Processed some photos from my trip to APNIC/APRICOT in MY/Kuala Lumpur!
one honk maybe more
benjojo
replied 02 Mar 2025 12:07 +0000
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In other news, the whole computational photography via mobile phones has made photos that look good to the average glance, but if you look closely at the last photo you can definitely tell that something isn't really right compared to the other 3. There's something about the details that just doesn't look correct, but I think because everybody is taking photos on smart phones these days, it's easy to overlook this and you have a direct "A|B" contrast
athompso@bsd.network
replied 02 Mar 2025 12:39 +0000
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@benjojo on a cell phone screen? Looks fine. Literally not seeing anything wrong with the photo even after being prompted. Are look looking at it on a large display?
benjojo
replied 02 Mar 2025 12:53 +0000
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@athompso I guess so? the Hi-DPI screen is likely hiding the weird crimes the processing is doing. The top 3 photos are just so much clearer in a way I cannot describe
dee@social.treehouse..
replied 02 Mar 2025 12:44 +0000
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@benjojo that uncanny valley sensation is there in most phone photography if you zoom in just a fraction. there's a big difference between the photos my Pixel 9 Pro takes when I allow the camera to have network access (and then it talks to Cloud AI) vs no network access (but still a locally computed version) and then the most basic pics taken on a camera (more light, virtually no computation). I've regressed into carrying the camera quite a lot just because if I'm taking the pic maybe I want a quality worth keeping.