First photography post so beware I'm a novice.

Driving home from work I spotted this cloud formation at Cayton Bay, Scarborough. So I pulled over and took a quick snap.

What do you think for a first effort?

Nice! Looks like dry ice

Very cool

That's a cracking pic. could have done with a bit more sky and a little less land. Hope you don't mind I had a play with it.

Edited 15 November, 200916 yr by ki_user
shoud have read less land

Don't mind at all. What have you done to it?

Used photoshop, the change is very subtle, I have darkened the clouds, made the sea look more reflective and lightened the foreground a bit.

Great Pic!

That's a cracking pic. could have done with a bit more sky and a little less land. Hope you don't mind I had a play with it.

Don't normally agree with retouching, but that's really brought out the foreground, and accentuates the fog - excellent

Thanks

Cool piccie Yella!

...my favourite part of the world too - hope you nipped up the coast to Inghams at Filey for tea after?

Inghams for tea?

It was 7am and I'd just finished a 9 hour night shift in Scarborough. There was only one place I was going and that was home to bed!!

To be honest I go for lunch in Filey quite a bit as SWMBO was born there and while we moved down the coast to Brid her family still live there. Never been to Inghams though. Lavertons for a fry up, Clock Caffe and the Country Park Cafe are our usual haunts.

Out of interest what do you guys think (and be brutally honest) of the picture quality? I know it's difficult to tell on here but how does it compare to other snaps?

It is a really nice pic, but always try to remember the rule of thirds when taking a picture 2/3 sky or 2/3 land, If you are looking to get more out of photography, check out this site Talk Photography™ I've been on there for a little while, they will give you some good feedback.

Nice capture

As for picture quality, it looks a little saturated and pixelated - especially around the dead centre, where the sun is. Has a bit of compact camera feel to it IMO. What were you using?

Steve

Ahh, I see - SAMSUNG I8510 - not bad at all for a phone!

8MP it may be, but the lens optics will always give it away

Steve

Nice capture

As for picture quality, it looks a little saturated and pixelated - especially around the dead centre, where the sun is. Has a bit of compact camera feel to it IMO. What were you using?

Steve

Oh ye of little faith

From

A disgruntled compact/bridge camera owner :P

You have a bridge, let's just leave it at that please

Steve (NOT someone else, and who really likes Panasonic cameras!)

You have a bridge, let's just leave it at that please

Steve (NOT someone else, and who really likes Panasonic cameras!)

I was only joking

I know. But I do seriously take your point about decent compacts/bridges. I got SWMBO the Lumix TZ3 and it's a fantastic bit of kit, love it to bits - great size, cracking photos, good reproduction, great lens quality and range....

Steve

Ahh, I see - SAMSUNG I8510 - not bad at all for a phone!

8MP it may be, but the lens optics will always give it away

Steve

:confused: Desperately trying to think where I posted this previously or where else it says this!!! :confused:

The other thing to remember is that it's a 1 year old Samsung i8510 and the lens cover has been knackered for 6 months so it gets repeatedly condensated up in my sweaty pockets at work!!

Camera phones are really coming along but when I upgrade next time I may sacrifice some mega pixels for the Carl Zeiss optics that Nokia use.

:confused: Desperately trying to think where I posted this previously or where else it says this!!! :confused:

The other thing to remember is that it's a 1 year old Samsung i8510 and the lens cover has been knackered for 6 months so it gets repeatedly condensated up in my sweaty pockets at work!!

Camera phones are really coming along but when I upgrade next time I may sacrifice some mega pixels for the Carl Zeiss optics that Nokia use.

If you right click the pic and go to properties, it tells you all about it.

Phones are getting better, but the lenses are too small to take a really good pic. The new sony is 14mp with a Zeiss lens on it.

Yeah, I just looked at the EXIF data for the photo - info like that gets stored with every photo you take on a digital camera or phone.

And while phone camera quality has come on leaps and bounds, you're still better off getting a dedicated camera and using that.

Steve