This image was taken with my smart phone. I did not set out to photograph with my smart phone it just happened that way. You see it was a beautiful day in New Mexico and I was wracking my brain for someplace to shoot outside that was not too far from home. I kept thinking of the Botanical Gardens in Albuquerque but kept rejecting the idea as being too early in the season. It finally dawned on me that it was high time I checked out the Rio Grande Nature Center. I was so excited about the idea I ran and gathered up my photo gear. But I had a few errands to run first so I got that done and then jumped in my car and headed south. When I got to the Nature Center it was so warm I just had to take off my jacket. I opened the back of the car to put away my jacket and get out my camera and just froze. No camera bag. I hadn’t stopped anywhere between home and the parking lot so the only conclusion was that my camera bag was 50 miles away sitting on the bed in my guest room. So, I was forced to test the theory that the best camera is the one you have with you which in this case was the 8mp camera on my Samsung Galaxy SII. I have to say that I chose that phone specifically for the quality of the camera but had used it very little in that way. So off I went down the trails at the Nature Center. I am sure the other visitors thought I was crazy as I snapped away shooting dead leaves with my cell phone. Unfortunately, the battery gave out before I had quite exhausted all the great subjects that even a winter’s day at the Nature Center had to offer. And if that wasn’t bad enough it was just as I was plugging the phone into my computer to download the pictures that my hard drive failed. In the process of regrouping my computational and telecommunications needs I right-graded the smart phone to a tablet (more practical for email and internet) and a flip phone (simplify, simplify, simplify). As for the Galaxy SII? I think it will go into permanent airplane mode and rest in the glove compartment of my car awaiting the next camera emergency.