photos: moon

[amezri]

I'd seen a lot of photos on the S3 forums of the moon, so I thought I'd give it a try. Uhm. Yes. I think I will be taking some more of these.



There's a bit of fringing on the slightly longer exposure images, and there's a bit of noise, but overall, I totally love them :-P

Comments

[ozw.livejournal.com]

Sweet. You must take some when it's full. I'm actually looking for a good reference picture for a tattoo, but it needs to be one where I can see the face in it the same way I see it when I look at it in the sky with the naked eye.

[amezri.livejournal.com]

Hm. Okay, I will give it a try! :D

[workerb.livejournal.com]

Nice shots! I like the second one.

I was looking at the sun and sky photos and #6 is gorgeous.

[amezri.livejournal.com]

Thanks! :D

[larissa-j.livejournal.com]

Very nice. *applauds*

Are these on the highest quality setting? I only ask because of the noise issue you mentioned. While that's normal when you get near the threshold, a medium compression rating will accentuate it.

Sorry I'm late, I suck. It's been a busy weekend.

[amezri.livejournal.com]

Thanks! :D I definitely want to try again when the moon is full.

These were on the highest resolution and "fine" compression. The noise isn't really that bad, actually. You can really only see the graininess if the brightness on the monitor is high, otherwise, you don't notice it too much.

Uhm. I did have a camera question for you... but I've forgotten it. Clearly it's past my bedtime and my brain is no longer functioning.

Sorry I'm late, I suck. It's been a busy weekend.

No worries, dude. I'm like two months behind on the flist and 6 months behind on fandom.

[larissa-j.livejournal.com]

These were on the highest resolution and "fine" compression. The noise isn't really that bad, actually. You can really only see the graininess if the brightness on the monitor is high, otherwise, you don't notice it too much.

I figured you probably had it set to that but it doesn't hurt to ask. If your camera has another image type with lossless compression, you could try that. Some cameras, if you dig into the menu subsystem, have TIFF. The problem with lossless file types is that they take forever to write to memory and so they are only practical for still life and studio shots where motion isn't a factor. They also take up tons of memory.

This may or may not improve your image. It depends on whether or not the jpg compression is what's causing your problem. It could just be a limitation of the CCD. I could get into gates and bin overcharge but I'd probably make you weep.

Uhm. I did have a camera question for you... but I've forgotten it. Clearly it's past my bedtime and my brain is no longer functioning.

Eh, if you remember, you can always ask. There's no guarantee I'll have an answer but I might know where to point you :) I'm no expert.

[amezri.livejournal.com]

Some cameras, if you dig into the menu subsystem, have TIFF

Nope, the S3 is jpg compression only. It's really not that bad though. The only thing that really bugs me is that it shoot at 180dpi and though some of the camera nerds say it makes no difference, it does. Or maybe it just does to me because I'm using it for digital art. But annnnyway, I won't get into that rant.

The actual amount of noise so so miniscule, that I shouldn't even be complaining about it. :)

There's no guarantee I'll have an answer but I might know where to point you :)

Good enough for me :) Always nice to have someone to ask anyway.