The Queue

[Black Pearl]

Out tonight to see the illumination along the coast from us at Roker. Took the 'Six Shooter' as there's always a crowd and a DSLR with a tripod ain't ideal.

 

Got a few shots of the usual lights and attractions but my favourite image of the night was a queue of people waiting for ice creams and hotdogs.

 

Taken with the iPhone 6 then edited with Instagram:

 

 

 

 

 

[FUJI]

WOW! That new iPhone certainly produces the goods BP, I don't think that many experts could tell if your atmospheric shot wasnt taken with a regular ( to use an American term) camera.

Question?

Do you get as much of a buzz using a phone instead of a camera?........I use my excellent phone camera only if forced to, by circumstances......I love it, but it just isn't the same.

FUJI

[Black Pearl]

I do enjoy using the iPhone because it forces me to think about the shot and not the lens choice or shutter speed or aperture or ISO - I just take a picture. The flip side is a 'proper' camera gives me creative control over every aspect which I also like to have.

For this picture I tapped on the highlights as the phone was trying to compensate for the dark areas then slid my finger up a fraction - click and done.

If I'd been out with the Nikon I'd have fiddled around wondering where best to meter and probably even fiddled with the metering mode before picking an aperture then making sure the ISO was giving me a reasonable shutter speed. I'd have taken a shot then studied the rear screen, looked to see how many highlights were over exposed (which for this shot doesn't really matter) then zoomed it in to make sure it was sharp and then likely as not taken another two or three images. The resulting image would be technically better but I could well have lost the moment.

[kev7d]

It is a pleasing image, full of atmosphere.

[Phil]

Instagram always makes a damn good job of processing (if you like that sort of thing of course), makes me wonder why we bother with DSLRs and PS.

[Heather]

have to say i love this shot, great atmosphere to it. especially with the steam coming out of the wagon... i have an iphone 4s but i really struggle to get any kind of decent image with it.. maybe its because its in a case ( i have a habit of dropping them)  or maybe its just me but i wish i could get half as good a picture as you manage with yours

[DarrenC]

Really nice shot! I guess once the iphones start producing RAW files we'll have wasted our money on cameras... Oh bollocks.

The Instagram processing lacks subtlety though? The person mid-queue looking out might make the image? If she was lightened so you could see her eyes.

[Korky]

Excellent! I just love the atmosphere and the processing and the presentation.

 

Korky

[THELONGMAN]

Good bit of street photography, nice one 

 

Geoff

[Black Pearl]

Thanks all

 

 

I wouldn't be lightning people or doing any more manipulation on this shot as its would be less snap-n-share which is the way I love to shoot with the iPhone.. If I had shot it on a DSLR I may have been tempted to work it a bit finer but even then I feel it would alter the image in a way that wasn't representative to lighten just one person. Thanks for the suggestion though.