Photos Thread - post your pictures

[Morty2264]

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Gorgeous! And I love the cloud detail!

 

[isabel95]

A hint about backlit shots. While the hdr function kicking in for these, you will get a better exposure of your subject if you press on the area you want properly exposed. You will see the subject get light and the exposure will be locked in. You will also be able to compensate the exposure on the sliding bar with the ligh tbulb (in Photo mode).

Here are a couple of pictures where I had pressed and held on the subjects so that they would be lighter than the camera would have chosen had I not indicated what I wanted focused on.




The initial upload of the elephant was upside down so I deleted the link. For some reason after I posted the rotated image, the original upside down image showed when I previewed before sending. I'm puzzled.

 

[Morty2264]

A hint about backlit shots. While the hdr function kicking in for these, you will get a better exposure of your subject if you press on the area you want properly exposed. You will see the subject get light and the exposure will be locked in. You will also be able to compensate the exposure on the sliding bar with the ligh tbulb (in Photo mode).

Here are a couple of pictures where I had pressed and held on the subjects so that they would be lighter than the camera would have chosen had I not indicated what I wanted focused on.


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The initial upload of the elephant was upside down so I deleted the link. For some reason after I posted the rotated image, the original upside down image showed when I previewed before sending. I'm puzzled.

Teddy bear!

 

[isabel95]

I don't know about your opinion, but it seems to me that the photos from the S10e aren't as oversharpened as those from my Note 10. This is a screen grab I took from Windows Photo yesterday. It's Native American Fry Bread, which I was trying to make for the first time after watching some YouTube videos. I've also noticed that Flickr isn't sharpening as much as it used to.

 

[Morty2264]

A hint about backlit shots. While the hdr function kicking in for these, you will get a better exposure of your subject if you press on the area you want properly exposed. You will see the subject get light and the exposure will be locked in. You will also be able to compensate the exposure on the sliding bar with the ligh tbulb (in Photo mode).

Here are a couple of pictures where I had pressed and held on the subjects so that they would be lighter than the camera would have chosen had I not indicated what I wanted focused on.


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The initial upload of the elephant was upside down so I deleted the link. For some reason after I posted the rotated image, the original upside down image showed when I previewed before sending. I'm puzzled.

Beanie Babies?! Amazing! Good quality photos!

 

[isabel95]

Thanks, Morty.

 

[isabel95]

Why it's always nice to have a camera phone with you!

Stopped at our favorite diner, two days after Christmas and while I was waiting for my husband to pay the check, I spotted Santa and whipped out the phone, which was in 1 to 1 aspect ratio.

Image was filtered with Topaz Adjust 5 hdr filtration.

 

[Morty2264]

Why it's always nice to have a camera phone with you!

Stopped at our favorite diner, two days after Christmas and while I was waiting for my husband to pay the check, I spotted Santa and whipped out the phone, which was in 1 to 1 aspect ratio.

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This is AMAZING!

 

[isabel95]

Thank you, Morty!

 

[Fred98TJ]

Why it's always nice to have a camera phone with you!

Stopped at our favorite diner, two days after Christmas and while I was waiting for my husband to pay the check, I spotted Santa and whipped out the phone, which was in 1 to 1 aspect ratio.

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To me, and of course this is just MY opinion as a photographer, this is just overcooked (overprocessed) way to much, unless you were taking a photo of an oil painting or trying to emulate an oil painting. Too crunchy and crispy (oversharpened) and flat (sucked all the life out of it from lack of shadows).
Maybe it looks ok on a phone, but on anything much larger, mmmmm, not so much.
Again, please note, this is MY opinion and my opinion only since all photos are 100% subjective anyway.
Not trying to dis anyone, just stating my observations. If this look was/is your goal, then good job.

Cheers and advance Happy New Year.

 

[isabel95]

Ordinarily, I don't overcook images as much as I did this one, but the phone image was lacking in detail and I felt it needed structure.

More than with my Note 4 I find S10e images a bit too smooth...and I've turned off the Beauty filter.

 

[Fred98TJ]

Ordinarily, I don't overcook images as much as I did this one, but the phone image was lacking in detail and I felt it needed structure.

More than with my Note 4 I find S10e images a bit too smooth...and I've turned off the Beauty filter.

I should clarify, I like the content (Santa taking a break, maybe coffee and pie) a lot, however the image, well not so much.
Anyway, great capture on the content.

 

[isabel95]

Thanks for the clarification. I didn't particularly like the quality of the original, either!

 

[Inders99]

I will be the dissenting opinion here, I like the cooked image. Not everything has to depict reality, a little filtering gives the photo it's own reality which is a nice scene. Santa (aka truck driver, construction worker, et al) taking a much needed break, in a place of comfort and warmth, a pause from the real life grind of everyday survival in a modern world.

 

[isabel95]

Thank you, inders99. I decided to use this image on my New Year's card this year. After all that's been going on around the world I thought we needed something light and inconsequential.

 

[Morty2264]

I'd love to see more S10e photos! Keep 'en coming, guys!

 

[isabel95]

I'd love to see more S10e photos! Keep 'en coming, guys!

None of these is right out of the phone. They have been edited - many with the Snapseed App; others with Photoshop.

I especially like the Live Focus setting that blurs a background. It has to be used intelligently, watching the screen and moving the phone slightly to see when the background goes out of focus that way you want it to. Ideally, the background should be a few feet away from the subject. I think the instructions say three feet, but I've gotten the blur with the background closer.

The dynamic range that can be brought out is quite good and when I have a very bright object in a picture, like a lampshade I will underexposed using the exposure compensation slider in Photo mode so I can bring out some detail in the underexposed areas when I edit.

It certainly pays to invest some time into learning how to edit your pictures, and the free Snapseed app is a treasure. I watched several how-to videos on YouTube to learn to use it.

I have often found that images from the phone can be BETTER than those I can get with a "real" camera, especially because of the deep depth of field (area in focus).

 

[Morty2264]

None of these is right out of the phone. They have been edited - many with the Snapseed App; others with Photoshop.

I especially like the Live Focus setting that blurs a background. It has to be used intelligently, watching the screen and moving the phone slightly to see when the background goes out of focus that way you want it to. Ideally, the background should be a few feet away from the subject. I think the instructions say three feet, but I've gotten the blur with the background closer.

The dynamic range that can be brought out is quite good and when I have a very bright object in a picture, like a lampshade I will underexposed using the exposure compensation slider in Photo mode so I can bring out some detail in the underexposed areas when I edit.

It certainly pays to invest some time into learning how to edit your pictures, and the free Snapseed app is a treasure. I watched several how-to videos on YouTube to learn to use it.

I have often found that images from the phone can be BETTER than those I can get with a "real" camera, especially because of the deep depth of field (area in focus).

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Love these photos - especially the photos! Thank you so much for posting!

 

[isabel95]

Thank you, Morty. I have been very happy with the S10e camera except for the fact that the controls are so close together that sometimes when I'm using exposure compensation to darken a picture (I think the camera often overexposes) I will move the picture mode from Photos to some other mode next to it.

 

[Kizzy Catwoman]

None of these is right out of the phone. They have been edited - many with the Snapseed App; others with Photoshop.

I especially like the Live Focus setting that blurs a background. It has to be used intelligently, watching the screen and moving the phone slightly to see when the background goes out of focus that way you want it to. Ideally, the background should be a few feet away from the subject. I think the instructions say three feet, but I've gotten the blur with the background closer.

The dynamic range that can be brought out is quite good and when I have a very bright object in a picture, like a lampshade I will underexposed using the exposure compensation slider in Photo mode so I can bring out some detail in the underexposed areas when I edit.

It certainly pays to invest some time into learning how to edit your pictures, and the free Snapseed app is a treasure. I watched several how-to videos on YouTube to learn to use it.

I have often found that images from the phone can be BETTER than those I can get with a "real" camera, especially because of the deep depth of field (area in focus).

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These photos are just outstanding!!