Achyut's Photography Blog: September 2013

Achyut Banejee.....about me

I am a photography enthusiast, especially Mobile imaging. The way mobile imaging prowess has emerged in last 4/5 years is awesome to say the least.

Over the years, I did own a few phones and took a few good snapshots from those. Currently I own a Galaxy S4 (Octa Core version) and a Nokia 808 Pureview. I'll continue sharing some pics, their details and my two cents about the snap. I'll also share a few tips (with my limited knowledge,that is) as to how we can make the best use of the cell phones camera.

Now, have got a entry level bridge camera - the Nikon B500.

Thursday, 12 September 2013

808 Pureview and a quick casual snap...

Was walking the dog in the morning and took a random snap...came out pretty good, I think.
1st one is a crop and the 2nd one has a sepia filter on the crop...hope you like it...

Sunday, 8 September 2013

Pureview 808...

Sharing a few Nokia 808 pureview shots....none are edited and are straight from the device....Used the 9MPx mode (I have a hacked 808 PV)....
Check them out....

Monday, 2 September 2013

Galaxy S4 GT-I9500 Macro Pictures....

Galaxy S4 impressed me quite a bit with the macro capabilities of itself. Don't take my word, check the samples below. retouched just a little with Paintshop Pro X5.....

Sunday, 1 September 2013

A few old shots...from my Xperia X10 mini, Optimus Black, Galaxy S Advance GT-I9070 and Lumia 710....

A mix from all the cells that I have sold off....
Some pics are edited with Paintshop Pro X5, others are as it is...

Nokia N8-00 Stock Camera, Edited with Paintshop Pro X5

Nokia's laid back approach to post processing is what I absolutely LOVE. This gives plenty of headroom to tweak the photo, as I did with Corel Paintshop Pro X5. The camera was fully set in Auto Mode. Exposure 1/247 sec and ISO - 105.

Samsung Galaxy S4 I9500, Stock Camera, Vignette filter.

Samsung's 2013 flagship (The Galaxy S4, I9500) is a powerhouse in raw Processing power. With that much power to spare and the customizability of Android, Galaxy S4's stock Camera uses some very extensive live filters (here I used Vignette, for example). The metering was set as Center weighted. rest everything was left untouched. The S4 is a really capable shooter. Am practically impressed with the Macro capabilities of the S4. More on that later.

Xperia X10 mini, Stock Camera.Paintshop Pro X6 edited.

This was my first ever shot from a smartphone. The Xperia X10 mini was set to fully auto and the plant here is a Tomato herb. Edited a bit with Corel Paintshop Pro X5.

Xperia X10 mini Stock Camera, Paintshop Pro X5 Edited.

The Xperia X10 mini tends to choose VERY saturated colours in some cases, such as this. Although it looks very good at first glance and might appeal casual users, upon close inspection you will find the oil painting effect and loss of detail and natural colour representation. toned down a bit with Corels paintshop pro.

Xperia X10 mini Stock Camera, Unedited.

A shot at Nandankanan, Odissa. Natural looking Colours, but the post processing has smudged some of the details (look at the blades of grass).

Xperia X10 mini Stock Camera, unedited.

Very well represented by the X10 mini's camera. it did cope extremely well with the contrasting light scenario. There is visible noise (see sky, bottom of the picture), but that indeed is spareable, given the paltry mobile camera of the X10 mini.

Optimus Black P970, Stock Camera, Unedited.

LG Optimus Black P970 post processes the pictures quite a bit. as a result, we have a picture with boosted colour, noise (and details as well) eliminated by the post possessing algorithm that LG applies.