Cheers!
Cheers!
U mad, SLR fans?
Cheers!
I do admit, even though I'm a slr junkie and love the ultra wide lens and low light image quality, dragging my old 40d is tough and I am considering something more compact.
Just a harmless explorer. No need to waste taxes checking me 
I didn't get the see the eclipse at all.
I don't remember why I missed it. 
Too true.hawkeye5086 wrote:I think your iPhone camera is awesome when you want to simply document mostly during the day but when you want to take something really good and of an excellent quality either day or night nothing goes past a dSLR. That said the user makes it all work at the end of the day not the camera.
Light conditions have to be really good for iPhone pics not to be grainy.
For pics in complete darkness, I use a good headlight, plus the iPhone's flash to produce anything half decent (usually some post-production as well if it is a particularly interesting pic)!
I'm happy to sacrifice picture quality, in return for not having to carry shit!
Have you seen DigitalRev's series where the pros use cheap (like really cheap) cameras? It's pretty funny as well. Lego camera, Nokia brick phone, and the first iPhone I think.hawkeye5086 wrote:That said the user makes it all work at the end of the day not the camera.
Nokia 808 PureView (Nokia website)
A thread I started on UER year or so a go - >link<
Posted by Dougo
Hi, I’m Dougo and I am a whinging Australian.
Anyway, I’ve chatted to a few explorers over the years and every now and then the subject of U.E. photography comes up.
I think that true U.E. photography includes people in the photos.
An abandoned building with peely paint is not Urban Exploration – A photo of a floodlit tunnel is not Urban Exploration (the water-board or tunnel authorities take the same photos). The people in U.E. photos are engaging in urban exploration.
You could say that the photos are taken by urban explorers and that’s good enough – and it is, but you’re not a great urban explorer because you can take a nice photo – just like how you’re not a great sportsperson just because you get in the right place at the right time and take an amazing photo of a sportsperson.
Some people may say that it’s sour grapes or what’s the point of making a post like this. It’s not sour grapes – I once got a tripod and took a few shots with a half decent camera – the photos looked good enough without trying too hard, but to me it just wasn’t exploring. I’m quite happy just taking snapshots for my collection. Don’t get me totally wrong – I love many of the photos I see, but let’s face it, “nice” looking U.E. photos are a dime-a-dozen and if you make a post with a series of “nice” U.E. photos the chances are that 6 or 7 people are going to say how great they look – and in most cases they probably are, however they are mostly not U.E. photos.
For example –
This is a photo of motorcar racing
This is not a photo of motorcar racing
There is nothing worse than getting to the end of exploring a location with a group and waiting for half an hour or so for the photographers to come struggling out with tripods, extra lenses, flashes, etc.
The point of making this post? To speak on behalf of the silent majority!
Nah, just something to do whilst bored at work
Maybe I’ve just made a post stating the bleeding obvious.
Cheers,
Doug
Totally agree with that as you do get the sense of being there. But it's always an afterthought especially when you explore by yourself. Anyway, that's no excuse to start thinking about setting up the remote cable release and taking the "selfie".
Yea, I know the rule that you should not explore by yourself, but it's hard for me to find someone to come along with my unpredictable schedule dictated by work (ie: you are told to work weekends or weeknights then suddenly it gets cancelled).
Just a harmless explorer. No need to waste taxes checking me