Photo situations that leave me wondering
Jan 5, 2018 21:04:22 #
Just before Christmas, my family and I went to the Houston Toyota Center to see Mannheim Steamroller's Trans Siberian Orchestra.
The Toyota Center is a rather large venue and it was packed, to the rafters. During the show, I looked across to the other side and I noticed that there was a lot of flash photography going on. I would guess that since Smartphones are ubiquitous it was to be expected.
I can't help but wonder how those pictures turned out at 300 or more feet away.
Earlier this week I was at the airport in the evening and somebody decided to take a picture of the airplane through the glass, with their smartphone that flashed. They got a selfie, as you would expect and then some funny words started coming out of their mouth about the cheap camera in their iPhone.
I'm just wondering if the Smartphones need to get one step smarter and tell their owner they can't do that.
The Toyota Center is a rather large venue and it was packed, to the rafters. During the show, I looked across to the other side and I noticed that there was a lot of flash photography going on. I would guess that since Smartphones are ubiquitous it was to be expected.
I can't help but wonder how those pictures turned out at 300 or more feet away.
Earlier this week I was at the airport in the evening and somebody decided to take a picture of the airplane through the glass, with their smartphone that flashed. They got a selfie, as you would expect and then some funny words started coming out of their mouth about the cheap camera in their iPhone.
I'm just wondering if the Smartphones need to get one step smarter and tell their owner they can't do that.
Jan 5, 2018 21:14:10 #
This is nothing new. The good thing during the days of film, nobody knew about it for a couple of days, so you didn't have to hear their "Oh S__T!"
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Jan 5, 2018 21:19:06 #
Bill_de wrote:
This is nothing new. The good thing during the days of film, nobody knew about it for a couple of days, so you didn't have to hear their "Oh S__T!"
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That is so true. My favorite was the one at the airport through the window. Now you get to see the flashy selfie right away. But the cussing is similar.
Jan 5, 2018 21:22:16 #
Pegasus wrote:
Just before Christmas, my family and I went to the... (show quote)
The problem is the people using them are not Smart. Aside from the joking, I can sometimes get good images with my SmartPhone since I do know how to use cameras and Cell cameras with in their limitations.
On the silly side back in 1977 I observed people taking film photos with Flash of the Niagara Falls from the shore. Say 1 to 2 thousand feet. I don't think even my old Metz with a (ASA 100) NG of 197 would come close to illuminating the falls!
Jan 5, 2018 21:31:15 #
Jan 5, 2018 22:37:58 #
For years I've made comments about the flashing from point&shoot cameras at night-time NASCAR race starts that seem to have no practical purpose other than telling the rest of us that the race has finally started.
Jan 5, 2018 23:23:40 #
Jan 6, 2018 08:07:33 #
concert photos with large, brightly lit backs of heads and tiny, distant, fuzzy figures on stage...
Jan 6, 2018 08:35:22 #
Yup, and so many smartphone users don’t know you can turn the flash off and probably get a better picture :)
Jan 6, 2018 08:58:53 #
billnikon
Loc: Pennsylvania/Ohio/Florida/Maui/Oregon/Vermont
Pegasus wrote:
Just before Christmas, my family and I went to the... (show quote)
My smart phone allows me to turn off the flash and also has a very nice HDR setting. Works great most of the time. Most folks who have smart phones do not even realize they can turn off the flash and turn on HDR settings.
Jan 6, 2018 09:46:24 #
TheShoe
Loc: Lacey, WA
rehess wrote:
For years I've made comments about the flashing from point&shoot cameras at night-time NASCAR race starts that seem to have no practical purpose other than telling the rest of us that the race has finally started.
On the other hand, I wanted to take a picture of a Kodiak cub that was under a bank that had heavy brush and bush covering. The cub, which was a dark brown and in near total darkness, was causing my camera ( an Oly E3) to display a "Flash required" message. I knew that the flash would be useless, but I enabled it anyway and took the picture. As expected, it was difficult to see anything in the image; however, PP was able to correct it and it is one of my favorite pictures.
Jan 6, 2018 11:38:25 #
TheShoe wrote:
On the other hand, I wanted to take a picture of a Kodiak cub that was under a bank that had heavy brush and bush covering. The cub, which was a dark brown and in near total darkness, was causing my camera ( an Oly E3) to display a "Flash required" message. I knew that the flash would be useless, but I enabled it anyway and took the picture. As expected, it was difficult to see anything in the image; however, PP was able to correct it and it is one of my favorite pictures.
What was the bear doing under a bank? Trying to get in to steal the money?
On the other hand, I have to say your fearlessness amazes me. Approaching a Kodiak cub. It's a good thing Mama Kodiak was not in the neighborhood or we would have read about yet another bear mauling and not gotten this story.
Oh, and BTW: No picture posted, so this is not a true story.
Jan 6, 2018 12:30:03 #
The ultimate idiocy is someone with a point and shoot or camera phone taking flash pictures of fireworks!
Jan 6, 2018 12:40:16 #
drmike99 wrote:
The ultimate idiocy is someone with a point and shoot or camera phone taking flash pictures of fireworks!
It's right up there with the best of them.
Jan 6, 2018 14:10:31 #
The Olympics are coming. Wait until you see the same thing during the ice skating competition.
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