Populuxe
MobiAddict
- Real Name
- Kent Kangley
- Device
- iPhone15
Beware the Gator
Tequesta Lens. Desaturated contrast. This magical lens desaturates and adds contrast to your photos. Made in Florida.
Florida Man 1911. Surreal clipped and torn. A slightly surreal film, this film is as unexpected as the local denizens.
Tequesta is likely named for the small town north of Miami which in turn takes it’s name from the Tequesta people. Florida Man is a popular meme about how Floridians seem to be involved in strange events at a higher rate than other Americans. 1911 looks to be a reference to the Colt M1911 handgun. There’s even an upper half of the gun placed over the state, effectively turning the entire state into a handgun. I have no idea what kind of statement Hipstamatic is trying to make here, but considering the still fresh horrors of the Stoneman-Douglas High School and Pulse Nightclub shootings, it seems tone-deaf at best.
As advertised, the lens slightly desaturates and adds contrast at the same time. There appears to be a mild color shift as well. I’m going out on a limb and predicting the film will not be a big hit. It creates a large monochromatic blue border around the photo using your original photo flipped 180° horizontally and vertically, as well as adding a white tear line along one edge of the inner image. Turning off the border will only remove the tear mark, not the border.
These are my photos taken with my iPod Touch.
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