Yesterday I spent a few minutes enjoying an exceptionally beautiful day at Hiram M. Chittenden Locks, otherwise known as the Ballard Docks. It’s a great place with plenty of park for picnics, leisurely strolls, and biking. I really enjoyed the dynamic of a very industrial place, including shipments by boat and train, alongside a lush park full of birds and other assorted wildlife. I could go into that great life metaphor which is the salmon migration (aided by a fish ladder at the docks), but I feel I’ve already met my “warm fuzzies” quotient for the day.

In addition to enjoying the park, I also had fun with a new iPhone app called CameraBag. Aside from some extended manual controls for file size, the real fun is the filters it applies to your images, making them much cooler than they really are. Below are some examples of the “Helga” filter, which is based on the style of image for which the toy camera, Holga, is most known. The snapshots turned out great except for a few which seemed skewed. I can’t quite tell if it’s the camera or the filter but I’m guessing it’s the latter of the two.