Apple devices have enabled my writing and some of my flower photography in many ways. I get a new Iphone almost every year; they are affordable with the trade-ins they offer.

This one has a beautiful new feature: a Zoom lens that resembles the macro I love in the Leicas. After getting it settled and switched over, I experimented with the new phone for several hours.

I have to change at least a dozen passwords every time I do this, but I’m getting the hang of it. I love its clarity and color.

Permits.

Maria and I are going to Boston on Sunday afternoon, Monday, and Tuesday morning. We are both eager to see the Georgia O’Keeffe exhibit at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts. We found a cheap motel just outside the city, and luckily, we could find a good seafood or Korean restaurant.

The photos below are the first samples of the new phone and my experimentation. A new phone is like a new lens; it opens doors and generates experimentation, improving my pictures. I hope you like them. This is a beautiful supplement to the Leica. Each camera does something the others don’t. I can’t help but grow if I overcome my dread of machines and get bold.

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“I said to myself, ‘I have things in my head that are not like what anyone has taught me—shapes and ideas near to me—so natural to my way of being and thinking that it hasn’t occurred to me to put them down.’ I started anew to strip away what I had been taught.”   – Georgia O’Keeffe.

Here is my first experiment with the Iphone 18 Pro Max.

Strength and beauty, a dignified flower.

Ocean waves.

The elegant Lily, in Black And White.

Flowers and Wind, a Jellyfish dance.

My Poe flower