After three-and-a-half years, I needed to get myself a brand new smartphone. And never due to anything besides the digital camera on the cellphone. I used to be going to be graduating from the Pixel 3 XL, which had accomplished 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 units. 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 had 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 really ended up getting extra leeway to play with the sky. And the “Choose Sky” masks in Lightroom Cell is AMAZING. So, higher to have one thing to tone down, than so as to add pointless saturation to the blues.
And the vast angle lens. I feel I’m obsessive about the vast angle digital camera on this cellphone – most of my gallery in Google Pictures, at the very least for the primary few weeks, was solely vast angle images. Of previous buildings in Rajasthan, to rose bushes in Mukteshwar, to mountains and sunsets in Ranikhet.
The colour fringing in landscapes, particularly in relation to having timber in shadow in opposition to the brilliant sky, is horrendously annoying. I’m nonetheless engaged on what tweaks in Lightroom it will take to do away with the colour fringing however no luck to this point. I’ve tried the standard, “Take away Chromatic Aberration” however to no avail. The choice that has helped a bit is the “Coloration Noise Discount”, which takes away a lot of the coloration fringing however not all. I’ve additionally tried making the purples extra blue – as a result of probably the most seen coloration 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 accessible for this shoot, so we needed to make-do with the opposite digital camera. All images shot by Akanksha.
For a number of the images from my picture gallery, which have been shot on the Pixel 6 Professional, please scroll in the direction of the top of this weblog put up.
I’ve by no means been a fan of the pressured zoom lenses – the main points are shit, usually. I’m not going to be evaluating tech specs and such – that’s by no means my purpose with evaluating a digital camera – 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 cheerful camper.
Now to the part that exhibits you a few of my images shot on the Google Pixel 6 Professional. Plenty of vast angle images, portraits, and many others. These are all edited in Lightroom for Cell. 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 be included beneath.
I’ve additionally included some macro images – the macro lens could be a bit flimsy to deal with as a result of now you have got three cameras that you might experiment with, but it surely’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 gown 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 digital camera 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 look forward to 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 similar to that, I traveled from Jaisalmer, to Bikaner, to Ranikhet, to Mukteshwar and ended up making some magnificent reminiscences and images. I’m lastly including Ranikhet Sundown images to my Version of Prints as nicely in my store.
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