theonlyD800inthehameau
Photography by theonlydeadheadinthehameau
The Penitent
As you can probably tell by the name this blog goes under, I’ve got a keen interest in photography and some of the kit to prove the old adage “all the gear, no idea”.
However, I’m sure that I’m not alone in finding that, these days, the vast majority of the photos I take are captured not on a digital SLR but a smartphone (in my case an iPhone 14 Pro Max). The built-in camera produces results that, in all but the most specialised situations, are just as good as I can get from my old D800 and It’s certainly a much more convenient size. And you can shoot in RAW, which is a huge plus.
All of which is a roundabout way of saying that I thought I might start playing along with the ‘Cellpic Sunday’ challenge hosted by John Steiner.
So here is my first contribution: a carving of a penitent monk that is on display in the Treasury of the massive cathedral at Albi, in southern France.
Apart from a little cropping, darkening the background and bringing up the texture (all done in Lightroom Classic), it’s pretty much as shot.
Cellpic Sunday 29 October 2023
theonlyD800inthehameau 
Thanks for joining in the challenge! I’ll be looking forward to more. My D500 takes a back seat to my Sony RX100 and my Samsung S23U mostly for their lightness and ease of travel. I save the D500 for those times when I need the really long zoom lens or the greater flexibility. Still, the D500 is part of my kit and goes with me on most of my projects.
My previous cellphone, the S20U had a more convoluted way to generate RAW images, so I mostly shot JPEG. Soon after discovering the S23U handles RAW file storage and retrieval much better, I’m finding myself using pro mode much more often.