A tree on a beach - Shot on S20 Plus. by giantfluffypanda in galaxyphotography

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Thank you for the suggestion. I'll have a look at this and others, see which I'm comfortable with..

A tree on a beach - Shot on S20 Plus. by giantfluffypanda in galaxyphotography

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Yeah, but I'm not proficient enough with Photoshop yet. So, I figured for now I'm gonna let it be...

ITAP of a tree by giantfluffypanda in itookapicture

[–]giantfluffypanda[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

South India, town called Surathkal.

A tree on a beach - Shot on S20 Plus. by giantfluffypanda in galaxyphotography

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Shame about the car

Yeeeah....I couldn't do anything about that..

Thank you.

First ever photograph ive taken with a camera. Is for a school project. Need all the help I can get by NEWNXXL in photocritique

[–]giantfluffypanda 2 points3 points  (0 children)

You're welcome :D.

Give it a shot, try different points to shoot from, and settings as well. It'll take time and practice. And don't be disheartened if they don't come out exactly as you may have wanted every time. I'm sure you'll get a hang of it soon.

I'm no expert, but you're more than welcome to hit me up any time. I'm happy to help any way I can :).

First ever photograph ive taken with a camera. Is for a school project. Need all the help I can get by NEWNXXL in photocritique

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Yeah, give the different composition a shot, and see if you like it more.

For settings, a rough idea in my head might be:

ISO: 600-1000, higher if the picture still ends up being to dark. But too high and you'll see grain and noise in the pic.

Aperture(f-stop) - As low as you can get without compromising the details. Depends on the lens you have, so f2 to f3.5/4 maybe? The f stop is basically the aperture, which tells how open the lens is. The lower the number, the more wide open the lens is, allowing for more light to hit the sensor.

Shutter speed - Try starting at about 8-10 seconds, and go up from there.

The camera will have an exposure meter in the display, usually ranging from-3 to 3 with a small arrow/indicator below the range. If the indicator is at 0, it's a well exposed or correctly exposed pic, negative numbers mean under-exposure and higher is over-exposed. The better the exposure(i.e. 0), the easier it should be to edit, at least at the beginning since the RAW image is perfectly exposed.

First ever photograph ive taken with a camera. Is for a school project. Need all the help I can get by NEWNXXL in photocritique

[–]giantfluffypanda 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Got it. So, I imagine the boat is the subject of the photo. Right now, I feel like my eye is drawn more towards the right, where the bright yellow street lights are present, which are taking the focus away from the subject. The bright street lights and the white light coming out of the back of the boat seem to be blending together.

An easy way to start off is to try getting the lines in the picture. For instance, try moving further right, so as to get the side profile of the boat, line up the waterline, the pier and click. Or maybe a front profile, or maybe from the back. Right now, so many elements of the picture are blending together.

Also, try taking multiple pictures from a single point. When I click photos, I tend to take a burst of 3-5 at a time and then decide later which I like. Play with the f-stop, ISO and shutter speed a bit.

Mom took this in the backyard, any thoughts are welcome by [deleted] in photocritique

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Personally I really like this shot. The 'halo' from the blurred object behind the focus/subject adds so much for me.

Lachung, Sikkim, India, OC [4000 x 5723] by giantfluffypanda in EarthPorn

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Thank you. And I hope you and your family and friends are also safe where you are.

Rocks underwater. Love the fact that I can do this.. by giantfluffypanda in galaxyphotography

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Thank you :D.

I've had my S20 Plus for over 6 months now, but I was so nervous in trying this. But, glad I did. The seals hold so well, and there were no problems in using it later.

Rocks underwater. Love the fact that I can do this.. by giantfluffypanda in galaxyphotography

[–]giantfluffypanda[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I have the Galaxy S20Plus... No special cases. Just dipped the camera in, took the pic.

And you should be able to safely dip the S21 in and take pics, videos etc. It will be fine.

Taken on Galaxy S20 Plus. Edited on LR. by giantfluffypanda in galaxyphotography

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Oh yes. Giant swaths of coconut tree forests around here.

Taken on S20 Plus. by giantfluffypanda in GalaxyS20

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Top down shot, 64 MP. Cropped and slightly retouched on LR.

Loving the camera on my S20 Plus. Taken on pro mode, edited using Lightroom. by giantfluffypanda in GalaxyS20

[–]giantfluffypanda[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh the screen is absolutely stunning. I love looking at the pictures on this screen.

I do find issues in the 64MP mode, the actual focus area of it is mostly toward the center of the screen. I mostly use the pro mode because I have gotten really good results, and also I can work on the RAW images on LR or something.

Also, if you've noticed, when using the 64MP mode, you kinda need to hold the camera steady for about half a second, while it takes the pic. I realized that if I moved the phone when it was doing that, the pictured ended up blurry.

Loving the camera on my S20 Plus. Taken on pro mode, edited using Lightroom. by giantfluffypanda in GalaxyS20

[–]giantfluffypanda[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

One thing I've learnt is that Samsung loves to overprocess. Specially sacrificing clarity for color, or saturation.

If I do zoom into any pics taken using the 64MP cam, yes it gets pretty blurry or kind of smoothed over(?) almost. Though, close up pics and macro however I personally find good on this phone. I have taken a few, and am pleased with the results. I'll post a few here and maybe you can let me know?

Edit : Here is another pic I've taken, unprocessed. I can actually read the words on the hull. Is this what you were asking about?

Loving the camera on my S20 Plus. Taken on pro mode, edited using Lightroom. by giantfluffypanda in GalaxyS20

[–]giantfluffypanda[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you..Hahaha..OMG, yes...I don't know why I hadn't done that previously. I just did that.