2021 NH Summer/SH Winter Photo Thread [Spoilers Please!]
Jul 22, 2021 5:03:51 GMT -5
Ariete, longaotian, and 4 more like this
Post by Babu on Jul 22, 2021 5:03:51 GMT -5
I really love my new phone's photo capabilities. Since my new phone is using the typical snapdragon processor, I'm able to get full compatibility with the ported Google Camera app, with all of the three lenses as well. Which means I can take ultrawide and zoom shots in actual great quality.
Here's a bunch of pictures I took last week.
It's really nice to be able to take shots with the zoom cam. Very different look from just standing closer with a wider lens.
I've also found that the automatic processing of the images taken is incredibly good. I take JPG+RAW, but I don't even need to edit most of the RAW images in lightroom simply beause the JPG images look so great out of the box. All the images (except a couple) in this album will be completely unedited, straight from the camera app.
I took a stroll through a museum-type historical spot where they have a bunch of old historical buildings, tools etc. I remember this pond used to be littered with various different birds when I was a kid, but for the last 10 years or so I don't think I've ever seen a single bird in this pond. I wonder what happened.
I like the tall grass. I'm sure ticks do too though. We didn't have ticks this far north a decade or two ago (except in the archipelagos) but in the last decade, ticks have moved northward and inland at a very rapid pace, even reaching as far as the arctic circle nowadays. Our ticks aren't much of a problem though because they don't carry the TBE virus found in southern Sweden that causes encephalitis and coma/death. We only get borrelia (lyme disease) here which in comparison is no biggie. However, in russia there's an even worse variation of the TBE virus, and cases of that TBE virus have started showing up around Northern Sweden now, and is a pretty serious cause for concern.
The white/orange tiles are very common in Swedish forests. They're used for orienteering, something which we all had regularly in school as part of PE class, something which most people vehemently despised (although if I'm not mistaken, I think they may have removed orienteering from the curriculum recently). Sweden is world-leading in orienteering as a sport as a result of that. (For those of you who don't know, orienteering is a sport where you get a map with markers, and then you run around in forests trying to locate and collect all the markers in as little time as possible, using only your compass, your map, and your senses).
Last year, most pictures I took were of dense and spindly broad-leaf vegetation, but this year I've mostly taken photos of coniferous vegetation. Some of you may even have taken notice of that change. The reason is I used to live on the western side, near the river, whereas I now live on the eastern side (where the riverside is urbanised). The vegetation is vastly different near the river compared to elsewhere due to soil differences.
This particular spot on the city hill has a very nice alleyway of broadleaf trees though.
The city hill is surrounded, on all sides, by predominantly SFH neighborhoods. This one on the SE side in particular is very nice.
Beach volley ball is pretty popular in Umeå. I think the Swedish Beach finals are usually played in Umeå.
And then finally we have the very unaptly named Öberget "The Island-mountain" right where I live and which I've taken way too many pictures of, that's neither on an island, nor is it a mountain either sitting at a whopping 15m above sea level.
But I'm like a child in that I can see the same thing a 100 times and still be just as enthusiastic about it as if it's the most wonderful thing I've seen even though I've already seen it a 100 times.
My neighbor said she used to store her smoke stuff by this graffiti-tree. Don't remember if it was weed or tobacco (she was 18 at the time).
A series of photos near-identical to ones I've probably taken hundreds of times before:
The rocky peak of the majestic mountain. The view probably would be ok if it weren't for that massive brick of a building they built recently.
Blueberries:
And by far mor luxorious: wild strawberries. Don't know how common these are in other countries. They're much much smaller than normal strawberries, and they have a pretty different taste, being a lot more sour and overall "berry" tasting. Overall a much stronger and more condensed flavor than regular strawberries.
It was a pretty active sky that day and evening.
And here's the sunset the day before, all too early in the evening now that it was mid-July instead of June. This is the only image of the album where I've actually used the RAW image in lightroom. I'm so impressed by the quality of my new phone cameras, picking up the moon so clearly in the background, while keeping everything else properly exposed, sharp and mostly noise-free.
Here's a bunch of pictures I took last week.
It's really nice to be able to take shots with the zoom cam. Very different look from just standing closer with a wider lens.
I've also found that the automatic processing of the images taken is incredibly good. I take JPG+RAW, but I don't even need to edit most of the RAW images in lightroom simply beause the JPG images look so great out of the box. All the images (except a couple) in this album will be completely unedited, straight from the camera app.
I took a stroll through a museum-type historical spot where they have a bunch of old historical buildings, tools etc. I remember this pond used to be littered with various different birds when I was a kid, but for the last 10 years or so I don't think I've ever seen a single bird in this pond. I wonder what happened.
I like the tall grass. I'm sure ticks do too though. We didn't have ticks this far north a decade or two ago (except in the archipelagos) but in the last decade, ticks have moved northward and inland at a very rapid pace, even reaching as far as the arctic circle nowadays. Our ticks aren't much of a problem though because they don't carry the TBE virus found in southern Sweden that causes encephalitis and coma/death. We only get borrelia (lyme disease) here which in comparison is no biggie. However, in russia there's an even worse variation of the TBE virus, and cases of that TBE virus have started showing up around Northern Sweden now, and is a pretty serious cause for concern.
The white/orange tiles are very common in Swedish forests. They're used for orienteering, something which we all had regularly in school as part of PE class, something which most people vehemently despised (although if I'm not mistaken, I think they may have removed orienteering from the curriculum recently). Sweden is world-leading in orienteering as a sport as a result of that. (For those of you who don't know, orienteering is a sport where you get a map with markers, and then you run around in forests trying to locate and collect all the markers in as little time as possible, using only your compass, your map, and your senses).
Last year, most pictures I took were of dense and spindly broad-leaf vegetation, but this year I've mostly taken photos of coniferous vegetation. Some of you may even have taken notice of that change. The reason is I used to live on the western side, near the river, whereas I now live on the eastern side (where the riverside is urbanised). The vegetation is vastly different near the river compared to elsewhere due to soil differences.
This particular spot on the city hill has a very nice alleyway of broadleaf trees though.
The city hill is surrounded, on all sides, by predominantly SFH neighborhoods. This one on the SE side in particular is very nice.
Beach volley ball is pretty popular in Umeå. I think the Swedish Beach finals are usually played in Umeå.
And then finally we have the very unaptly named Öberget "The Island-mountain" right where I live and which I've taken way too many pictures of, that's neither on an island, nor is it a mountain either sitting at a whopping 15m above sea level.
But I'm like a child in that I can see the same thing a 100 times and still be just as enthusiastic about it as if it's the most wonderful thing I've seen even though I've already seen it a 100 times.
My neighbor said she used to store her smoke stuff by this graffiti-tree. Don't remember if it was weed or tobacco (she was 18 at the time).
A series of photos near-identical to ones I've probably taken hundreds of times before:
The rocky peak of the majestic mountain. The view probably would be ok if it weren't for that massive brick of a building they built recently.
Blueberries:
And by far mor luxorious: wild strawberries. Don't know how common these are in other countries. They're much much smaller than normal strawberries, and they have a pretty different taste, being a lot more sour and overall "berry" tasting. Overall a much stronger and more condensed flavor than regular strawberries.
It was a pretty active sky that day and evening.
And here's the sunset the day before, all too early in the evening now that it was mid-July instead of June. This is the only image of the album where I've actually used the RAW image in lightroom. I'm so impressed by the quality of my new phone cameras, picking up the moon so clearly in the background, while keeping everything else properly exposed, sharp and mostly noise-free.
Near constant low rumbling coming from over here, some kid screamed “Yeah!!!!” when a louder, more “crackly” rumble was heard lol
