LG G4 : Pictures !

[disney4life2005]

A shot a the Osborne Spectacle of Dancing Lights

Taking only my G4 and my Re-camera into the Parks.

 

[RaRa85]

I have an a6000 and really, they are not comparable at all. a6000 can yield virtually noise free pictures at 3200 ISO shoot usable pictures at 12,800, has seriously huge advantage in dynamic range, has much better control of depth of field, not to mention all the perks of physical control dials, interchangeable lenses and flash mounts etc.

I really am looking to get the Sony a6000. I just love the size and feel of it and it has just the right amount of functions to do everything I need to get serious about photography. I've always loved the size and versatility of smaller cameras.

 

[RaRa85]

Just got back from a few days holiday today and got to experimenting with long exposures on the G4. I don't have a ND filter yet so I borrowed a welding mask glass insert off my dad and tested it on some daytime long exposures below.

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Had to colour correct this first one a fair bit and its not great still but I'm ecstatic with the result. This was a 4 second exposure.

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This one had many colour issues so I turned it to black and white instead. This was a 8 second exposure.

This experience has meant I purchased a Hoya circular ND filter today, which I can use on my Fuji but also tape onto my LG when needed. With a proper ND filter on this thing I'm looking forward to seeing what else the LG is capable of.

This is very cool. I have an nd8 and a variable nd filter in the house somewhere as I was looking to do some daytime long exposure shots as well as control some of the highlights during the night shots.

 

[JohnnyBroccoli]

 

[Karibou Sky]

Here are two pictures from the first snow in my area. I used auto with HD turned on. No flash. The light is from my porch lights. I wanted to capture the glistening snow. I was surprised to have captured a whole snowflake in the second picture. Zoom in to see the snowflake. Both pxrs are cropped. I'd love to see anyone else's snow pics. Now, to learn how to use manual mode.

 

[Mooncatt]

Any tips on taking photos of Christmas lights? This was shot pretty much on full auto (measured ISO400 and 1/4 sec exposure) and is the automated jpeg. I tried different manual controls and RAW editing, but I couldn't even match the quality of the auto mode. Even still, the lights at the top are blue LED but they tend to come out violet in photos on this phone. I've never dealt with this much on a phone camera, so not sure if I'm doing something wrong.

 

[Mooncatt]

Interesting how different apps can affect the same picture differently. I recently found out Adobe has a free Photoshop Express app that can edit RAW files, so I compared it to Snapseed because I wasn't happy with how it worked on this image. The main image with my daughter's face on the right is the original jpeg. As you can see, it's pretty blown out, but I liked the overall expression and wanted to try and salvage the image.

The bottom left image is the Snapseed edit of the associated raw file. Her face looks ok, but it seemed no matter what I did, the gloves just got screwed up. After playing with it a while, I decided to try the PE app to see what it could do. While the gloves aren't prefect, they are much better than what Snapseed could do (with less effort in the process), and I think her facial tones also look better. I wasn't seeing a red eye removal function in Snapseed, but PE does have it as you can see too. I may have been able to get things more accurate if I kept at it.

I didn't play around much because of the time, but it's acceptable to me. I'm going to have to experiment more with PE. It looks to be fairly user friendly when editing. One downside I immediately found is it doesn't have a native RAW explorer or integration like Snapseed. If you use the gallery open function, it opens the jpeg, not the RAW. After looking around, it seems there's two options to get raw. You can import them via Revel if already stored on the cloud. For local storage, you'll want to use a file explorer and manually navigate to the camera storage. There you'll see the jpegs and associated RAW files. Open the RAW file specifically, then select Photoshop Express if it asks. For some reason it didn't ask me, and just opened directly into PE despite Snapseed having the ability too. The other quirk is the save function is in the Share button, which just seems odd to me.

 

[Mooncatt]

Here's shots from seeing the CP Holiday Train during its Milwaukee stop tonight. We got there late, so many shots were just the best I could get on the fly. All of these are unedited, default jpegs.

Here's a little tip. In one of these pics, you'll see a very rare and special treat that has likely never been captured on film. Santa Clause AND a proper use of a selfie stick in one image!

 

[Brian Palmer2]

 

[Bonovox72]

Birmingham canals,UK

 

[Bonovox72]

Unfortunately the past 2 days my G4 has developed a focus problem. Am not happy because it was brand new 3 weeks ago and where I got it from only has 10 day returns. Sometimes it won't focus at all no matter what i do so I have reboot the camera. And 2 nights ago i took a shot and the phone began vibrating violently with the screen distorting coloured lines across the camera viewfinder. I am not sure if it was the OIS or auto focus that was playing up but it has done this twice now. I often wonder of the stability of LG's camera app cos more often lately it just freezes and crashes,quite often it also delays taking a shot a few seconds after hitting the capture key. LG's software is so buggy which is a shame because the camera is great for images

 

[whippingcandy]

Man I'm getting inspired looking at some of these, just really wish I had more of an eye for this stuff!

 

[Mooncatt]

Man I'm getting inspired looking at some of these, just really wish I had more of an eye for this stuff!

Just shoot shoot shoot. Eventually you'll start to pick up on different things like viewing angles and lighting that you can work with. Reading a few tips on photography and studying professional shots helps too. I take pics and edit them because I've come to enjoy it personally, not because I'm trying to impress others. As long as you're happy with your shots, that's what matters.

Thanks to the G4, I'm now wanting to step it up and get a full DSLR. Just wish they weren't so pricey.

 

[fatproduce]

Here are some more that I have taken the past few months. Most with no editing, a few with very light editing in Snapseed for RAW images.

 

[Karibou Sky]

Here's a picture that I wish I had entered in this week's Festive contest. I took it after the one that I entered. No editing. Just Auto HD. For some reason this one took on a warm glow compared to the other shots I took of this subject.

 

[Dutch R]

Here are a few pics I took on a family trip to the Grand Canyon at the end of September.

 

[Robert Aguinaga]

These are from a graffiti competition in San Antonio. Auto mode (with auto HDR), no flash.

 

[Karibou Sky]

Apologies! I posted this in the wrong place and don't know how to delete this.

 

[Karibou Sky]

Interesting how different apps can affect the same picture differently. I recently found out Adobe has a free Photoshop Express app that can edit RAW files, so I compared it to Snapseed because I wasn't happy with how it worked on this image. The main image with my daughter's face on the right is the original jpeg. As you can see, it's pretty blown out, but I liked the overall expression and wanted to try and salvage the image.

Thanks for sharing this comparison.

 

[Jim_in_VA]

sunset in Tuscany, Italy