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[Merco_61]

Sometime before midnight (whatever time zone you are in) this Sunday, December 5 2021, post the best photo you have taken this week.
Any subject, any style and any equipment—just give us your best shot.
If you can, list your EXIF info and any special lighting setups you may have used.

[Dogbytes]

My Sigma FP is in for repair so I’m down to my iPhone 8…

 

 

In-phone HDR post processed in Snapseed

28mm

1/390th @ f1.8

ISO20

[g4aaw pete]

I find phone-cameras REALLY difficult to operate.

You've mastered  it - that's a really good picture.

[g4aaw pete]

A rough sea on the North Kent coast this afternoon.

Even the birds wouldn't go in it.

 

sea state rough, birds avoiding. by Pete Miller, on Flickr

 

D800E

AF-s 24-85mm @ 50mm

1/400

f8

ISO 200

[Ron]

My Sigma FP is in for repair so I’m down to my iPhone 8…

 

Cool Photo. Those radio astronomy(?) dishes in the background are a nice touch. 

 

--Ron

[Dogbytes]

Cool Photo. Those radio astronomy(?) dishes in the background are a nice touch. 

 

--Ron

Thanks. The dishes in the background are the Goonhilly Satellite Earth Station. The biggest and, I believe, oldest dish is called ‘Arthur’ and has been there for about fifty years now. It is on the site of what was formerly a WW2 airbase called RAF Drytree, if I remember correctly

[Ron]

It seems your memory is intact. At least according to Wikipedia. It's too bad they had to tear down the original Drytree radar installation to build the tracking station. But, progress and all...

 

--Ron

[Dogbytes]

It seems your memory is intact. At least according to Wikipedia. It's too bad they had to tear down the original Drytree radar installation to build the tracking station. But, progress and all...

 

--Ron

The original one must have been colossal. There are remains of it all over the area - concrete bunkers, bases for masts, etc. There was a lot of that kind of thing in Cornwall. A lot of it lasted into the Cold War but I think that kind of technology was eventually superseded. It’s a lovely area with some interesting history way back. 
There were three crofts farmed there - Dry Tree, Noweth and Pascoe. Dry Tree is under the site of the Earth Station but the others are still there although, reportedly, they fell into disuse two centuries ago, after this happened… The Newgate Calendar - JOHN THOMPSON AND JOHN BARNICOAT

 

Now the area is a nature reserve and is sometimes grazed by cattle. I walk my dogs up there several times a week, it’s a lovely area if somewhat muddy at this time of year!

[Dogbytes]

I find phone-cameras REALLY difficult to operate.

You've mastered  it - that's a really good picture.

Thanks. I just use an old iPhone 8 and do any post-processing in Snapseed either on the phone or on my iPad.

 

I do know someone who uses an even older iPhone but he has one of those camera apps that allows manual control of shutter speed and aperture. He also uses some good quality add-on lenses. He has definitely mastered the art of iPhone photography, his landscape pics are as good as anyone’s, whatever camera they use. Obviously that’s for pics posted online but I’m sure pixel peepers would spot the difference in a print! 
 

I just use the phone as is, the technology in modern phone cameras, using computational photography and AI, is mind blowing these days. I have to admit, I’d be interested to try a self-contained camera, perhaps with a Micro-Four-Thirds sensor and interchangeable lenses but with smart phone level computational abilities. Not one for the purists but I reckon it would be nice to use. 

[Merco_61]

 

Camera: Nikon D750

Lens:Nikkor 14-24/2.8

Lens (mm): 14
ISO: 5700
Aperture: 4
Shutter: 1/15
Exp. Comp.: 0.0

[bluzman]

Nikon D5600 & Nikon AF-P DX 70-300mm f/4.5-6.3G ED VR
2021-12-05 12:42:16
1/1250 sec, f/5.3, ISO 100, 0 EV, 185 mm, (35mm Equivalent 277 mm)