After three-and-a-half years, I needed to get myself a brand new smartphone. And never due to anything besides the digicam on the cellphone. I used to be going to be graduating from the Pixel 3 XL, which had finished a LOT during the last three-and-a-half years. A detailed pal occurred to be touring in from Canada and I ended up asking her to get me two Google Pixel 6 Professional gadgets. One for myself – clearly – and one for my Dad, who’s the OG photographer of the fam.
The colour blew me away proper off the bat. I assumed the blues have been a bit too blue? However since I depend on Adobe Lightroom for my edits and I anyway are inclined to make the blue a bit extra cyan and up the lightness, I truly ended up getting extra leeway to play with the sky. And the “Choose Sky” masks in Lightroom Cellular is AMAZING. So, higher to have one thing to tone down, than so as to add pointless saturation to the blues.
And the broad angle lens. I believe I’m obsessive about the broad angle digicam on this cellphone – most of my gallery in Google Images, at the least for the primary few weeks, was totally broad angle images. Of previous buildings in Rajasthan, to rose bushes in Mukteshwar, to mountains and sunsets in Ranikhet.
The colour fringing in landscapes, particularly with regards to having timber in shadow in opposition to the brilliant sky, is horrendously annoying. I’m nonetheless engaged on what tweaks in Lightroom it could take to eliminate the colour fringing however no luck to this point. I’ve tried the same old, “Take away Chromatic Aberration” however to no avail. The choice that has helped a bit is the “Colour Noise Discount”, which takes away a lot of the shade fringing however not all. I’ve additionally tried making the purples extra blue – as a result of essentially the most seen shade fringing, tree in sky, tends to be purple. That helps a bit extra.
All the pictures of me within the olive inexperienced jacket have NOT been shot on the Pixel 6 Professional. These have been shot on a DSLR. Dad’s Pixel was not out there for this shoot, so we needed to make-do with the opposite digicam. All images shot by Akanksha.
For a few of the images from my picture gallery, which were shot on the Pixel 6 Professional, please scroll in direction of the top of this weblog put up.
I’ve by no means been a fan of the compelled zoom lenses – the small print are shit, basically. I’m not going to be evaluating tech specs and such – that’s by no means my purpose with evaluating a digicam – if I like what I see and if I’m able to see potential in a scene and I’m able to seize it after which edit it to the shape that I had envisioned, then I’m a contented camper.
Now to the part that exhibits you a few of my images shot on the Google Pixel 6 Professional. A lot of broad angle photographs, portraits, and so on. These are all edited in Lightroom for Cellular. The {photograph} of the yellow sandstone structure that you just see on the cellphone display above in all the pictures, that {photograph} is of Nachna Haveli in Jaisalmer. An identical picture can also be included under.
I’ve additionally included some macro images – the macro lens is usually a bit flimsy to deal with as a result of now you’ve got three cameras that you might experiment with, nevertheless it’s nonetheless value it. I’ve written concerning the macro lens that I’ve used for the pictures, beforehand.
It has been a very long time since I felt like enjoying costume up for a branded gadget when it’s not even one thing I’m engaged on for the model. So you’ll be able to think about how a lot I, usually, love the digicam on Google smartphones. I do know there was this complete factor with, “Ought to I get the October 2021 launched Pixel 6 Professional in Might 2022 or ought to I simply await October 2022 and die of cupboard space frustration on my Pixel 3 XL?” Who am I kidding – it was a no brainer. I knew pal was coming from Canada. I knew I used to be DYING to get a brand new cellphone. I knew I wanted to make picture photos after the final malaise that has set in in the course of the pandemic.
And identical to that, I traveled from Jaisalmer, to Bikaner, to Ranikhet, to Mukteshwar and ended up making some magnificent recollections and pictures. I’m lastly including Ranikhet Sundown images to my Version of Prints as properly in my store.
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