*** This Week Through Your Eyes 2023.11/11 ***

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Daneland
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Nov. 11, 2023, 2:23 p.m. Nov. 11, 2023, 2:23 p.m.
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@davidwien has written:

@Daneland has written:

I enjoy Q2 more than I expected. I think subconsciously I am conditioned to like it, regardless of what after spending all this money :)

“If looks could kill!”

David

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NCV
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Nov. 11, 2023, 2:24 p.m. Nov. 11, 2023, 2:24 p.m.
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@Daneland has written:

@Fireplace33 has written:

@Wormsmeat has written:

I recently spoke with Nigel about the quality of mobile phone photographs. I recently upgraded my cult classic Pocophone F1 to a mid-range Google Pixel, purely because I wanted a better camera. They seem to get among the best reviews at each price point. To say I've been pleasantly surprised is an understatement. I thought the daytime shots would be good but didn't expect difficult night shots to come out as well. I took the phone to Thailand and I think this is the first shot I took with it. A quick handheld snapshot (auto everything) in Bangkok as our group were hurrying across a footbridge, very late for a restaurant booking. Not perfect but my other phone would have turned its nose up at a shot like this. This is straight out of camera. I could improve it in PS but wanted to show what it could do on its own. It'll get better as I learn the settings.
I met with a few esteemed New York photographers (formerly of this parish) on Tuesday night and was surprised to hear that one of them almost exclusively uses her mobile now and has turned off EXIF data when she posts on Flickr. The results are amazing and she receives just as many plaudits as before, if not more.

That is quite impressive. especially when taken quickly under the conditions you mentioned.
Remarkable how sharp the background is for what looks like quite a long exposure time, seems longer than 1/25s in the EXIF, looking at the long white lights of the cars (but maybe those cars were just driving faster?)

Perhaps I need a new phone :-)
I have not been over impressed with my Samsung S20 phone for landscape photos, although it does do a great job of easily and quickly making OOC shots that look pretty good on a phone screen, and they are immediately available for sending to others on Whatsapp.
Very handy indeed!!
Perhaps that is why the German name for a mobile phone is the "Handy" :-)

But, here is a comparison of a "big camera" and that S20 phone for almost the same scene last weekend.
The Z7 picture is zoomed in to 120mm, while the phone is zoomed less, to only 76mm (equivalent)
The phone pic is completely untouched, straight OOC, while I have developed the Z7 RAW image and edited in my usual way.
If you download and look at the details in the mountains and in the trees, the differences are quite obvious, especically if it were to printed big.

S20 Phone

Nikon Z7

As long as I dont zoom in , they look similar:)
I think you can expect a better result with newer phones. Not just the computational aspect is getting better but also the sensor sizes are bigger now.

Zooming on the pine trees lets us see the big difference, and the cameras PP is a little strong perhaps. This is the big downside of cell phone photography, you are in the hands of the magic processing that is done without being in command. The Z7 is a camera that with a good lens is a pixel peepers delight.
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ChrisOly
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Nov. 11, 2023, 2:24 p.m. Nov. 11, 2023, 2:24 p.m.
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@NCV has written:

@Fireplace33 has written:

Without leaving the house
Since I didn't go on any trips this week here's some old ones, all taken without leaving the house, all from our balcony in Mühlbach.
in two different seasons of course :-)

You are blessed with lovely views for your balcony. These crow shots struck a chord with me, the first one is almost an abstraction.

I have to second the comments. These 2 captures are truly amazing. Black against white, shadows, blue sky. You have certainly nailed it.

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Fireplace33
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Nov. 11, 2023, 2:25 p.m. Nov. 11, 2023, 2:25 p.m.
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@Vahur has written:

On last Saturday visited concert where 3 local bands performed. Of course I had my camera and with kind permission from organizers took ton of photos. Maybe consumed rock beers helped me to be more relaxed with shooting as I've filled one card on my camera and had to configure it to use second card. First time, so far I've just used second card for ocassional videos.

You got some good concert shots here! These are my favourites, where the light beams work really well.
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simplejoy
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Nov. 11, 2023, 2:28 p.m. Nov. 11, 2023, 2:28 p.m.
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@Fireplace33 has written:

@Vahur has written:

On last Saturday visited concert where 3 local bands performed. Of course I had my camera and with kind permission from organizers took ton of photos. Maybe consumed rock beers helped me to be more relaxed with shooting as I've filled one card on my camera and had to configure it to use second card. First time, so far I've just used second card for ocassional videos.

You got some good concert shots here! These are my favourites whre the light beams work really well.

Fully agree! As someone who has played in a band for a long time I‘d be delighted to have those shots taken by someone. Excellent work!
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Fireplace33
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Nov. 11, 2023, 2:29 p.m. Nov. 11, 2023, 2:29 p.m.
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@Woodsider79 has written:

Mirages Forest and Mountain

The two forest shots look nice and somehow inviting with that deliberately soft looking processing, especially the first one
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davidwien
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Nov. 11, 2023, 2:35 p.m. Nov. 11, 2023, 2:35 p.m.
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@Fireplace33 has written:

@Wormsmeat has written:

I recently spoke with Nigel about the quality of mobile phone photographs. I recently upgraded my cult classic Pocophone F1 to a mid-range Google Pixel, purely because I wanted a better camera. They seem to get among the best reviews at each price point. To say I've been pleasantly surprised is an understatement. I thought the daytime shots would be good but didn't expect difficult night shots to come out as well. I took the phone to Thailand and I think this is the first shot I took with it. A quick handheld snapshot (auto everything) in Bangkok as our group were hurrying across a footbridge, very late for a restaurant booking. Not perfect but my other phone would have turned its nose up at a shot like this. This is straight out of camera. I could improve it in PS but wanted to show what it could do on its own. It'll get better as I learn the settings.
I met with a few esteemed New York photographers (formerly of this parish) on Tuesday night and was surprised to hear that one of them almost exclusively uses her mobile now and has turned off EXIF data when she posts on Flickr. The results are amazing and she receives just as many plaudits as before, if not more.

That is quite impressive. especially when taken quickly under the conditions you mentioned.
Remarkable how sharp the background is for what looks like quite a long exposure time, seems longer than 1/25s in the EXIF, looking at the long white lights of the cars (but maybe those cars were just driving faster?)

I like this shot! Even just considering the technical aspect, it is an excellent photo. But I am also sceptical about the EXIF figure of 1/25 sec. At 60mph, a car moves 88ft/s, in 1/25s it moves 3.52ft. The light trails look at least 10ft long. Is it possible that the phone camera has combined a sequence of shots?

David
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ChrisOly
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Nov. 11, 2023, 2:35 p.m. Nov. 11, 2023, 2:35 p.m.
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@NCV has written:

**Castello di Carpineti

Great tour. My faves...
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Fireplace33
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Nov. 11, 2023, 2:36 p.m. Nov. 11, 2023, 2:36 p.m.
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@ChrisOly has written:

Trellis

Art in urban development.

This is a cool structure. Well captured, I read you want to take a second version to avoid "clipping" the leaf on the biulding, that sounds good, but probably best not to remove the buildings completely as they give an idea of the scale and size of the sculpture overhead.
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Wormsmeat
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Nov. 11, 2023, 2:36 p.m. Nov. 11, 2023, 2:36 p.m.
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@NCV has written:

Castello di Carpineti

This is one on my favourite places in the mid Apennines, with some lovely views. There was an extremely strong wind blowing and the bad weather causing havoc in Tuscany, was trying to breach the Apennines. I have posted pictures of this castle before.

The epic scenery in the first and also the last for me.
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Wormsmeat
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Nov. 11, 2023, 2:41 p.m. Nov. 11, 2023, 2:41 p.m.
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@Fireplace33 has written:

Without leaving the house
Since I didn't go on any trips this week here's some old ones, all taken without leaving the house, all from our balcony in Mühlbach.
in two different seasons of course :-)

Wow - such scenery from your house? Lucky thing!
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Fireplace33
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Nov. 11, 2023, 2:43 p.m. Nov. 11, 2023, 2:43 p.m.
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@FloridaNature has written:

During my recent trip... The morning I entered Shenandoah National Park, it was foggy. The morning I left Shenandoah National Park, it was sunny. This allowed me to get some interesting contrasting photos...

Just as you said a nice contrast of foggy and sunny conditions. I like it when it's like that, it's like two trips in one :-)
In the last two shots I have a feeling you could make the white balance of the second a bit warmer.
The presumably black road is looking quite blue and the grass looks a tad blue/green
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Wormsmeat
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Nov. 11, 2023, 2:44 p.m. Nov. 11, 2023, 2:44 p.m.
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@davidwien has written:

@Fireplace33 has written:

@Wormsmeat has written:

I recently spoke with Nigel about the quality of mobile phone photographs. I recently upgraded my cult classic Pocophone F1 to a mid-range Google Pixel, purely because I wanted a better camera. They seem to get among the best reviews at each price point. To say I've been pleasantly surprised is an understatement. I thought the daytime shots would be good but didn't expect difficult night shots to come out as well. I took the phone to Thailand and I think this is the first shot I took with it. A quick handheld snapshot (auto everything) in Bangkok as our group were hurrying across a footbridge, very late for a restaurant booking. Not perfect but my other phone would have turned its nose up at a shot like this. This is straight out of camera. I could improve it in PS but wanted to show what it could do on its own. It'll get better as I learn the settings.
I met with a few esteemed New York photographers (formerly of this parish) on Tuesday night and was surprised to hear that one of them almost exclusively uses her mobile now and has turned off EXIF data when she posts on Flickr. The results are amazing and she receives just as many plaudits as before, if not more.

That is quite impressive. especially when taken quickly under the conditions you mentioned.
Remarkable how sharp the background is for what looks like quite a long exposure time, seems longer than 1/25s in the EXIF, looking at the long white lights of the cars (but maybe those cars were just driving faster?)

I like this shot! Just considering the technical aspect, it is an excellent photo. But I am also sceptical about the EXIF figure of 1/25 sec. At 60mph, a car moves 88ft/s, in 1/25s it moves 3.52ft. The light trails look at least 10ft long. Is it possible that the phone camera has combined a sequence of shots?

David

I believe my mobile uses a technique similar to Olympus' Live Composition, it takes a base exposure then adds moving objects to it. So 1/25 would be the base image.

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Fireplace33
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Nov. 11, 2023, 2:51 p.m. Nov. 11, 2023, 2:51 p.m.
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@Daneland has written:

I enjoy Q2 more than I expected. I think subconsciously I am conditioned to like it, regardless of what after spending all this money :)

Two good shots, I like the B&W processing in number 2!
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Fireplace33
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Nov. 11, 2023, 2:57 p.m. Nov. 11, 2023, 2:57 p.m.
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@NCV has written:

Castello di Carpineti

This is one on my favourite places in the mid Apennines, with some lovely views. There was an extremely strong wind blowing and the bad weather causing havoc in Tuscany, was trying to breach the Apennines. I have posted pictures of this castle before.

This last one is my favourite. The tower is enjoying the sunlight.
It has a nice layout with foreground, midground and background to give a nice feeling of depth
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Woodsider79
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Nov. 11, 2023, 3:59 p.m. Nov. 11, 2023, 3:59 p.m.
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@Fireplace33 has written:

Without leaving the house

Alpine Choughs 😀 Possibly - probably - my favourite bird 😍
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Woodsider79
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Nov. 11, 2023, 4 p.m. Nov. 11, 2023, 4 p.m.
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@FloridaNature has written:

I think I like the foggy ones best, especially this one.
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Woodsider79
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Nov. 11, 2023, 4:05 p.m. Nov. 11, 2023, 4:05 p.m.
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@NCV has written:

Castello di Carpineti

This is one on my favourite places in the mid Apennines, with some lovely views. There was an extremely strong wind blowing and the bad weather causing havoc in Tuscany, was trying to breach the Apennines. I have posted pictures of this castle before.

I can understand why it's a favourite place. The first shot is wonderful.