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I'm Ba-a-ack!
Hi all,

It was good to get away for awhile, and now I'm happy to be back with renewed energy to photograph and post images. During the interim I was away, I upgraded to an iPhone 7 Plus just for the camera feature. It didn't cost me any more to get it than if I had chosen the regular Iphone 7. It was exciting to discover the merits of this phone camera, and I must say that it is truly a large improvement over any other iPhone camera I ever used (and I really liked the 6s a lot). Last week I had the prime opportunity to use it. I visited Longwood Gardens and its refurbished main fountain; what a glorious experience that was! Even though lighting wasn't the best that day, I was able to snap some rather remarkable photos with the 7 Plus iPhone camera. Over the next couple of days I will post some of the best of these images I captured that day.

Now that I'm back, I look forward to catching up with you and seeing all the beautiful pictures you posted over the past couple of weeks! :-)

P.S. We are halfway through August and I was hoping by now that IMA would have taken over the platform. Can any member from the Association give us an idea when the transfer will happen? I understand if you can't answer specifically, but it would be nice to know it will happen very soon...

13 comments

Gisela Plewe said:

Welcome back, Valfal!
6 years ago ( translate )

Valfal replied to Gisela Plewe:

Thank you so much, Gisela, so nice to see you , too! :-)
6 years ago

Pam J said:

Glad you are back Val.

I suggest you read this thread in the IMA Group as things have been posted.

www.ipernity.com/group/2260604/discuss/187674

You do not have to read all 220+ posts ! But a 15 mins scan of it should get you reasonably up to speed.
6 years ago

Valfal replied to Pam J:

Thank you for your well wishes and for the link to the discussion thread updating the status of the IMA take over. I really appreciate it. My thanks to you and the rest of IMA for your dedication to this wonderful site! :-)
6 years ago

Stormlizard said:

Welcome back Valerie.
6 years ago ( translate )

Valfal replied to Stormlizard:

Thank you so very much, John. I hope you are feeling much better these days. :-)
6 years ago

Jenny McIntyre said:

Lovely seeing you back here. As for your photo of the orchids taken with your phone - it's fantastic. My son has the latest i-phone and he takes all his photos with it and to be honest, they come out so much better than the camera he used to have.
6 years ago

Valfal replied to Jenny McIntyre:

Thank you so much, Jenny, so glad to be back feeling re-energized!

Regarding these phone cameras, they truly have surpassed point and shoots in my opinion. I love it as it makes for the most portable camera I have ever owned, lol. They still don"t replace DSLRs, but in many ways they come close.
6 years ago

Kathleen Thorpe said:

Very nice to see you back. I look forward to your photos!
6 years ago

Valfal replied to Kathleen Thorpe:

Thank you so very much, Kathleen; I also look forward to seeing your beautiful pictures as well! :-)
6 years ago

M♥rJ Photogr♥phy !!… said:

Lovely to see you back Val.... all refreshed with your brilliant new phone. Can't wait to see more, if anything like your Orchid then we are in for a treat......Thanks so much for all your comments ....Wish you all the best xx
6 years ago

Valfal replied to M♥rJ Photogr♥phy !!…:

Aw, thank you so very much, Marj, most appreciated! xx :-)
6 years ago

Heidiho said:

.... oh yes, it's a little shock to see: your mobile is able to take good photos in bad light situations.
We have to accept: next time DSLRs will be out. A relict from the past (may be in 10 years).
... same problem (time of changing) with photo communities ....
... somewhere I read: may be this week IMA will try to start .... give us the possibility to pay our new fees ...
6 years ago