Mobile / Point and shoot camera photography.

The definition of "Amateur" is really vague. But I think any shots taken from a mobile or similar device counts!

Anyway... just wanted to share some pics and encourage members to do the same. If you think its "pretty good" but "not good enough", then this is the place where it should be!

Here are some of my pics which I tried to shoot with my 3 mega-pixel camera of Optimus One.

*i.imgur.com/Z9YuM.jpg

Was trying to catch the red skies:

*i.imgur.com/U2BP1.jpg

A sunset in the progress:

*i.imgur.com/8Vi2c.jpg

After shooting with the HDR effect: (watch this in big!)

*i.imgur.com/Wpt4J.jpg

Pretty nice the one above me.. I think!

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Re: The Amateur photography thread. AKA, Unleashing the little photographer inside us! (High Bandwid

nice shots.. but y not in The Photography Thread ?

Re: The Amateur photography thread. AKA, Unleashing the little photographer inside us! (High Bandwid

Ok ask mod to open a new sticky thread for mobile pics...

BTW in ur series only 1st one came accurately

BTW if u r posting pics in this forum please post pics not bigger than 800x600. It loads fast and looks good

Re: The Amateur photography thread. AKA, Unleashing the little photographer inside us! (High Bandwid

arian29 said:
nice shots.. but y not in The Photography Thread ?

Cause they are not good enough.

And let me tell you, the pics in the Photography thread are Picture perfect Awesome!! :shock:

sujoyp said:
BTW if u r posting pics in this forum please post pics not bigger than 800x600. It loads fast and looks good

Well... I considered downscaling them. But thought that some pics looks good only when it's seen in "larger" resolution.
Members with slow bandwidth won't surf a thread marked with "High Bandwidth" anyway..

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Re: The Amateur photography thread. AKA, Unleashing the little photographer inside us! (High Bandwid

Ok.. so here are some random shots with my new Nokia Lumia

*img651.imageshack.us/img651/7531/wp000011h.jpg
*img713.imageshack.us/img713/9301/wp000010n.jpg
*img806.imageshack.us/img806/9022/wp000009.jpg

Nice black and whites!

First one gave me the impression that it's some Russian post war pics!

Later I realized that it's of the C.P.!

P.S: ico changed the title of the thread. I know the new title doesn't have the "heart" like the previous one. But anything for the "greater good"...

*i.imgur.com/KQai2.jpg

Took it last year.

@axes2t2 perfect shot...perfect exposure

guys I want u to learn various photoshop methods to make the pic much better...even picasa have lots of options to make a pic beautiful....

Its no that pic is dull soo u post it as it is...just try to make it beautiful

U know I have to spent more time on PC for post processing on various softwares like GIMP, picasa, photoshop, Neat image only then the result look that good...learn them

I will show u some examples

*lh5.googleusercontent.com/-iVzZJ9jZR1s/T1Gxe7FghNI/AAAAAAAAHSA/kn6lXYHUHAc/s800/Desktop1.jpg

Look the original one dont have shine, less sharp, awkward ...but the final image is very different

@axes2t2: That ain't "Ameteur" photography!

That is "art"!

@sujoyp: Photoshopping an image does result in beautiful pics, but isn't it a bit unfair?
I mean, I believe in "Originality", and photoshopping means to make it "less" natural.

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why not Lightroom... i use it and its the best out there

Nokia N79

*i.imgur.com/PhPQX.jpg
*i.imgur.com/fgwyk.jpg

Nokia 5233
*i.imgur.com/HQKMf.jpg
My sweet School :))

*i.imgur.com/XLvkW.jpg
Lonely lane

@vyom...photoshopping upto a limit is always fine....I know certainly that most people do 2-3 things
1. Sharpen the pic (maybe only subject or whole pic)
2. Increase saturation
3. Crop

Nothing to be ashamed of it...our objective is make pic beautiful for viewing at least it should look like what we originally wanted

Lightroom is perfect....havent used it much

@tenida 2nd and last one look good...

Thanks

sujoyp said:
Nothing to be ashamed of it...our objective is make pic beautiful for viewing at least it should look like what we originally wanted

Who said anything about "ashamed".. :lol:

But I got your point. Thanks.

Btw... here are two unedited pics which I shot when I had a chance from HTC 7 Mozart's 8 megapixel phone.
Really loved how everything is dipped into golden tint!

*i.imgur.com/Lvkfl.jpg
(Click to enlarge)

*i.imgur.com/fcP15.jpg
(Click to enlarge)

I actually dont literally mean ashamed

I mean its nothing to hide

Yup golden tint was great

Nice pics, this reminds me, I have to throw my 5800 away, its 3.2mp camera sucks worse than a 1.3mp camera(cr@p sensor).

Here's mine taken from a N70 (2mp). My one of the best pic till date.

*imgur.com/HX9OA.jpg

@dashing.sujay nice shot

*i.imgur.com/8aK8R.jpgKolkata Book Fair 2012
Camera- Nokia 5233(2MP)

*i.imgur.com/CDTcI.jpg
*i.imgur.com/1a8rq.jpg
*i.imgur.com/pIOrl.jpg
*i.imgur.com/p9Oac.jpg
*i.imgur.com/nld1a.jpg
*i.imgur.com/HR95p.jpg
*i.imgur.com/2c66B.jpg
*i.imgur.com/NQFEb.jpg

sujoyp said:
@dashing.sujay nice shot

Thanks

sabka kitna accha pics hein..tum login ka hands itna still kaise raaheta hein :/

National Law university, bhopal. I haven't resized this image for obvious reasons. The big centre building is library.

*imgur.com/NPCD4.jpg

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@dashing.sujay nice shot... @Tenida street photography is a tough thing.. i like the third one

^Thanks

^^grr8 pics guys! Keep sharing more.

@dashing.sujay ur pic is very clear..very nice

^Thanx sujoy, I got it perfect after 3 shots.

Still a long way to go in photography phew

Hi All. A glass of Moscow Mule taken on Motorola Defy

*i42.tinypic.com/v6tbfm.jpg

some of my recent clicks
SPLASH
*farm8.staticflickr.com/7058/6835163592_8a8588e3b1_b_d.jpg

an experiment with diagnal line
*farm3.staticflickr.com/2809/8901901466_529294ac0d_z.jpg

news paper
*farm6.staticflickr.com/5330/8901311955_3f80dd37b0_z.jpg

summer time

*farm9.staticflickr.com/8139/8901328429_552c771a18_z.jpg

dog portrait

*farm3.staticflickr.com/2834/8901389455_7b56cd2bf6_z.jpg

dof
*farm8.staticflickr.com/7438/8901868672_6d4921c7fe_z.jpg

tank

*farm9.staticflickr.com/8559/8901266365_fd42c5d0f8_z.jpg

any coments please feel free to post. :smile:

still here is a lot to learn. :reading:

@lm2k liked all of them except diagonal lines...coz of people

sujoyp said:
@lm2k liked all of them except diagonal lines...coz of people

pardon me but i Did'nt got ur point :-?

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umm.. @lm2k i think i like it.. the people are giving it more depth.. its creating a story and not just a flat image.. no offense Sujoy, just my view

@lm2k if u still didnt understand ..let me clarify

I didnt like the aunty uncle in ur pic "Experimenting with diagonal lines" ...

But arian29 liked it due to people ... I am going to shoot u dead due to difference in views :sniper:

B 4 uploading that snapshot I had shown it to 2 of my friends one guy said it looks like that old couple is just about to climb that minar and its nice other said without those it wud hav been a nice like a interface of positive and -ve spaces
So I put it here to kno what it looks like.

After all the accuracy of the camera to depict what we see really makes it difficult to learn how to properly compose and judge any snapshot ourselves.

Thanks everone for giving their inputs to the thread. Some of the incredible shots are here, which I never thought were possible through mobile photography!

@lm2k: Incredible photographs man! Some of them is so nice, I began to wonder whether they were really shot from a dSLR!

PS: I am too in favour of the old people in the "horizontal" pic. It's really giving a depth to the pic.

Thanks Vyom :razz:

Here's more pics

*i.imgur.com/UF4vH.jpg
*i.imgur.com/j8UMu.jpg
Samosa :stirpot:

A few mobile pics from my side

*farm3.staticflickr.com/2028/5809224809_90a611d273_z.jpg
Clicked from HTC Desire

by Sri Harsha Madineni, on Flickr

*farm8.staticflickr.com/7015/6765901799_7a54fff58e_z.jpg
Untitled by Sri Harsha Madineni, on Flickr

*farm7.staticflickr.com/6107/6217939166_c2b05d527b_z.jpg
Just some random pic for testing Flickr app by Sri Harsha Madineni, on Flickr

*farm7.staticflickr.com/6060/6286529934_884b3d8e9c_z.jpg
Fireworks mode S II : Not bad for a phone camera

by Sri Harsha Madineni, on Flickr

1st, and 4th pics looks good, but I like the keychain one more

^^
Thank you Tenida.

@lm2k - Are all those shot with mobile?

@sriharsha that flower looks superb..

@ SriHarsha. - How did u take that flower pic with an HTC Desire? Please let me know the trick?

I mean i never saw any background blurring from my room mate's same device. In fact the phone are even worse than my Moto Defy! Please let me know how u achieved that amazing pic with Desire?

sujoyp said:
@sriharsha that flower looks superb..

Thanks sujoy, that's a pretty old pic, it's almost a year since I sold my Desire.

Soumik said:
@ SriHarsha. - How did u take that flower pic with an HTC Desire? Please let me know the trick? I mean i never saw any background blurring from my room mate's same device. In fact the phone are even worse than my Moto Defy! Please let me know how u achieved that amazing pic with Desire?

Just play around with the scene modes, that's the trick. And use the touch to focus to your advantage

sriharsha_madineni said:
Just play around with the scene modes, that's the trick. And use the touch to focus to your advantage

Touch to focus? huh? I think even my camera app for O1 supports that! But never payed it any head. Will try that now!

Thanks.

@ arian and vyom: thanks
@dashingsujay: all snaps r thru my p&s camera.
@Sriharsha madineni: I really liked the the first one .

This is a mobile photography thread if I'm right

@sujay but the topic says " mobile/point and shoot camera photography "

Hmm.. but mobile photography can't be compared with P&S. Anyways its fine then.

dashing.sujay said:
This is a mobile photography thread if I'm right

sujoyp said:
@sujay but the topic says " mobile/point and shoot camera photography "

dashing.sujay said:
Hmm.. but mobile photography can't be compared with P&S. Anyways its fine then.

Actually, This thread was originally created with the name, "The Amateur photography thread. AKA, Unleashing the little photographer inside us! (High Bandwidth)". The intent was clear. To share the pics which were good, but "not good enough", for the original, "Photography Thread".

But, ico changed it, since title was too long!

Anyway, every pics are welcome here, if the poster thinks they deserve a place here!

IMO keep this thread for mobile photography and all the P&S/SLR pics go into the usual Photography thread. Creating multiple threads will only increase clutter. Just my 2 cents.

Here are some shots from my neo V !
1.)
Flickr*www.flickr.com/photos/76243024@N06/6990463209/

2.)
*www.flickr.com/photos/76243024@N06/6844338450/

3.)
*www.flickr.com/photos/76243024@N06/6844337664/

4.)
*www.flickr.com/photos/76243024@N06/6990460753/

5.)
*www.flickr.com/photos/76243024@N06/6990460049/

Can you please tell me which one of pictures 2, 3 ,4 is the best?

EDIT : Do you guys attach the photos? don't know why i couldn't upload the photos. Had to create an account on flickr, upload there and post links here. But the images aren't loading up. what do you guys do?

sriharsha_madineni said:
IMO keep this thread for mobile photography and all the Digital Camera/SLR pics go into the usual Photography thread. Creating multiple threads will only increase clutter. Just my 2 cents.

This, I meant.

*i.imgur.com/W7tMg.jpg

nice shot tenida

Ok make this thread exclusive for mobile pics only

shubh.s said:
Here are some shots from my neo V !
1.)

*farm8.staticflickr.com/7050/6990463209_f62ace982e.jpg
DSC_0100 by shubham.s, on Flickr

2.)
*farm8.staticflickr.com/7050/6844338450_666744cfc7.jpg
DSC_0097 by shubham.s, on Flickr
3.)
*farm8.staticflickr.com/7186/6844337664_a957424136.jpg
DSC_0096 by shubham.s, on Flickr
4.)
*farm8.staticflickr.com/7043/6990460753_d4fa64c392.jpg
DSC_0095 by shubham.s, on Flickr
5.)
*farm8.staticflickr.com/7199/6990460049_083a377e69.jpg
DSC_0082 by shubham.s, on Flickr

EDIT : Do you guys attach the photos? don't know why i couldn't upload the photos. Had to create an account on flickr, upload there and post links here. But the images aren't loading up. what do you guys do?

Link fixed for you

Just copy the BBcode and paste it here

^Good, now wrap them in a spoiler

*i.imgur.com/ayb0K.jpg

Taken from my Nokia c5-00 ~~5MP~~ 3.2MP

@Gauravs90 this pic is good one...

sujoyp said:
@Gauravs90 this pic is good one...

Thanks

Tenida said:
Link fixed for you
Just copy the BBcode and paste it here

Thanks a lot !

Good pic there Gaurav.

Some pics of my beautiful laptop

*i.imgur.com/KXsxk.jpg

*i.imgur.com/jk103.jpg

*i.imgur.com/9BWt3.jpg

@sujay ...nice try but laptop is not looking beautiful this way...think of something new...

take a shot this angle -> *t0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTQM9jG3VsbmD6C2mENphQNYZmxs03WVWTkieUJ4XIcmHBBlkD7lw
with those backlit keys and use a table lamp or torch to light the top of laptop

if u can keep the base white ...white sheet or plain paper will also do

^Product photography. Hmm ok will try.

yes bro try...this is how we all learn

Lets see, keeping a lamp at top is main problem. Actually I suddenly found my laptop looking beautiful so clicked

Nice attempt dashing.sujay. You really have a beautiful backlit keyboard laptop.

But, yeah more angles would be nice. And try to change the wallpaper. I think it's taking majority of the attention away from the actual laptop. At first I thought maybe that macro shot was "your" attempt!

PS: Btw, what is the model of your laptop?

Thanks vineet.

Macros don't come good with mobile.

And I kept that wallpaper intentionally to match it with backliting. I'll change it and get back.

Its VPCCB35FN or in short CB35.

^^
Good one Sujay.
Wanted a backlit keyboard in Vaio. They never gave it as an option in the EB Series a couple of years back :/

Thanks

E series never had nor has backlit keyboard.

^^
That's what I said

They never gave it as an option and the series itself doesn't exist now I guess. Mine is hardly a year & half old.

Btw the wallpaper is of a mac pro keyboard right?

Yeah, never saw any "cmd" key though.

^^ Mac laptop's have the cmd key, instead of Windows key.

Btw, here's one which I shot again with the HDR effect...

*lh5.googleusercontent.com/-TeO9RfXNE2g/T1XVQsHi2MI/AAAAAAAAAzg/dreaiW6yvTA/s864/C360_2012-03-05-17-06-56.jpg

^From your optimus ?

^^ Yes, koi shak?

^Nice try indeed, but my suggestion, don't try to take pics which mobile cams are not capable of, especially low light seceneries. Hope you get it

dashing.sujay said:
Yeah, never saw any "cmd" key though.

Don't what you were trying to say, it's common for any mac.

This from my roomie's pro.
*img835.imageshack.us/img835/6051/20120319231112.th.jpg
Maybe you were talking about "cmd" instead of "command"

^I was confused b/w command and cmd. Actually never used a mac

^^
Haha the only thing I like about his mac is the battery life. Apart from that I prefer my Vaio anyday.

OT: Does your vaio heats up near right of touchpad?

dashing.sujay said:
OT: Does your vaio heats up near right of touchpad?

Nope, only near the exhaust vent.

Sent from my GT-I9100 using Tapatalk 2 Beta-2

dashing.sujay said:
^Nice try indeed, but my suggestion, don't try to take pics which mobile cams are not capable of, especially low light seceneries. Hope you get it

What do you mean, by don't even "trying"? So, is the pic that bad?
I just shoot something which I think is worth clicking!

I like the silhouette of the city line down below, and the sun rays from b/w the clouds were looking spectacular. Hence, I couldn't resist myself!

Vyom said:
What do you mean, by don't even "trying"? So, is the pic that bad?

Not at all dude, its at par considering its taken from mobile.

What I want to say that these type of pics do not come "good" from mobile cam (overall). And its my personal opinion, I only said low light seneries, rest you can capture all of them.

I just shoot something which I think is worth clicking!

That's also what I do.

I like the silhouette of the city line down below, and the sun rays from b/w the clouds were looking spectacular. Hence, I couldn't resist myself!

I can understand the feeling.

@vyom the pic is nice just bit grainy due to taken from mobile

It that actual color or photoshoped

^^ Well, yeah I agree with the pic being a little grainy. The reason for it is not mobile though. I took it from behind the office window, which doesn't seem very clean!

And yeah, the pic is photoshopped. Actually it's edited by an app called, Camera 360, and the effect used was HDR.

The original pic doesn't look that intimidating though!

You can judge it for yourself::

*lh5.googleusercontent.com/-nzOwcLT6csw/T1XVhtHZ79I/AAAAAAAAAzo/rA_Dk4MPP_0/s864/C360_2012-03-05-17-06-56_org.jpg

I like the later (original).

i like the edited one although original one is not at all grainy

What a contrasting difference in the liking!

Btw.. so, this means, the HDR effect have caused the pic to be grainy. Well, if you look at another pic of the same landscape (in the first post), you will notice that HDR effect actually gives some "painting" effect to a pic. Which I seem to like.
And it is the noise in the picture which makes it look like it's a painting!

But, I will try to keep that in mind before using the effect again.

Clicked from my SE hazel 5mp

*i187.photobucket.com/albums/x276/sujaykirti/DSC00721_edited.jpg

^^Nice shot.Btw. What that??

Ty TeniDa

, its kind of a grasshopper I think.

While clicking, I was just praying that it must not fly away

Never saw multicolor grasshopper thanks for posting.

Even I didn't

, was at friends house, just before entering through gate, saw that.
My pleasure btw

It's difficult to take blur background effect with mobile camera. That's a really neat snap dashing.sujay.

Vyom said:
It's difficult to take blur background effect with mobile camera. That's a really neat snap dashing.sujay.

Thanks vineet.

Taken from Wave-II, edited in GIMP

*i.imgur.com/ptqTv.jpg

^Good pic 6x6

.

Pic taken with 5800XM, I always thought the cam was cr@ppy, guess it needed some manual tweaking, I'll post more in time.

For now enjoy Sunset @ Darjeeling Mall:

*i.imgur.com/xyxnX.jpg

Nice shot Tkin & 6x6

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nice shot 6x6

One more by Wave-II
*i.imgur.com/qzEIn.jpg

wow superb shots from mobiles...I never actually thought mobile can take such good shots

*p.twimg.com/AqmQvhxCQAAak71.jpg

Optimus Net Dual SIM.

One more by Wave-II, from old collection...

*i.imgur.com/B7gyU.jpg

Some really breathtaking shots from mobiles! :shock:

Btw... here's some "less" awesome pics shooted by me during last few days!

{Images are linked to High-Def version of the same}

*i.imgur.com/9xgfG.jpg

*i.imgur.com/jv5e8.jpg

*i.imgur.com/hzesp.jpg

(being a movie buff, couldn't resist posting

)

Plus a bonus:
DOWNLOAD An Idiot’s Guide to Photoshop, Part 4: Advanced Features and Fun Photo Effects

A shot which I have accidently discovered from my Twitter profile.

*p.twimg.com/Al-rJVBCQAAYhIZ.jpg:large

No editing done as always. Took it and uploaded via Twitter app

@vyom awesome pics mate

thetechfreak said:
No editing done as always.

Like I always do!

Nice shot. Keep it up!

Vyom, First one is good.

Never thought of posting pics of my phone on a tech forum like TDF, but seems like there are many more like me who like sharing pics from their cellphones and their P&S's.
Here are some of my pics which are real and untouched (~~No editing at all~~ Just Added the Text on Photos, Nothing else). I feel that these are examples of some marvelous pics that can be captured by a cellphone. Some of the photographs with blurred backgrounds are actually captured with macro mode of my cellphone. I was amazed with the results.

Mine is a Nokia C6-00 with 5mp primary camera.

The pics I'm posting here are captured with my Nokia C6-00 and are of plants and flowers grown by me in pots on my roof.

*i.imgur.com/2lHrIl.jpg

*i.imgur.com/rKbWXl.jpg

*i.imgur.com/QzmRml.jpg

*i.imgur.com/yLloRl.jpg

*i.imgur.com/wNXu1l.jpg

*i.imgur.com/qKzyhl.jpg

*i.imgur.com/dfY8Xl.jpg

*i.imgur.com/TcZpcl.jpg

Some Other Pics:

Same as above, no editing at all except (the Text, and the Timestamp, I added with some software (can't remember the exact name) and Digiface font, just to remember the dates in case I ended editing these pics)

*i.imgur.com/rASQ4l.jpg

*i.imgur.com/xdiWul.jpg

*i.imgur.com/xV5FLl.jpg

*i.imgur.com/9Rbayl.jpg

^^ Nice pics CyberKid.
I specially liked the Macro shots!

And the details of drops of water in pic no. 3 is sheer awesome! (when seen enlarged). :shock:

awesome pics @vyom and @6x6

Cyberkid, Nice work... esp. 4th from last...

And please resize your photo and post...

Thanks! vyom and nac. These were my first successful pic uploads. Have just posted the imgur.com links. Will gradually learn.

nice pics @cyberkid...

A few more from the series -
*i.imgur.com/PeLV8l.jpg

*i.imgur.com/Ovqv0l.jpg

*i.imgur.com/Djq6tl.jpg

*i.imgur.com/mUfi8l.jpg

*i.imgur.com/ClPIal.jpg

*i.imgur.com/J96szl.jpg

*i.imgur.com/OXOCol.jpg

*i.imgur.com/PqRGpl.jpg

*i.imgur.com/imReol.jpg

@CyberKID very nice pics u can also try cropping

some frm my side
*u1.ipernity.com/28/16/27/22021627.1713566a.jpg

nokia 2700c
automatic settings
bumped saturation n britness

*farm8.staticflickr.com/7261/7480046296_e44d1d1af2_z_d.jpg

samsung sg l700
automatic settings
cropped

*farm8.staticflickr.com/7246/7448162618_56a1b94d43_z.jpg

samsung sg l700
automatic settings
cropped

*farm8.staticflickr.com/7122/7447958496_724ce689b2_z_d.jpg

se elm
macro mode
bumped saturation n briteness and cropped

*farm8.staticflickr.com/7120/7448143348_4aae3bcb98_z_d.jpg

se elm
automatic mode
cropped

*farm8.staticflickr.com/7279/7456048344_c1fa5d2a4e_z_d.jpg

nokia 2700c
automatic mode
fixed horizon

*farm9.staticflickr.com/8141/7439122592_021a02e39f_z_d.jpg

se elm
twilite portrait,clowdy wb
irfan view filter and cropped

*farm9.staticflickr.com/8116/8901287373_8070d6561c_z.jpg

se elm
macro mode
bumped saturation n briteness and cropped

*farm9.staticflickr.com/8018/7461151724_c95a0d27cc_z_d.jpg

se elm
twilite portruiate,cloudy wb
cropped

*farm8.staticflickr.com/7258/7461161842_5dbcdc532d_z_d.jpg

se elm
twilite portruiate,cloudy wb
cropped

*farm9.staticflickr.com/8264/8901974696_a9c8f2b6db_z.jpg

se elm
twilite portruiate,cloudy wb
bumped saturation n briteness

*farm8.staticflickr.com/7139/7447959680_1e3edec3a4_z_d.jpg

se elm
twilite portruiate,cloudy wb
cropped

^the scenery is quite good.

@lm2k: Extremely good ones. I liked the roses much. You could have added some beauty to the roses by throwing some water with your hands, on them from a distance. This adds a brilliance that the nature adds with the help of dew. I spray water and once it becomes tiny droplets, I click the pictures.
BTW where are these pictures clicked? Seems to be somewhere in South India.
I don't prefer cropping the pics, as it reduces the beauty of the subject in the surroundings.
An example from my side:
*i.imgur.com/ADqym.jpg

lm2k,
Beautiful flowers.
Second from last is a nice capture.

Cyberkid,
Wonder shot...

And thanks for posting in reduced size

CyberKID said:
@lm2k: You could have added some beauty to the roses by throwing some water with your hands, on them from a distance. This adds a brilliance that the nature adds with the help of dew. I spray water and once it becomes tiny droplets, I click the pictures.
BTW where are these pictures clicked? Seems to be somewhere in South India.
I don't prefer cropping the pics, as it reduces the beauty of the subject in the surroundings.

never thought about it ;really worth doing, i will surely try it.
and i snapped nearly all of those near pune.

@cyberkid and @im2k excellent pics

^ Thanks
*i.imgur.com/3KDhDl.jpg

*i.imgur.com/3YCYQl.jpg

^found these two cuties at the plants nursery

^ Beautiful rose...
Cute and dirty puppies...

J

Looking at the current trend of smartphone cameras, I think that they are really ready to take on new heights and totally replace regular point and shoots. And in some cases, they are even better at what they are doing with integration to online avenues like Facebook and Twitter.

Though there are still some people who prefer to user cameras as they would not want an all in one gadget that would die down with everything else.

^ Very true. The manufacturers have got the nerves of masses. People want MFD's. To some extent this is good as mobile phone have now become a necessity. You always carry them, and if need be, you can click pictures and store memories.

taken just a week back near a percolation pond
*farm3.staticflickr.com/2868/8901340265_0a9a30a3db_z.jpg

se elm
twilit portrait .cloudy wb. raised saturation n briteness

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se elm
twilit portrait .cloudy wb.

*farm4.staticflickr.com/3689/8901343521_27142f29fd_z.jpg

se elm
twilit portrait .cloudy wb.raised saturation n briteness

*farm6.staticflickr.com/5321/8901942878_6ce26e91f8_z.jpg

se elm auto mode (-2-10+1+2ev)hdr app merged using photomatrix

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se elm auto mode (-2-10+1+2ev)hdr app merged using photomatrix

*farm8.staticflickr.com/7115/7583455448_5c360bbbcd_c_d.jpg

se elm
twilit portrait .cloudy wb cropped

comments please.

Butterfly pic is good. Is 2nd last pic edited with HDR effect ?

^thanks, the second last the one with animals i tuk 5 images(-2-1 0 +1+2 ev) using hdr app for java fones(written by some russian guy) n used photomatrix to merge them.

^link to app please ?

hdr app for java fones *grafmoto.narod.ru/hdr/hdr.jar

photomatrix (trial) HDR photography software & plugin for Lightroom, Aperture & Photoshop - Tone Mapping, Exposure Fusion & High Dynamic Range Imaging for photography

Thanks

dashing.sujay said:
Thanks

my pleasure

@lm2k breathtaking shot... the first one. Moments freeze in pictures....
Full size image would have been an absolute delight!

lm2k,
Wonderful clicks...

BTB where is the butterfly

it's here flying on the butter :doublethumb:

@nac @CyberKID thanks

CyberKID said:
@lm2k breathtaking shot... the first one. Moments freeze in pictures....
Full size image would have been an absolute delight!

full size image take a lot of time to load when posted, atleast in my case coz of my slow 256kbit connection

A bit Off Topic; Has anyone here tried getting their clicked pictures printed and framed? It gives a different kind of happiness when you see your work on the walls of your home/office cabin. I did it a while ago, got 8 of my best pics printed and framed. got place for 6 of them and 2 are still lying there. Believe me, it feels really good.

CyberKID said:
A bit Off Topic; Has anyone here tried getting their clicked pictures printed and framed? It gives a different kind of happiness when you see your work on the walls of your home/office cabin. I did it a while ago, got 8 of my best pics printed and framed. got place for 6 of them and 2 are still lying there. Believe me, it feels really good.

Indeed it is, show some pics of those "hanged" frames.

sure, will do that today EOD or tomorrow

lm2k said:
*farm9.staticflickr.com/8429/7560623816_3c170a5f2e_z_d.jpg

se elm auto mode (-2-10+1+2ev)hdr app merged using photomatrix

The lake in above pic doesn't look natural to me, maybe due to the HDR effect.

But rest of them in awesome! TFS dude..

CyberKID said:
A bit Off Topic; Has anyone here tried getting their clicked pictures printed and framed? It gives a different kind of happiness when you see your work on the walls of your home/office cabin. I did it a while ago, got 8 of my best pics printed and framed. got place for 6 of them and 2 are still lying there. Believe me, it feels really good.

Framing is a good idea. Although it could be tough to choose when you have a lot pics to choose from!

So a better idea for me would be to buy a decent size digital photo frame and keep those pics on loop!

^

idea of a decent digital frame not appealing to me. no doubt from a techie's point of view it seems appealing, but not to me. for that we have our monitors or tv's.

@CyberKID hav printed some of my clicks but not to frame them instead to know how they luk on paper coz my defn of 'best' changes with the knowledge n time so those i called nice a year back now show me some serious compositional mistakes . But i use the works of others that inspire me as pc wallpapers most of them are works of Henri Cartier-Bresson
@vyom many hdri's luk unnatural becuz kamera sensors r not similar 2 retina they percieve lite in a different maner further when taking image @+2ev takes iso 2 '640' n image when made hdr it luks like water colour painting

.

With knowledge, everyone's POV changes. Once you gain knowledge, you tend to see things from a different POV and thus, things, you considered good once, might not seem that good to you now.

@lm2k second, third and fourth hdr shots came out pretty well

CyberKID said:
it's here flying on the butter

lm2k said:
my defn of 'best' changes with the knowledge n time so those i called nice a year back now show me some serious compositional mistakes.

Same here... But not composition mistakes (coz still I don't know about composition), just it was looking good then but not now.... (not all but some....)

My trusty old Nokia N73 seems to have a lot of life left in it still

*farm9.staticflickr.com/8287/7662180614_300c6541d5_k.jpg

*farm9.staticflickr.com/8159/7662179444_318245d947_k.jpg

A few from my side.
*i.imgur.com/FQwfBl.jpg
*i.imgur.com/8YKuFl.jpg
*i.imgur.com/domcPl.jpg
*i.imgur.com/BgYbrl.jpg
*i.imgur.com/UPbXol.jpg
*i.imgur.com/xJ2D8l.jpg
*i.imgur.com/0tRiwl.jpg

Got seasons first blooms of my Mexican Tuberose commonly known as Rajnigandha
*i.imgur.com/keuBzl.jpg
*i.imgur.com/Gkwy7l.jpg
*i.imgur.com/2jNMBl.jpg
*i.imgur.com/YHxWFl.jpg

@Anorion thnx
@thetechfreak first one is nice
@CyberKID the third one ,that pink flower(chineese rose?) is nice ,n the second last one very nice . Rajnigandha is a nite blooming flower any comment abt its fragrance?

some snaps of Hylocereus undatus(local people often call it as Brahma Kamal) same, it is nite blooming n has very nice fragrance ,we can smell it around 10ft
*farm9.staticflickr.com/8166/7670186126_d4b3c6cd3a_b_d.jpg
se elm twilite portrait cloudy wb flash used

*farm8.staticflickr.com/7107/7670190366_f2c5e612b2_c_d.jpg
se elm twilite portrait cloudy wb flash used

and also

*farm3.staticflickr.com/2878/8901356541_54020081a7_z.jpg
se elm twilite portrait cloudy wb

^ that's not a chinese rose. Chinese Rose, as you call it is actually Hibiscus Rosa Sinensis (the red one), also commonly known as China Rose.
The one I posted is the Portulaca Grandiflora, commonly known as Moss Rose, and more often called 10 o' clock flower. This one's a mixed cultivar (as they say in horticulture) of white and pink.
As far as the Rajnigandha (Mexican Tuberose) is concerned, though it blooms for just a month from mid july to mid august, but it's an absolute delight to have one at your home. The flowers bloom in late evening, stays for almost 3 days, and the fragrance is literally HEAVENLY. What I've noticed is, though it spreads it's fragrance nearby, when I try smelling it from up close, it doesn't smell at all. And if you give it space, it can give you a whole farm from just one bulb in one year.
Other Night blooming flowers which are heavily scented include the common Chameli, Mogra, and the Night Blooming Jasmine (Cestrum Nocturnum). It is often said that a bush of Night Blooming Jasmine has its fragrance so strong that it even attracts snakes.
The Brahma Kamal as you're saying it, is actually a variety of a night blooming cactus (Night Blooming Cereus), often locally called as brahma kamal in Marathi. The actual Brahma Kamal is Saussurea Obvallata, which grows at high altitudes in the Himalayas, and is considered highly sacred and should not be touched. BTW the pic is really good.

Why is the natural one in cage while the artificial one out of it?

^after reading ur description of rajnigandha I think I too must hav one in my garden too
The natural one is waiting 4 its master while the artificial doesnot need a master thats y ;-)

*i.imgur.com/bTtdyl.jpg

bumping up this dormant thread

*i.imgur.com/jHEFql.jpg

*i.imgur.com/PAJpul.jpg

Ganpati Bappa Moriya!!!
*i.imgur.com/uc35ml.jpg

My Bike's Dashboard
*i.imgur.com/26uD4l.jpg

Like your dragonfly shot. The amount of details is similar to what I have achieved with my SX240 although it was at full zoom

*farm9.staticflickr.com/8169/7995716838_6b6c87965c_m.jpg
Dragonfly by marvelprash, on Flickr

thanks, though mine was not that much satisfactory. The image was taken in cloudy conditions with almost 4 dragon flies sitting on a wire on my roof. Your's has colours captured brilliantly and has clarity much more than mine.
I think you'll probably like this. This one's again on my roof. Have posted this one earlier also.
*i.imgur.com/imReo.jpg

^nice one
next time u snap a dragon fli ask it to pose for u ,thet r really very generous creatures and so they pose before camera :wink:

*farm9.staticflickr.com/8446/7999171845_5ae4fe9b84_b_d.jpg
twilile portrait ,coludy white balance,

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twilile portrait ,coludy white balance,

MANGAL MURTI .........MORYA
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twilile portrait ,coludy white balance,

MANGAL MURTI .........MORYA
*farm9.staticflickr.com/8037/8003696977_cc6a17342b_b_d.jpg
sports mode,cloudy white balance,@+0.7ev

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twilile portrait ,coludy white balance,

Will surely request one to do it for me.

BTW your pics are also nice. The mustard flower with the butterfly on it and the last one also, shows nice contrast in colours.

A friend purchased "HP Pavilion G6 Series G6-2005AX". And I snapped some pics from my LG Optimus One P500. I think I got some pretty good shots.

Here are some best samples:

*i.imgur.com/cRn3b.jpg

*i.imgur.com/zPFXr.jpg

*i.imgur.com/qsoaJ.jpg

More pics at this album: HP Pavilion G6 Series G6-2005AX - Imgur

looks like this laptop has become a hot favorite within budget gamers.

BTW pics are really clear. Don't know why in my case the whole pic look like a bad mess & have colour banding.

Sam said:
looks like this laptop has become a hot favorite within budget gamers.

BTW pics are really clear. Don't know why in my case the whole pic look like a bad mess & have colour banding.

Yeah, pics were taken on hephappy's ICS ROM.
Maybe you should try taking it in good lightning conditions. Not the artificial lights of your room.

Shot with my omnia W
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^ nice one
loved the colour of the sky

@CyberKID thnx.

*farm9.staticflickr.com/8443/7999175438_c09f18d034_b_d.jpg

@Sujoyp: Nice colours of the sky.
@ lm2k: That white lemon flower would have looked nice on it's dark green leaf. Please post the pic in original colour.

thanks cyberkid and im2k

*i.imgur.com/sNjY5.jpg

I hope you didn't intentionally break that pot. :mrgreen:

or the idea was to show pots of different shapes and sizes.

@Anorion: nice , i first see the larger pot on the left and those three smaller pots descend my attention towards that fallen one, nice one . it does create a curiosity abt who did it? and i also see peeple leaves ,bonsai?
@ CyberKID : u know this year it did not rain properly so in order to portray this , i tried to snap a lemon flower on its partially yellow leaf placed on really dry and cracked surface of soil but it didnt worked well so i cropped it down to leaf and flower alone. but again the flower was white and leaf partially yellow, the leaf was alone consuming all the attention. so to put emphasis on shapes i took it to gray scale.

tried a portrait of kittens
Original (colour)
*farm9.staticflickr.com/8195/8100136126_9d5aa0f9ef_c_d.jpg

gray scale
*farm9.staticflickr.com/8469/8100129973_9c9d1554e4_c_d.jpg

twitile porttait, coludy wb,no flash.

I like the b/w than the colour...

@ lm2k: The pics are nice. BTW, do you have them at home or some random click? If you have them at your home, I'll be looking forward for some more pics.

D

Here goes my picks.... Using a Galaxy Note and Samsung Focus

^The cat is scary

Bird pic is good.

^^ Landscape shots and the b/w are nice...

dpkml said:
*www.thinkdigit.com/forum/attachments/cameras-camcorders/7335d1350671071-mobile-point-shoot-camera-photography-wp_000112.jpg

That's one nice click.

dpkml said:
*www.thinkdigit.com/forum/attachments/cameras-camcorders/7333d1350671051-mobile-point-shoot-camera-photography-img_20120814_012718.jpg

Boy that cat looks skinny. Give him/her some food man!

dpkml said:
*www.thinkdigit.com/forum/attachments/cameras-camcorders/7337d1350671093-mobile-point-shoot-camera-photography-wp_000456.jpg

What is that stuff? Want to eat one!

D

@vyom--- That was the first day I brought the kitten home from an animal shelter. Was so weak and malnourished cz he was an orphan.
Now he is making an amazing recovery.

His better pics coming soon, when the new point and shoot gets delivered.

And its that chocolate biscuit you get everywhere. I think its the one which has Hritik in its advt.

^ hope he recovers soon to give us amazing pics.

dpkml said:
@vyom--- That was the first day I brought the kitten home from an animal shelter. Was so weak and malnourished cz he was an orphan.
Now he is making an amazing recovery.

And its that chocolate biscuit you get everywhere. I think its the one which has Hritik in its advt.

axes2t2 can't thank you enough! And I can't appreciate you more than you deserve!

And Hrithik one is Hide&Seek. But that wasn't Hide&Seek.

PS: One tip: Use the

D

Vyom said:
axes2t2 can't thank you enough! And I can't appreciate you more than you deserve!

And Hrithik one is Hide&Seek. But that wasn't Hide&Seek.

PS: One tip: Use the tags to embed a pic.[/QUOTE]

:) :)
My bad. It aint the Hrithik one.
Its this one--
[url=*bigbasket.com/pd/286082/sunfeast-dark-fantasy-choco-fills-75-gm-pouch/?spn=23]Sunfeast Dark Fantasy Choco Fills 75 gm Pouch: Buy online at best price[/url]

Well, Do I just type [IMG] instead of [ATTACH]?

@cyberkid-- thanks dude :)

dpkml said:
Well, Do I just type instead of [ATTACH]?
[/QUOTE]

No. Attach is used to attach the identifier of the image. With IMG tags you need to put the link to the image inside it. Like:

[PHP][IMG]*www.thinkdigit.com/forum/attachments/cameras-camcorders/7342-mobile-point-shoot-camera-photography-p1010027.jpg[/PHP]

D

Okay. I'll give it a try
*www.thinkdigit.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=7361&d=1350810940

That is amazing man!
You gave cat, an emotional touch! :shock:

good ones @dpkml
*i.imgur.com/YWal9.jpg

^Nice shot! IMO, you froze that moment. Creatures like butterflies, etc. are very hard to capture.

lm2k said:
tried a portrait of kittens

Original (colour)
*farm9.staticflickr.com/8195/8100136126_9d5aa0f9ef_c_d.jpg

gray scale
*farm9.staticflickr.com/8469/8100129973_9c9d1554e4_c_d.jpg

twitile porttait, coludy wb,no flash.

Nice pics.

And one from me.

*i.imgur.com/2yYiq.jpg

@nac-exactly, b/w works better sometimes than colour.
@CyberKID- those were just street cats, the mama cat took them later.
@dpkml- excellent shots . u told about that kitten but what about that tortoise?
@axes2t2 - nice one very nice, ur snap has got a punctum, that lonely whit bird and the lighting just works as great.
@Anorion - nice one

some of my recent clicks

*farm9.staticflickr.com/8054/8122181079_00eebc0668_c_d.jpg
SE ELM, twilight portrait, cloudy white balance.

*farm9.staticflickr.com/8474/8122197856_a91e81919d_c_d.jpg
SE ELM, twilight portrait, cloudy white balance.

meanwhile i also tried to snap moon with my small homemade telescope, this one i got after more than 20 trial shots(cannot hold the fone steady for long time before the eyepiece) may be i ll have to make an adapter.
*farm9.staticflickr.com/8187/8122179977_3393635327_c_d.jpg
SE ELM, auto mode,@-2EV.

2nd and third are good

Focus is excellent in 2nd one.

@ lm2k: nice shots of the cat. I esp. liked the second one. The moon shot is also good considering it being shot from a cell. Please do post a pic of your homemade telescope, I'm curious about it.

lm2k, Both the cat pictures are so good.

Find the celebrity

*i.imgur.com/LExVq.jpg

Unofficial CTC???
seems to be the man in the uniform.

hmm
first looked in exif, imagur strips it
location is Santa Cruz, was just about to read it got MHox first
google told me the location has a killer view of the airport
gonna guess Ranvijay, if he is looking at all those people putting up the hoarding

^ Man, you seem serious about the unofficial CTC???? :-D

D

Hi guys. Here are the pics of my kitten,as I had promised. Taken with the new camera. Besides, its my first stint at manual controls. Need to learn a lot.

*www.thinkdigit.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=7438&d=1351352246

*www.thinkdigit.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=7439&d=1351352253

*www.thinkdigit.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=7440&d=1351352258

*www.thinkdigit.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=7441&d=1351352264

Manual controls in phone ?

D

Isnt this a Mobile + point and shoot camera thread? I thought it was. I used a canon P&S

^I didn't meant that. I just asked

.

My latest mobile shots here
*www.thinkdigit.com/forum/cameras-camcorders/118227-photography-thread-212.html#post1774366

@ dpkml: Liked the pic where the cat was licking his paws. BTW, I must say you're doing a very good thing with the cat.

Yeah, the licking pic is nice!
Really the work with the cat is amazing dpkml !

Nice pics dpkml

And that celebrity is Hashmi :razz:

Took this one while holidaying at Mussorie

*i.imgur.com/q21dV.jpg

dpkml, Almost all the shots are not properly exposed...

D

Thanks guys.....

appreciate it.
@nac-- so, how do i get the right exposure.? tweaking the WB?

And guys , please ignore the water marks. First (not so blurry) pics with manual control. Wanted to feel like a BOSS . hehe. although no one would care to copy them....

dpkml said:
And guys , please ignore the water marks.

There is a meter called exposure meter, you can check whether your is over/under exposed. Since I don't shoot in manual mode very often, and never cared over/under exposure when shooting in manual I never checked that meter.

Better try in Av mode than full manual.

D

nac said:
There is a meter called exposure meter, you can check whether your is over/under exposed. Since I don't shoot in manual mode very often, and never cared over/under exposure when shooting in manual I never checked that meter.

Better try in Av mode than full manual.

I wasnt able to find that meter in Manual mode. It was there in Av mode. Would still look around and try to find it.
Besides,that makes sense, would shoot in Av till I am used to manual controls.

I think it's available only in manual mode (or at least by default it's available in M mode). In Av??? I don't see that meter in Av mode.

@dashing.sujay and @nac- thnx
@CyberKID-thnx

this is my home made telescope
*farm9.staticflickr.com/8325/8124380465_dc254934b7_c_d.jpg

made from an uncut spectacle lens (spherical no +2)(concavevoconvex) as main objective lens
*farm9.staticflickr.com/8327/8124399138_369ba15e61_c_d.jpg
to reduce lens aberrations i stopped its aperture to almost 10% using a cap
*farm9.staticflickr.com/8472/8124378999_8c83159cf0_c_d.jpg
this is the eyepiece(Huygens eyepiece)
*farm9.staticflickr.com/8195/8124380191_fc9ba5a10b_c_d.jpg
so focal length of objective is around 50cm and that of eyepiece is 1.6 so power of the system comes around 30.
And i tied this to a Velbon cx440 tripod for ease of use. So far i saw moon(craters distinctly visible), some stars (appear round), jupiter (larger but no yellow colour seen, may be coz of the low resolving power) . i tried to snap stars but it is near to impossible to keep the alignment of ocular and phone's camera lense without an adapter.
total cost-150rs
i m working to get a better system(without using aperture stop) so as to get superior resolving power ,and its almost done, going to try it after i get back home.

@axes2t2- nice one
@dpkml- nice , loved the first one,

*farm9.staticflickr.com/8056/8124378573_daef233cf4_c_d.jpg
SE ELM, twilight portrait, cloudy white balance.

^ Nice one...

D

nac said:
I think it's available only in manual mode (or at least by default it's available in M mode). In Av??? I don't see that meter in Av mode.

Well.. then I think that I will read the manual again and then try it all over again

@lm2k-- amazing pic man.... what camera did you use?

dpkml said:
@lm2k-- amazing pic man.... what camera did you use?

Thnx
Sony ericcson elm.

@nac- thnx

Guys, I have always been a mobile photographer. I've owned the Nokia N91 (2 MP), Samsung INNOV8 (first 8 MP phone), using the Nokia N8 (12 MP) now and will get Nokia 808 (41 MP!!) sometime later. Of course, megapixels doesn't mean better pics. Quality, tuning, lens size, etc. matter more.

I would like to share some of my random pics. Spare me if I made a mistake, I'm new here:

*imageshack.us/a/img863/7849/photo314.jpg

*imageshack.us/a/img18/3225/photo313x.jpg

*imageshack.us/a/img717/2980/photo1083.jpg

*imageshack.us/a/img828/4938/05012011609.jpg

*imageshack.us/a/img163/2108/photo296p.jpg

*imageshack.us/a/img834/5530/050420111056.jpg

*imageshack.us/a/img31/6176/210820111593.jpg

*imageshack.us/a/img855/1059/photo204edit.jpg

*imageshack.us/a/img508/9640/200320111006.jpg

*imageshack.us/a/img192/2977/18102008004.jpg

*imageshack.us/a/img42/9964/02022011797.jpg

*imageshack.us/a/img691/1508/photo656editforpeople.jpg

My Pulsar after being modified:

*imageshack.us/a/img15/6559/190720123206.jpg

Excitement on getting first my first games after so many years, just for my new laptop:

*imageshack.us/a/img836/1082/2307201232281.jpg

All are taken with Cell Phones ONLY. Comments invited...

Samarth, Some are nice... Ant, Dog, head-to-head (helmet vs Pulsar) :lol:

Nice pics Samarth. I liked the flies and the dog.

@Samarth 619 - nice , that shot of bees is nice, also the dog's portrait. N8 is very capable device,try some landscapes with it.
tried some fire works with phone camera
*farm9.staticflickr.com/8062/8187664746_209a57d20e_b_d.jpg
SE ELM, sports mode, -2EV.

*farm9.staticflickr.com/8070/8187664620_2efe0d18a0_b_d.jpg
SE ELM, sports mode, -2EV.

@ lm2k: Nice to see your DIY telescope.

CyberKID said:
@ lm2k: Nice to see your DIY telescope.

ya i ll post some of snaps of stars and planets after i m done with its pending improvements.(adapter n objective lense system)

Taken on my Samsung Galaxy nexus

*pbs.twimg.com/media/A73Z-fjCUAANE4A.jpg

Samarth the Helmet vs Pulsar one is good. Reminds me of Original transformers movie.

Btw , seems like a lot of people here have Kittens .

Pics from Zoo @Delhi .
Device : Nokia N95.

techfreak, Nice one... I think it would be better if that dark right is off the frame...

*i.imgur.com/UPUINb9.jpg

Was trying to focus just on pollen grains, but even after multiple shots, was just able to focus this much only.

*i.imgur.com/GVWBD2P.jpg

Random macro.

Courtesy : SE Hazel, 5mp, Macro mode

Comments & suggestions are welcome.

Shallow DOF from mobile camera, that's great.

Thanks nac. Actually I was trying random macros, and it just came out

dashing.sujay said:
Was trying to focus just on pollen grains, but even after multiple shots, was just able to focus this much only.

Random macro.

Courtesy : SE Hazel, 5mp, Macro mode

Comments & suggestions are welcome.

Maybe, you'd like to change the angle for that capture. I home you're trying to capture something like this or even better?

DSC_2011.jpg
DSC_2013.jpg

Both of these were captured by me using my Nokia C6-00 in Macro mode.

^Yes, I was trying to capture like that only. Your first one is quite good with good color production. Any post-processing done on it ?

The problem in my case was sun light angle. It was coming straight on the lens. I tried different angles, but the position of flower was not allowing me much to experiment.

Post Processing-None. I like the way they are captured, unless, a shot needs it too badly. Moreover, I don't know much about PP, thus, I let things go as they are.
As for the angle, since, my plant is in a pot, I have the liberty to move it anywhere I want.
BTW, you could have tried capturing the other one that is seen in the background. From beneath the flower, that shot could have been awesome.

^Will try and post.

@dashing.sujay - the first one is beautiful image. just next time you try this look for the background.SE HAZEL is a very capable device , in low light situations Twilight portrait mode works very nicely and coludy white balance brings some warmth to the image.

some recent clicks from my side

had planted office-time runner in may and now it has grown quite large and started blooming
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sony ericcson ELM, Twilight portrait mode , cloudy white balance, done little cropping and added some vignette.

also the purple gazania
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sony ericcson ELM, Twilight portrait mode , cloudy white balance

and lastly lilly
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sony ericcson ELM, Twilight portrait mode , cloudy white balance

^2nd one is very good, and brilliant colors in all.

And thanks for your suggestions. Hazel's cam is almost same as your ELM's. To be honest, I never uses any of the twilight modes, as the fps dropped down to a very low level. (I know it sounds like a noob

) Now will try it.

IQ of second one is much better than the other two. Coz of water?

^I believe the focus is also very good and "evenly spread", making the image appear better at IQ. Water is like cheery on the cake.

@lm2k: Nice shots mate. Perfect shots with great colour reproduction.
BTW, I noticed one thing that your Ghazania's leaves are much greener than mine. Are those in soil on land or in pots? Your rain lillies have come out great.

*i.imgur.com/i3tw5Oi.jpg

@dashing.sujay -thanx. you are right.In the twilight portrait and twilight landscape modes both when switched the FPS drop down mainly because the ISO is capped to 160 and 250 in worst case and to balance exposure the camera slows down the shutter speed and so we dont get the ugly blue and orange lines(a issue with HAZEL and ELM camera) that show up in pics taken in low light conditions(just my observation).
@nac -thanx. second one ,mostly it is because of the quality of light(day light was hitting it straight and time was around 5 PM and flower was facing west), like we say most of the camera excell in good light.
@CyberKID- thanx. I have planted these in a plastic pot. I guess the leaves were just washed up by rain adding more green colour in the pic.

Beach panorama s.. dedicated to my XPERIA :-D

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Nice panormas. I liked the second and the third one, but, seems like you overdid the PP in the third one..

@CyberKID yup .. :-D

might be the 'vibrance' factor.. the blue was awesome, so I had no choice..!

Thanks for the feedback!

costal area@ hazira surat

pics taken with my mmx canvasHD

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that with samsung ace

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@jaimin100nice snaps ,first one would look great with some sharpening.
@axelzdly1 - nice panoramas.

@jaimin100nice snaps ,first one would look great with some sharpening.
@axelzdly1 - nice panoramas.

Axel, Excellent panaroma :thumbs:

Jaimin, First one is not sharp enough and the tilted horizon is not interesting in the second one.

Thank you nac..

Excellent from you, really means a lot! :pray:

just a shot I took from a plane

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I don't know how it ended up a bit grainy

Taken with Galaxy Nexus.

From car @ Nariman Point

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taken from micromaxa116

^It seems it's shaken.

jaimin100 said:
taken from micromaxa116

Your hand is shaking vigorously. Take some support if needed to make your hand steady for clicking better pics.
One more thing resize your shot before posting it here. It consumes a lot of bandwidth and time to load such huge shots. You're using imgur. all you have to do is use an "L" without quotes as suffix to your file name for example your file's current url is: *i.imgur.com/erpfXiy.jpg. make it like this *i.imgur.com/erpfXiyl.jpg suffixing an "l" at the end of the file name (before extension), and that would suffice

CyberKID said:
Your hand is shaking vigorously. Take some support if needed to make your hand steady for clicking better pics.
One more thing resize your shot before posting it here. It consumes a lot of bandwidth and time to load such huge shots. You're using imgur. all you have to do is use an "L" without quotes as suffix to your file name for example your file's current url is: *i.imgur.com/erpfXiy.jpg. make it like this *i.imgur.com/erpfXiyl.jpg suffixing an "l" at the end of the file name (before extension), and that would suffice

next time i remember this & m beginner in photography so tolrete this

Taken from LG L9.
f2.8, 1/412s, ISO 200, EXP -0.7
Edited on Google Camera app.

*www.thinkdigit.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=11748&d=1376076300

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^What are they ? Looks good.

Seems like dashing.sujay had read my mind even before I saw that pic. That seems like some sort of decorative lighting, though they don't look real.

@dashing.sujay : Its decorative lighting as CyberKID pointed out. Plastic strips are assembled (easily) and a small CFL bulb can be placed inside. Looks good for functions and festivals like Diwali.

Heres another pic taken from Canon SX240

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*www.thinkdigit.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=11755&d=1376126057

This one's good upclose. Nice shot quagmire. Wasn't looking real in that shot with low light and dark background.

That thing still looks computer generated to me.
Maybe if quagmire can post it without lights inside.. that I may get what exactly it looks like.

A Sunset photo taken from my phone(Galaxy Nexus)

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Vyom said:
That thing still looks computer generated to me.
Maybe if quagmire can post it without lights inside.. that I may get what exactly it looks like.

On public demand. :mrgreen:

I went back to the exhibition and click these from my camera SX240. The place was crowded so composition and IQ aren't great.
All original unedited.

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Assembled unlighted ones

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The assembly :

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Very creative, I must say

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Vyom said:
That thing still looks computer generated to me.
Maybe if quagmire can post it without lights inside.. that I may get what exactly it looks like.

Guys these things are available at pepperfry.
Search for led lamp at Pepperfry.com

J

Tilt Shift. Edited using Creative Studio by Nokia
This one taken using Lumia 720

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@quagmire those are nice and colorful...liked them

@jayant its miniature effect or tilt shift ???

J

Its tilt shift actually both are same,

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Taken from a friends Nexus 4 at Jaipur.

Nice pic.
Pic from Nexus 4 .. still 4:3 ratio?

Here's one from me..I used an app called " camera 360" for extra Brightness.

P.S: sorry for the crappy watermark. I asked my friend to make me one & this was the best he could do.

*i.imgur.com/G9EPZwu.jpg

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^ First one, clicked after water wash on Saraswati puja or the bullet is new?

nac said:
^ First one, clicked after water wash on Saraswati puja or the bullet is new?

Yep. Year old, but yes, was fresh from wash.

Some pics taken with my LG G2, the colors are nowhere near digicams but the night shots rival sub 10k digicams for sure, I couldn't get these kind of night shots with my Sony W270, WITHOUT a tripod, its time I stopped dragging my FZ150 everywhere....

In wide mode:
*i.imgur.com/thH9V0Q.jpg

Chilka lake, with the train running at full speed, OIS actually works and works damn good:
*i.imgur.com/NzHaWtD.jpg

Another one:
*i.imgur.com/ELpEpiH.jpg

A night shot:
*i.imgur.com/3VlL9KW.jpg

One more night shot, phone held in hand:
*i.imgur.com/UGdlOdj.jpg

@tkin the G2 pics are good enough to rival point and shoot...very clear...

the only bad thing in mobile photography is lack of any optical zoom

sujoyp said:
@tkin the G2 pics are good enough to rival point and shoot...very clear...

the only bad thing in mobile photography is lack of any optical zoom

The lumia 1020 is there for that, but lack of android is what stopped me, just wait, by 2015 even android flagships will have optical zoom, OIS is already there and working absolutely great.

*farm8.staticflickr.com/7403/10737267605_4fc2ba57ec_o.jpg
The Sun sets in Jaipur by Karan Raj Baruah, on Flickr

Taken from my Galaxy Nexus.

A couple more photos:

*farm6.staticflickr.com/5493/11061283225_8c2b06b458_o.jpg
Just checking out my friends Google Nexus 5 by Karan Raj Baruah, on Flickr

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The world through a peephole by Karan Raj Baruah, on Flickr

quagmire said:
On public demand.
I went back to the exhibition and click these from my camera SX240. The place was crowded so composition and IQ aren't great.
All original unedited.

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Assembled unlighted ones

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The assembly :

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The paper lamps are beautiful I must say.

The paper lamps don't look real at all... they seem to look like some Photoshop design

... awesome

yeah..those lamps look gr8 !! i got myself one for decoration purposes during diwali !!

tried something 20+ photos
*i.imgur.com/uBwWox0.jpg

^^ nice one.

*i.imgur.com/cvODNO9.jpg

Anorion said:
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IMO what the 3 guys were doing there?We miss the greenery right?

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My first pic clicked from optimus g. Missing home.

Guys,

I have a Sony WX150. Thought of buying a DSLR, but cannot afford it right now, and I prefer cameras that can be pocketed.

Can you guys recommened how to spruce up the photos shot with this camera? Will Photoshop help? I felt that some photos can be improved with post-processing.

Adobe Photoshop Lightroom is the easiest and best way to begin.

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One
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Two
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Got this lens flare in direct sunlight. By LG G2

Ray, Good IQ for a mobile camera..

6, Colour one seems like over processed...

nac said:
Ray, Good IQ for a mobile camera..

Thanks.

Optimus G :-
Place :- C.P. , New Delhi . New Year's Morning.!!!
Pics are re sized(qhd) so quality lost.!
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Lumia 720

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Using manual focus and a little editing. G2

Seems mobiles have come a long way, just 2 yrs back even my point and shoot(Sony W270) wasn't able to take this kind of picture without a tripod. Pic taken in night mode, handheld, pic is not edited in anyway at all.

*i.imgur.com/1b4VyQP.jpg

*i.imgur.com/2SpA8O5.jpg

Amazing pics.. Which phone?

sksundram said:
amazing pics.. Which phone?

lg g2.

Awesome pic quality...really unbelivable

Here's one more, I really need to go out more with this cam:
*i.imgur.com/YSVSlm0.jpg

@ tkin
Your Pics are like DSLR Photography !

omg that night shot with g2 , so clean, hail technology and the photographer

srkmish said:
omg that night shot with g2 , so clean, hail technology and the photographer

All thanks to the G2.

tkin the bridge shot is also superb ...

Took a Sunset pic with my phone:

*farm8.staticflickr.com/7370/12697094055_39bf549789_o.jpg

A couple of photos I took yesterday:
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Some incredible shots!

Either the boundary between a digital cam and mobile cam have been blurred or either we have some exceptional photographers here!

Even Photographer matters !
Real Talent !

Vyom said:
Some incredible shots!

Either the boundary between a digital cam and mobile cam have been blurred or either we have some exceptional photographers here!

Its the former really, its surprising to see my G2 having a lower shot to shot time than the Panasonic FZ150(which is faster than a lot of other Point and shoots)

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^looks a bit oversaturated

yeaa...edited it in Mobile itself...looked ok but looks different on computer screens

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My old HTC incredible s

guys, friend suggested I try this, and I did, and it was a lot of fun.

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its only possible on mobile cam

Step 1 : teardown an old cd/dvd drive. There will be a moving head on a rail. the head has a tiny lens outside, a relatively larger lens inside, and a prism like thingy. the larger lense within the head, usually protected by glued on screws, is needed. The drive will prolly not be usable after this point.
Step 2 : stick it onto your phone cam. Used card and sellotape once, safety pins and rubberband the secnd time (easy to make quick adjustments). feel free to rig up something.
Step 3 : take photos. no subject you can see with naked eye is too small.

^ Kinda DIY macro lens???

^yup, exactly

micro lens is easy for dslr lens bcz just reverse lens and put it on cam with one ring

Anyone know how to take bokeh pictures with phone?

You can now on android with the new camera app you can focus on the subject and blur the background

.jRay. said:
Anyone know how to take bokeh pictures with phone?

Google camera app if you are running kitkat

marvelousprashant said:
Google camera app if you are running kitkat

abhidev said:
You can now on android with the new camera app you can focus on the subject and blur the background

Will try. Thanks.

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location is near Tulsi Lake, Sanjay Gandhi National Park.

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Visiting this thread after long time. Recently I upgraded to Moto X 1st gen. Here is one accidental shot which I took today:

Click pic to view larger view.

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Pic edited to crop and contrast.

Vyom said:
Here is one accidental shot which I took today:

Beautiful accident

nac said:
Beautiful accident

The kabooters were sitting peacefully so I tried to capture their moment, but somehow a dog came nearby and all the kabooters flew away while I pressed the shutter button. The resulting pic which came out was unexpected.

I am sad for that lonely kabooter btw, still sitting ignoring the dangers that lay near it.

Vyom said:
The kabooters were sitting peacefully so I tried to capture their moment, but somehow a dog came nearby and all the kabooters flew away while I pressed the shutter button. The resulting pic which came out was unexpected.

I am sad for that lonely kabooter btw, still sitting ignoring the dangers that lay near it.

Btw awesome shot.

Thanks $hadow.

Some shots by Moto X of still life, a model town:

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As you might have guessed, theme was Pollution. Last pic was taken totally in dark.

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City

^Nice but do mention the device too. It's one plus one, right ?

dashing.sujay said:
^Nice but do mention the device too. It's one plus one, right ?

Yup it is, atleast that is what the link says.

The tide came in today and turned Kolkata into Venice (We were aiming for London):

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From My Moto G

^3rd shot is cool, I like

My G2 still has some life left.

*i.imgur.com/pdHNP46.jpg

*i.imgur.com/oZPXUNr.jpg

*i.imgur.com/QNvRFd7.jpg

*i.imgur.com/mqslPyT.jpg

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Absolutely no editing done, I gotta start editing stuff.

Love those pebble shots. Was this taken in auto?

$hadow said:
Love those pebble shots. Was this taken in auto?

Full auto, there's this intelligent auto mode.

tkin said:
Full auto, there's this intelligent auto mode.

Those are some really awesome shots.

$hadow said:
Those are some really awesome shots.

Thanks, I don't get many subjects these days. Home<->Office only.

Tkin, First marble/stone shot is very good. :thumbs:

second photo is good as mobile / whatsapp background

Anorion said:
second photo is good as mobile / whatsapp background

Already my desktop wallpaper

I really liked the second pebble shot and first leaves close up.

Some night shots:

*i.imgur.com/zc6suwb.jpg

*i.imgur.com/UQG44Z0.jpg

*i.imgur.com/a4PwCR1.jpg

*i.imgur.com/WyNRw9R.jpg

*i.imgur.com/Gex72YB.jpg

Taken by Redmi 2
*i.imgur.com/oRw5EQU.jpg

6x6, Good IQ for a mobile camera. Forum fit the image horizontally if it's bigger than the screen resolution, not vertically. So, keep the resolution 800px as max, anything above most of us have to scroll and see the image.

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Shot on S20+ and edited in Snapseed

Should we merge this thread and photography thread?

Anorion said:
Should we merge this thread and photography thread?

That might trigger a DSLR vs Phone war

Anorion said:
Should we merge this thread and photography thread?

When I had started this thread 9 years ago, I did that since the gap between a mobile and a DSLR was very wide.
But now that the technology have rapidly grew, the pics that come out of phones rivals that of DSLR.
So I would leave the merging to you, or we can even close this thread.

But personally I would still like to keep the threads saparate, to keep a contrast between the two.

kaz said:
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Shot on S20+ and edited in Snapseed

Nice cat

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GCAM on Realme 5 this morning at sukhna Lake, Chandigarh.

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I took this in Venice with OP7 pro.