do is cycle rapidly through the many textures\/overlays DistressedFX has to offer, and then go back and tweak the ones I thought looked good.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_895\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-895\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-895\" src=\"http:\/\/philippemonthoux.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Philippe-Monthoux-iPhone-Lone-Tree-DistressedFX-4.jpg\" alt=\"iPhone photograph of a lone tree in winter time edited with the DistressedFX app.\" width=\"800\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/philippemonthoux.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Philippe-Monthoux-iPhone-Lone-Tree-DistressedFX-4.jpg 800w, https:\/\/philippemonthoux.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Philippe-Monthoux-iPhone-Lone-Tree-DistressedFX-4-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/philippemonthoux.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Philippe-Monthoux-iPhone-Lone-Tree-DistressedFX-4-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/philippemonthoux.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Philippe-Monthoux-iPhone-Lone-Tree-DistressedFX-4-624x624.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-895\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">This effect is called &#8216;Surreal&#8217;.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>If you are like me and love to add texture effects to your iPhone pictures, I would recommend you try the DistressedFX app. But be warned it\u2019s going to take some experimentation before you get the results you want.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After taking a nature fine art online photography class, I really took to adding textures to my pictures. 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