Captain America was also known to throw stickers.
Taken in the downtown Lansing Post Office (my shipment of prescription flip flops had arrived).
Shot with my phone (Samsung Epic) and processed in the Vignette Android app. I believe I used one of the Tobacco filters for the gradient, and a couple of other options, including the panorama cropping.
This is the perk of (finally) having a fancy smart phone: I always have a 5 mega-pixel camera on me, and access to photo editing software. Sure, I’d rather have my DSLR (a Canon Rebel T2i) and Photoshop, but my phone and Vignette are a very acceptable Plan B.
There are days I miss having a simple point and shoot with me, but since the camera on my phone is nearly as good (my old point and shoot was 6MP), I don’t miss it too much. Plus, shots with my phone get online much quicker.
As photo-friend Becky Johns told me once, “The best camera is the one you have with you.” (And she bought me a Shamrock Shake once, so you know she’s Good People)
Such was the case during my visit to the Post Office. I spotted the sticker and thought, “Man, why did they cancel the Gummi Bears cartoon?” “Hey! That looks neat.” I wasn’t there looking for a photo opp, it just happened, like a seagull sticking out its tongue.
Sometimes the best shots are the ones you aren’t looking for–and that’s what I love about photography: capturing those unexpected moments.
This shot is from my 2011 Year in Pictures set on Flickr.
