Sometimes a cell phone just won't do the job...

[rpcrowe]

This was shot with a cell phone at a restaurant after a Father's Day Brunch. The waiter shot the image and it was squeezed in at the sides. He had the phone in the vertical position - holding a phone in a horizontal position will fill the frame left to right. Additionally, the light was very contrasty and coming in from a window at image right. The cell phone just doesn't have the latitude to cover a harsh lighting situation like this. We are blown out image right. I know that my A7iii or even my A6600 could have done a better



BTW: Image right to left: Julie (my step-daughter), her biological father, me and my wife...

[DanK]

True, a phone is no substitute for a real camera under adverse conditions. But as my wife tells me often when I complain about a candid that I took with a real camera but that is technically weak anyway, a photo can be a great memento anyway. In fact, she said it again Wien I printed a photo that I ahead taken with available light at a high ISO.


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[escape]

I like the photo. I like the composition, poses, and facial expressions. If the waiter would have stood back a few more feet you would have had a pretty good photo.

[Donald]

Love the shirt, Richard. I wouldn't work in Scotland, but in Southern California it'll be just perfect. You're looking well, sir.

[rpcrowe]

Bad thing about a photo is that it shows me how old I am. When I look in a mirror, I filter the vision via my memory...

[escape]

Old people are the best. They don't get rowdy and want to fight when they get drunk. They don't drive like maniacs. At least they don't think so. The list goes on.

[Manfred M]

I guess we need to get on to Apple, Samsung and all the other phone manufacturers and get them to include a "respect" filter that makes us older folk look more the way looked a few years (decades?) back. Canes, white hair, wrinkles, bald spots could all be "corrected" by in-camera software.

I'm sure they would sell quite a few of these models...

[rpcrowe]

I guess we need to get on to Apple, Samsung and all the other phone manufacturers and get them to include a "respect" filter that makes us older folk look more the way looked a few years (decades?) back. Canes, white hair, wrinkles, bald spots could all be "corrected" by in-camera software.

I'm sure they would sell quite a few of these models...

GREAT IDEA... Let's crowd fund it!

[xpatUSA]

Originally Posted by Manfred M I guess we need to get on to Apple, Samsung and all the other phone manufacturers and get them to include a "respect" filter that makes us older folk look more the way looked a few years (decades?) back. Canes, white hair, wrinkles, bald spots could all be "corrected" by in-camera software.

I'm sure they would sell quite a few of these models...

GREAT IDEA... Let's crowd-fund it!

At 80+, I'm in ...

[davidedric]

"Don't worry if your reflection in a mirror seems blurred. It's just your aging eyesight shielding you from the way you look nowadays"