Photography Thread

masjer

Wheelspinner said:

masjer said:

I've been looking at cameras on Ebay. I came across a Samsung NX1000. It's only £80 at the mo. 2013 possibly a bit dated, but 20MP compact (easy to take out and about) and very cheap. What do you think?
https://ebay.co.uk/itm/275234464771?epid=114312666&hash=item401540a403:g:PfYAAOSwB9NiPyB4

The Samsung range of cameras had a decent reputation back then. Only catch might be finding other lenses if you want different lengths - I think it's a proprietary mount, and adaptors needed?

Thanks for that Wheelspinner, I'll look into the availability of lenses. I just thought for £80 it might be a good buy. Light, decent shots and not having to worry about it.

Wheelspinner

Yep, for that money it's worth a try, pretty cheap for an APS-C sensor camera.

I've a couple Sony a6000 bodies which are similar size, and which are way more capable than my skills will ever need. I've sometimes thought I'd update to a full frame version but it would mean all new lenses (and I have a few to replace!), and the reality is I'd not notice much difference.

Pross

Usk Valley today,a bit less rugged than my usual walks.

masjer

The `Pembrokeshire dangler` brought some nice clouds in this afternoon.

micaab

Not a camera buff at all but do appreciate a good image.

Love the blue on this one from my Huawei P30 Pro.

briantrumpet

Worth a bit of an effort tonight, especially with the calm water... the last one's from my house

masjer

I tried for a sunset, which didn't happen, but managed to pick up the pieces.

eric_draven

tried for bit of a moody sunset last night, with low cloud and the odd storm showers passing by

masjer

Feeling like a shadow of my former self. I was followed by a big-headed shadowy figure.

pblakeney

eric_draven said:

tried for bit of a moody sunset last night, with low cloud and the odd storm showers passing by

Hope you don't mind but that is a scene just screaming out for an ND grad filter.

eric_draven

pblakeney said:

eric_draven said:

tried for bit of a moody sunset last night, with low cloud and the odd storm showers passing by

Hope you don't mind but that is a scene just screaming out for an ND grad filter.

I took this on my phone whilst out fishing, but looking at what a ND grad filter is, probs would of come out better

briantrumpet

eric_draven said:

pblakeney said:

eric_draven said:

tried for bit of a moody sunset last night, with low cloud and the odd storm showers passing by

Hope you don't mind but that is a scene just screaming out for an ND grad filter.

I took this on my phone whilst out fishing, but looking at what a ND grad filter is, probs would of come out better

And out of interest, was it actually warmer colours than this in reality? I sometimes get really bizarrely blue photos of sunsets on auto settings, and have to do quite a lot of work with levels to get it back to what I thought it looked like.

pinno

eric_draven said:

pblakeney said:

eric_draven said:

tried for bit of a moody sunset last night, with low cloud and the odd storm showers passing by

Hope you don't mind but that is a scene just screaming out for an ND grad filter.

I took this on my phone whilst out fishing, but looking at what a ND grad filter is, probs would of come out better

I do like it - it's very moody.

If you scroll down, there is a grad filter you can muck around with. It's quite revealing.

https://www.cambridgeincolour.com/tutorials/graduated-neutral-density-filters.htm

pblakeney

eric_draven said:

I took this on my phone whilst out fishing, but looking at what a ND grad filter is, probs would of come out better

Obviously I did the mod post on the laptop. It's probably better to use filters at the time but software versions are pretty good even with shots from a phone. If you're interested.

eric_draven

pblakeney said:

eric_draven said:

I took this on my phone whilst out fishing, but looking at what a ND grad filter is, probs would of come out better

Obviously I did the mod post on the laptop. It's probably better to use filters at the time but software versions are pretty good even with shots from a phone. If you're interested.

I will look into it, bit of a technophobe at the best of times, I do need a newer phone still on a Huawei P10, I've done a few shots that time of light that haven't always come out the way I've wanted them to, do play with the iso and shutter settings sometimes, would love my SLR with me sometimes but salt water just kills everything

rjsterry

briantrumpet said:

eric_draven said:

pblakeney said:

eric_draven said:

tried for bit of a moody sunset last night, with low cloud and the odd storm showers passing by

Hope you don't mind but that is a scene just screaming out for an ND grad filter.

I took this on my phone whilst out fishing, but looking at what a ND grad filter is, probs would of come out better

And out of interest, was it actually warmer colours than this in reality? I sometimes get really bizarrely blue photos of sunsets on auto settings, and have to do quite a lot of work with levels to get it back to what I thought it looked like.

My phone (Sony) always struggles to render reds accurately.

These tulips were a really vivid red, but look washed out.



It was taken the same evening as that sunset I posted the other day, which also came out more pink than orange.

pblakeney

rjsterry said:

My phone (Sony) always struggles to render reds accurately.

These tulips were a really vivid red, but look washed out.

This is quite common on all digital cameras. For whatever reason red plants tend to be over saturated which gives the result above.I regularly desaturate red plants.
For sunsets changing the white balance will help. Cloudy, or even shade.

rjsterry

pblakeney said:

rjsterry said:

My phone (Sony) always struggles to render reds accurately.

These tulips were a really vivid red, but look washed out.

This is quite common on all digital cameras. For whatever reason red plants tend to be over saturated which gives the result above.I regularly desaturate red plants.
For sunsets changing the white balance will help. Cloudy, or even shade.

Tried fiddling with the saturation but actually found tweaking the hue gave better results. At least based on a two week old memory of what that tulip looked like.

pblakeney

Hue is probably better. It's just not something that I have experimented with as I tend to stick with what was available using film or slide. Old dogs and all that. 😉

Pross

pblakeney said:

eric_draven said:

I took this on my phone whilst out fishing, but looking at what a ND grad filter is, probs would of come out better

Obviously I did the mod post on the laptop. It's probably better to use filters at the time but software versions are pretty good even with shots from a phone. If you're interested.

What software are you using PB? My phone software gives loads of options for 'filters' but none seem to match with the effects you would get from various commonly used lens filters.

shirley_basso

micaab

pblakeney

Pross said:

pblakeney said:

eric_draven said:

I took this on my phone whilst out fishing, but looking at what a ND grad filter is, probs would of come out better

Obviously I did the mod post on the laptop. It's probably better to use filters at the time but software versions are pretty good even with shots from a phone. If you're interested.

What software are you using PB? My phone software gives loads of options for 'filters' but none seem to match with the effects you would get from various commonly used lens filters.

Quite complicated for historical reasons and that while all software works the hardest part is learning how to use it. Once you have a workflow that meets your needs you/I will be reluctant to start learning again. My workflow just for reference -
NX Studio for tweaking Nikon RAW shots, then export as a TIFF.
Topaz DeNoise for removing noise and capture sharpening. Not strictly needed for my RAW files but as I use it for phone photos (mostly for noise) and it's simpler just to do the same for all shots.
Affinity Photo for fine tuning, resizing and final sharpening. I have the NIK Collection as a plug-in for filters (ND for example). This was available for free and Google says it still is but a bit complicated to get.

This all sounds complicated but takes about 1 minute all in for each shot once you are in the groove.

If you can get NIK Collection it should work as a plug-in for any software you choose to use. Not sure about phone use though.

masjer

Any ideas how the shadowy cyclist pics were taken?

shirley_basso

gopro 360 with mount?

hopster

Bristol Harbour, next to the SS Great Britain.

briantrumpet

Apologies, I'm probably going to be even more annoying than usual for the next couple of weeks. I'll try to avoid boring holiday snaps, though you can have this "I went shopping" snap for now.



Boring sunset.

masjer

I'm not jealous, my Lidl has a view like that! I'll have my £80 camera to annoy with soon, or maybe it'll just annoy me.

pinno

shirley_basso said:

Lovely chap. What's his name?

shirley_basso

Brian - how did you know he was a he!?