Pixel 9 Pro in Killarney
p.1 #1Pixel 9 Pro in Killarney
I decided to leave my Nikon Z50 II in the car as I walked around the Muckross Estate in Killarney.
Pixel 9 Pro Pixel 9 Pro back camera 6.9mm f/1.7 lens 7mm f/1.7 1/3800s 22 ISO 0.0 EV
Jun 08, 2026 at 03:53 PM
p.1 #2Pixel 9 Pro in Killarney
Nice B&W conversion.
Did you do any editing?
Socrate
Did you do any editing?
Socrate
Jun 08, 2026 at 08:46 PM
p.1 #3Pixel 9 Pro in Killarney
Shasoc wrote:
Nice B&W conversion.
Did you do any editing?
Thank you! Yes, quite a bit. I saved many of my Ireland images in raw and jpeg and uploaded the raws to my computer. Yesterday, I opened this one in Elements 2026 and went through a few intermediate steps in Nik Color Efex before converting it to black and white in Nik Silver Efex. I don't always shoot raw and jpeg with my Pixel, but when I am on a trip with some remarkable sites, I often do. I find the auto editing Google does with the jpegs bakes in a lot of stuff that can detract from images I may want to savor a bit. Even so, I will edit many shots with the in camera app even converting to black and white and sharing. Here is one of those. All editing done in camera soon after the shot was taken. It is the Muckross House which stands before the lake seen in the first pic.
Nice B&W conversion.
Did you do any editing?
Thank you! Yes, quite a bit. I saved many of my Ireland images in raw and jpeg and uploaded the raws to my computer. Yesterday, I opened this one in Elements 2026 and went through a few intermediate steps in Nik Color Efex before converting it to black and white in Nik Silver Efex. I don't always shoot raw and jpeg with my Pixel, but when I am on a trip with some remarkable sites, I often do. I find the auto editing Google does with the jpegs bakes in a lot of stuff that can detract from images I may want to savor a bit. Even so, I will edit many shots with the in camera app even converting to black and white and sharing. Here is one of those. All editing done in camera soon after the shot was taken. It is the Muckross House which stands before the lake seen in the first pic.
Jun 09, 2026 at 04:26 PM
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p.1 #4Pixel 9 Pro in Killarney
Brev00 wrote:
Thanks for the reply. I hardly use my smartphone to take pictures (I shoot mostly wildlife), but I have seen some remarkable images taken with smartphones. I believe they have found their place especially in landscape and portrait photography.
You did very good job on both images
Socrate
Thanks for the reply. I hardly use my smartphone to take pictures (I shoot mostly wildlife), but I have seen some remarkable images taken with smartphones. I believe they have found their place especially in landscape and portrait photography.
You did very good job on both images
Socrate
Jun 09, 2026 at 09:43 PM
p.1 #5Pixel 9 Pro in Killarney
Shasoc wrote:
Thanks for the reply. I hardly use my smartphone to take pictures (I shoot mostly wildlife), but I have seen some remarkable images taken with smartphones. I believe they have found their place especially in landscape and portrait photography.
You did very good job on both images
Socrate
Thank you! I think the output depends on the smartphone and the photographer. I have always liked the Pixel's automatic output. Yes, it can be overdone, over sharpened, oversaturated. But, not as much as with the images from some other manufactuers. Then, if I want to maximize the iq and avoid those flaws, I can save the raw. I can also use the natural shallow depth of field of the lenses rather than using software trickery which often fails. There are times today I think the image quality is too good. Several years ago, I would lean into the rough results in low light and kind of go film like. The current night sight performance is too good. So, I am a fan. Though I did get to the files from my Z50 II first. One cool thing is that using my Google Chromecast on my TV, I get to see a slideshow of my images with the 65" display. That can reveal some serious flaws but also surprise me with the quality.
Thanks for the reply. I hardly use my smartphone to take pictures (I shoot mostly wildlife), but I have seen some remarkable images taken with smartphones. I believe they have found their place especially in landscape and portrait photography.
You did very good job on both images
Socrate
Thank you! I think the output depends on the smartphone and the photographer. I have always liked the Pixel's automatic output. Yes, it can be overdone, over sharpened, oversaturated. But, not as much as with the images from some other manufactuers. Then, if I want to maximize the iq and avoid those flaws, I can save the raw. I can also use the natural shallow depth of field of the lenses rather than using software trickery which often fails. There are times today I think the image quality is too good. Several years ago, I would lean into the rough results in low light and kind of go film like. The current night sight performance is too good. So, I am a fan. Though I did get to the files from my Z50 II first. One cool thing is that using my Google Chromecast on my TV, I get to see a slideshow of my images with the 65" display. That can reveal some serious flaws but also surprise me with the quality.
Jun 10, 2026 at 12:23 PM