another one for my get pushed challenge set by @carolinedreams - to work on improving my iPhone-tography...
taken using the generic iphone camera, processed in snapseed with a retrolux filter added... i'm not really happy with using these filters because it feels quite random, and i don't have enough control...
but not using a filter seems worse because the image needed work and i couldn't figure out how to approximate what i wanted any other way...
there are aspects of this image that i would want to be darker and others i'd want to be lighter... in theory i can do that with snapseed, but in practice it just never seems to come out the way i'd want... plus i find it hard to tell what the image will look like large...
anyhoo, that's all she wrote for today... i have to do some personal stuff tonight and need to force myself to sign off the net or i will continue to find excuses to procrastinate...
tx for all the great comments on my recent shots... i'll catch up with everyone tomorrow!
Lovely perspective. I agree about the lack of control with filters, even when reducing effects of certain aspects it is a bit limiting. It really needs to be accepted as such: it is what it is. Just also went through a period of vexation with a few photos. Excellent challenge responses indeed. I hope to explore my challenge after work today.
this one's a fav. even though you're not entirely happy with your result, i love it. the lines and textures really pop. and, thanks for sharing how you processed this one.
@cmc1200 yes - i tried it - but it didn't seem nuanced enough... too little and it made no impact... too much and it was clearly overdone... and no appearance of a happy medium.. mind you, it's really hard for me to see on the iphone so possibly the impact i'm looking for is there - just that i can't quite see it...
@northy I could see that. I tried working on my iPhone last night, and it did seem to go from "nothing" to "overdone" quickly. I don't get that feeling when I work on the iPad, though. Strange.
Seems like a "..." kind of day for you! As a viewer, I do think it captures the feeling of having just missed a train -- that fleeting look towards the back of a departing train.
The shot tells its own story and the overall impact is great. As for the difficulties of controlling post processing on the iPhone, I agree with you: it's definitely better on a larger scrren, i:e: sending the photo to your iPhad and work on a larger screen. I did it initially (finding some difficulties...) but now I got a little more used to it. For sure all the nuances and careful touches we can work on on our PC are a "mission impossible" here. However, I did find the iPhone medium and post processing apps VERY interesting and challenging. It's a different approach and a different form of expression.
I agree with you, it can be very hard to see what a photo really looks like on a mobile phone screen, or on the camera's lcd for that matter. It's why I never throw any shots away until I've had a chance to look at them on the computer.
Is there some reason you can't edit it this on your computer, or in picmonkey on here, to get the effect you want?
Love the atmosphere - feels spooky.
I know what you mean about iPad/iPhone app filters - sometimes they are glorious but you never really work out what they did so you can't repeat it.
Is there some reason you can't edit it this on your computer, or in picmonkey on here, to get the effect you want?
I know what you mean about iPad/iPhone app filters - sometimes they are glorious but you never really work out what they did so you can't repeat it.