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 p.6 #5 · p.6 #5 · Re-evaluating my photography… can an iPhone work? | |
Well, it's better than nothing. But - over the top macro contrast (ultra narrow DR), poor tone handling, near total lack of high spatial freqency data, lack of image depth (the flat look), no shadow detail whatsoever, blocked colours, unflattering facial reproduction, bodies looked painted on to the background set. See how the red/orange tones appear to merge into each other - faces, backdrop, arms, orange top, etc? The right side guy's hands look nuked. All may have been forgiven because we all know about concert lighting.
It's a caricature of an image, because phones are 'visual shorthand', outline sketches basically. And these concerns are not nitpicking at the edges, but are front and centre of the image problems. Less is not more, but some eyes are happy with it because it's better than nothing.
She looks ill. But not everyone notices because colour is a learned exerience. So they don't see anything wrong, anything that can be improved. They are satisfied with rank mediocrity. Now imagine if it was shot with something serious, the kinds of cameras and lenses we discuss at length here. That's always my reaction - 'what if you used the right equipment?'
It's been a long haul for humanity from caveman art to Otus lenses. The question is: why are so many eager to regress when photographic equipment is now superb? We are reaching for the gutter, not the stars..
Thanks for posting, when so few seem prepared to do so.
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There is a phone image thread somewhere, but no luck in the first five pages.
