Layne's Lunch

We took a hike up to Dog Lake in Big Cottonwood Canyon today.  Here is a picture of the lake.  Yes, it looks more like a big pond.  How big does a pond need to be before we can call it a lake?

I'm no ornithologist, so I can't identify this bird, but we saw it on our hike up to Dog Lake in Big Cottonwood Canyon.

Here is a picture of our new church building.

I found myself near the top of Francis Peak yesterday.  It was a beautiful sunrise, but unfortunately, the only camera I had was my Iphone.   This is a shot using the Iphone's HDR and Panorama features.

It's been a while since I posted.  I had my camera at the parade today and caught a picture of the trombone line.

Before I bought my iPhone 5 I watched the "Cheese" advertisement on apple.com: http://www.apple.com/iphone/videos/#tv-ads-cheese I thought it looked like a cute gimmick that would really have little practical use. However, they may have changed my mind.  I gave it a try the other day and I was very impressed. This is a shot from Antelope Island in the Great Salt Lake, looking west at sunrise.  I didn't have my Canon with me so I decided to see what the phone could do.  Not bad.  I took this with the HDR mode on and in panorama mode.  It is amazing how well it stitched the photos together.   I had to crop it and clean up the colors in Aperture a little bit, but other than that, this is pretty much how it came out of the camera.