iPhone Photos of the Year announced!

deadwolfbones · 06-14-2014, 07:08 AM

IPPA's iPhone Photos of the Year announced:

These Are the Best iPhone Photos of the Year - Reviewed.com Cameras

SpecialK · 07-13-2014, 07:05 PM

Those are pretty good.

nickthetasmaniac · 07-14-2014, 03:17 AM

Some very good photos there (and some pretty average ones), but I'm not convinced by the article's 'Proof that the best camera is the one you have with you.' claim, or at least I'm not convinced that the shots chosen demonstrate that...

Obviously they're right to a point, but I'd argue that being a good photographer is at least in part being aware and prepared. There isn't a single photo in the awards that couldn't have been better executed with more suitable gear.

wildman · 07-14-2014, 04:21 AM

"This year's grand prize winner is from Julio Lucas of Bradenton,
Florida, who snapped a shot of a man trekking across a snowy landscape
with an ominous mountain range in the distance. It's an incredible
photo, with the kind of depth and quality we wouldn't typically expect
from a smartphone camera.

It's impressive to see so many fantastic photos, knowing that they were
taken with nothing more than the iPhones that many people carry in their
pocket every day."

The whole statement is a non sequitur.
Smartphones are somehow optimized to be only capable of taking dull narcissistic selfies?
If you do point a smartphone at a "snowy landscape" with "ominous mountains" you get only a blank frame?

People tell the machine what to do not the other way around.

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07-13-2014, 07:05 PM	#2
SpecialK Pentaxian Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: So California Photos: Gallery Posts: 16,481	Those are pretty good.

07-14-2014, 03:17 AM	#3
nickthetasmaniac Pentaxian Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 2,361	Some very good photos there (and some pretty average ones), but I'm not convinced by the article's 'Proof that the best camera is the one you have with you.' claim, or at least I'm not convinced that the shots chosen demonstrate that... Obviously they're right to a point, but I'd argue that being a good photographer is at least in part being aware and prepared. There isn't a single photo in the awards that couldn't have been better executed with more suitable gear.

07-14-2014, 04:21 AM	#4
wildman Veteran Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Flyover America Posts: 4,469	"This year's grand prize winner is from Julio Lucas of Bradenton, Florida, who snapped a shot of a man trekking across a snowy landscape with an ominous mountain range in the distance. It's an incredible photo, with the kind of depth and quality we wouldn't typically expect from a smartphone camera. It's impressive to see so many fantastic photos, knowing that they were taken with nothing more than the iPhones that many people carry in their pocket every day." The whole statement is a non sequitur. Smartphones are somehow optimized to be only capable of taking dull narcissistic selfies? If you do point a smartphone at a "snowy landscape" with "ominous mountains" you get only a blank frame? People tell the machine what to do not the other way around.