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Old Crank

(6,205 posts)
Sun Sep 14, 2025, 12:13 PM 23 hrs ago

Two flowers from our new flat.

These are by the front door. I was moving a couple of boxes before the move. Dodging the rain while doing so.
I meant to take these flowers Friday but....

Here is the development of phone cameras. Both of these flowers were moving in the breeze when I hit the shutter.
I can remember back in the days of film waiting for a short break in the breeze and camera on a tripod to get images this clear.





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Two flowers from our new flat. (Original Post) Old Crank 23 hrs ago OP
Dew yankee87 22 hrs ago #1
Thanks Old Crank 19 hrs ago #10
Beautiful, Old Crnk. Thanks for sharing. brer cat 22 hrs ago #2
So lovely and very clear! Diamond_Dog 22 hrs ago #3
Thanks, just taking what nature offered. Old Crank 19 hrs ago #9
Magnificent Old Crank. And no tripod! George McGovern 22 hrs ago #4
I still have the tripod Old Crank 19 hrs ago #7
Other than the beautiful aesthetics ... usonian 21 hrs ago #5
That will Old Crank 19 hrs ago #8
Wow, my dear Old Crank! These are gorgeous. Thank you! CaliforniaPeggy 20 hrs ago #6
thanks Old Crank 19 hrs ago #11

usonian

(20,366 posts)
5. Other than the beautiful aesthetics ...
Sun Sep 14, 2025, 01:18 PM
21 hrs ago

Computational photography.
Too complex to describe (by me) so here is what DPR says.

https://www.dpreview.com/articles/9828658229/computational-photography-part-i-what-is-computational-photography
Computational photography part I: What is computational photography?

https://www.dpreview.com/articles/9828658229/computational-photography-part-i-what-is-computational-photography/2
Stacking: 90% of success of mobile cameras

https://www.dpreview.com/articles/0681063194/computational-photography-part-ii-computational-sensors-and-optics
Computational photography part II: Computational sensors and optics

I took some close-up photos of Mariposa Lilies at the fixed f/1.8 iphone setting and lo, I got depth of field that should NOT accrue to an f/1.8 lens. And with older model phones.

Also, love the flower photos. That's what enticed me to go down this path some 55 years ago.

I still use big and powerful cameras as well, and wait for the breeze to calm down.
I don't use focus stacking on them. Next iteration of my photography, as in processing RAW data.
The jpegs are gorgeous already.

Keep up the great work. (fun)

Old Crank

(6,205 posts)
11. thanks
Sun Sep 14, 2025, 03:27 PM
19 hrs ago

I was happy to be able to record them.
Don't know how many days are left in the Munich flower season.

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