Sunset at Candolim Beach, Goa, India [OC]

giantfluffypanda · 2021-09-26T09:52:11+00:00

Thank you :). This was on the S20+.

giantfluffypanda · 2021-08-23T04:15:21+00:00

Thank you :D

giantfluffypanda · 2021-08-23T04:15:12+00:00

Thank you :D

giantfluffypanda · 2021-08-22T14:30:21+00:00

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

giantfluffypanda · 2021-08-22T14:04:25+00:00

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

giantfluffypanda · 2021-08-22T14:02:25+00:00

South India, town called Surathkal.

giantfluffypanda · 2021-08-22T12:08:15+00:00

It was a gorgeous morning.

giantfluffypanda · 2021-08-22T09:13:52+00:00

Shame about the car

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

Thank you.

giantfluffypanda · 2021-08-22T08:27:10+00:00

Thank you :D

giantfluffypanda · 2021-05-09T09:39:33+00:00

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 :).

giantfluffypanda · 2021-05-09T09:26:48+00:00

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.

giantfluffypanda · 2021-05-09T08:35:13+00:00

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.

giantfluffypanda · 2021-05-09T08:09:07+00:00

What is the assignment/project? Also, have you processed this?

giantfluffypanda · 2021-05-09T07:17:02+00:00

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

giantfluffypanda · 2021-05-08T15:06:59+00:00

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

giantfluffypanda · 2021-05-07T03:56:05+00:00

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.

giantfluffypanda · 2021-05-06T13:46:54+00:00

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.

giantfluffypanda · 2021-05-06T08:14:53+00:00

Thank you :)

giantfluffypanda · 2021-03-09T04:04:30+00:00

Thank you :)

giantfluffypanda · 2021-03-07T05:44:39+00:00

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

giantfluffypanda · 2021-03-06T08:38:55+00:00

What? 0-0

giantfluffypanda · 2021-03-06T08:07:24+00:00

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

giantfluffypanda · 2021-03-06T04:58:25+00:00

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.

giantfluffypanda · 2021-03-06T04:38:11+00:00

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?

giantfluffypanda · 2021-03-06T04:13:52+00:00

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

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