A ribbon with an iPhone! Very pleased - many thanks for the votes and comments.
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Out to dinner without my camera, but since I'm never without it I had my iPhone. All things considered, I don't think this is too bad!
A great view shared! I'd recommend a visit.
[May. 4th, 2009 01:27:02 PM]
Using an iPhone for this challenge entry - some thoughts and consequences:
The extreme Depth of Field of a camera phone worked to my advantage, capturing both the foreground tableware and the spectacular view.
It gave me some issues though; although the image was OK focus-wise, because of the low light conditions the image was pretty noisy - especially when the colour was pushed. As such it needed an aggressive edit. Two passes with Neat Image and some pretty liberal noise suppression with Topaz Adjust offered up this image which is characterised by the smoothness some of the commenters have mentioned.
The colours in the sky are reflections in the window from the lights in the restaurant behind the camera.
I was a little nervous about using Topaz but given this is Advanced Editing, which is result based I wanted to give it a rules field test - I made my own assessment by comparing this edit with the original and checking that no new image areas had been added. The vibrant colours were already there and could also be brought out by upping the vibrancy slider.
This is the first time I have used a camera phone for a challenge and consequently I put in a ticket and uploaded my original for Site Council to check the EXIF file; on advice that EXIF data files from camera phones don't always make it into a computer unaltered - but Apple's Aperture 2 is pretty good at looking after you that way.
So there you have it - not sure about the EXIF data, not sure about the legality of Topaz (but from a results perspective, it all looks OK to me) - all declared publicly so let's see what happens.
Oh yes, I had an assortment starter and the Scallop Linguini (I'd recommend it!)
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My first impression is that the 'smoothness' of the image would make it unsuitable for an entry. But the overall effect and the extraordinary DOF make this a memorable and most appropriate entry!
Awesome photo. I can't beleive you took this with an iPhone. I will have to sell my $10K worth of photo equipment and get one. Submit this to Apple. I mean...really...submit this to Apple!
paulbtlw you set the bar really high with this excellent image. Congratulations on seeing this scene and interpreting it extraordinarily well. Let's hear it for Topaz as well as the phone.
Impressive. Until now I thought the iphone camera was only good enough to shoot for the brown ribbon. :P Seriously, that's the best I can get out of it.
I was gonna do a mild slammin' on the excessive noise reduction aspect of this, until I read your notes :-) An iPhone, eh? No KIDDING? This is a milestone! And you know, the thing of it is, the hyper-smooth mien of the finished image is actually oddly appealing, if not entirely my cup of tea. So congrats! Well done!
Oh, way to go! An iphone!! You are the BOMB! And I can't imagine anything any more beautiful taken with a high dollar camera. CONGRATULATIONS! With so much high-tech camera equipment out there -- it is so refreshing to have it confirmed that you don't HAVE to have the most expensive, latest and greatest of everything to take great photos!
I think im doing something wrong with my iphone - or maybe you just have a whole load of talent! (im going for the latter). Congrats
Really fab image, specially when considering your "camera". The smoothness adds a slight surreal tone to the image, its really fantastic. Im taking more shots with my iphone!! if I could work out how to get them off it of course..
You can't do that with a Zune ;) Nice.
I think that crease in the tablecloth actually adds some interesting perspective and drama. I might be wrong but diagonals in a perspective really help the eye get excited.
Edit: Zune not Zoon. You deserve a special ribbon for having such a high score with a device that I didn't even realize had a camera =0
Well done on a ribbon winning shot! The subtle tones and depth add to and superbly captured image. Some may say the reflection detracts but IMO it adds to the overall feel of the picture.
One of my top rated photo's. Only one technical deficiency's would be the color's reflecting off of what look's like a window and the knife and spoon being just a tad OOF.
A very intriguing concept here with the table cloth reflecting odd lighting effects off the window - a major plus to the artistic impact of the image. The rather simple place setting along with the off set wine glass, imparts a rather natural and candid impression. A very interesting reflection on the left that seems to be out of place is also interesting and not readily visible at first. A very competant capture using all the available natural effects at once. Well done.
breathtaking vantage point. composition is top notch.
although pp is of love/hate type and unfortunately i am on the negative side on that one. over all i like the image.
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