Will A. I. Make The Perfect Photograph ?

[Tseralo]

That edit of yours if you look in the shadows doesn't have the texture that the one from raw does and that's why I say its important for cave photography. It might sound snobish but it is just better in poor lighting conditions.

I've just started shooting RAW+Jpeg now my new camera has 2 card slots, so we'll see what that does to my opinion in future!

Something to think about if you have a camera with dual slots put it into mirror mode (or whatever your manufacturer calls it). Cards do die especially ones in cameras as they get so many writes and its always a shame to lose a load of images especially as you cant just reshoot them. I use 32gb Sandsisk cards and I've only once filled them when shooting a climbing competition for Moon.

 

[Fjell]

As I proved yesterday down a hole, I have no idea even how to get my TG-2 to take pictures in the dark. Sat in the cave trying and failing to get it into something like shutter priority so I could hold it and light up the scene without using the flash. The flash didn?t like the vast amount of spray. Taking a tripod seems excessive. Fish are much much easier, like Mr Grumpy here:

 

[Fjell]

Where is ?cave mode?? This is full auto in ?water mode?.

 

[pwhole]

Wow - that's really cool

 

[ZombieCake]

Photography can get too stuffy.

Yep, couldn't agree more. Piccie taking is what ever you want it to be.  (I still use instant film on the odd occasion, It's fun, you can see pictures, and I guess that's part of it).  Of course having the choice of all the tools at hand to choose from is a big plus.

 

[The Old Ruminator]

One from yesterday. I like characters doing things so they are not posed. Clearly point and shoot but you need a bit of editing skill and know how to compose an image in the first place. Full Auto is not the easy way out. Its where we are with intuitive cameras but you still need a modicum of skill to make it look " right ". Somebody mentioned saving RAW files for future reworking. An interesting account in the " I " today saying that most of the planet's electricity in the future will be tied up with the storage and working of data. With some 5,000 caving images on file I rarely have the time or inclination to " revisit " them. I do save a lot as hard copy in books by Photobox. I find that the best way for me and when I go and my data is lost the books might still remain.

P8110028 by Nicholas Chipchase, on Flickr

I dont see how RAW would make it any better seeing what it is. I like black backgrounds and rarely want the finer detail in shadow as that sometimes is a distraction.

Oh I must do one more character. A passing caver in the cave. Forget the name -- Hardly time to focus on that one.

P8110016 by Nicholas Chipchase, on Flickr

I am really glad its not RAW . I have enough fine detail as it is.

 

[Laurie]

Did you have a 'starburst' filter on for the first pic or is it the result of wiping the lens with a muddy finger?

 

[The Old Ruminator]

Nah, Laurie. It just came out that way.

Cant show any from this week Laurie as they might show people capping, people stuck in squeezes or loose boulders. None of which are suitable for some of the sensitive people who sometimes look at this forum.