Samsung A55-5G Macro image of Mango Blossom at night: What's wrong? if anything?

[GammaGlobulin]

41 minutes ago, IsaanT said:

They actually flew the plane in the film that they constructed but sadly the professional pilot was killed

 

Yes.

I recall this fact, just from reading about it years ago.

So sad.

 

This was definitely an EXPERIMENTAL aircraft that he was flying, though.....

 

[GammaGlobulin]

28 minutes ago, Stocky said:

 

Nice battery shot...for sure....

 

Better than the spider, even.

 

[IsaanT]

On 2/11/2025 at 5:49 PM, KhunLA said:

 

 

Just wanted to say how much I like this shot.  The composition is dramatic, the focus on the head, legs and left wing has been executed well, the lighting is good and the black background is perfect to contrast against the details of the wings.

Well done!
 

[KhunLA]

20 minutes ago, IsaanT said:

Just wanted to say how much I like this shot.  The composition is dramatic, the focus on the head, legs and left wing has been executed well, the lighting is good and the black background is perfect to contrast against the details of the wings.

Well done!

Thanks

 

If bored, here's some more critters for you.  Other bugs in this album, as other album, on that site, is all birds ...

https://www.flickr.com/photos/56481061@N02/albums/72157712055887353/

 

Click on photo, then click again, and some, most will zoom in.

 

[GammaGlobulin]

43 minutes ago, IsaanT said:

Just wanted to say how much I like this shot.  The composition is dramatic, the focus on the head, legs and left wing has been executed well, the lighting is good and the black background is perfect to contrast against the details of the wings.

Well done!
 

 

Very much...AGREE.

 

But, ......

 

Although he says he is a PHILLY boy......

 

Sometimes I doubt it.

 

I think he might come from the UK, and that he is just fooling me that he once danced around on the rooftops of the MainLine slate-roofed houses...as a ChimneySweep.

 

Am I right, or am I wrong?

I guess we shall never know.

 

 

[KhunLA]

13 hours ago, GammaGlobulin said:

 

Very much...AGREE.

 

But, ......

 

Although he says he is a PHILLY boy......

 

Sometimes I doubt it.

 

I think he might come from the UK, and that he is just fooling me that he once danced around on the rooftops of the MainLine slate-roofed houses...as a ChimneySweep.

 

Am I right, or am I wrong?

I guess we shall never know.

Stop it .. Philly boy (suburbia) through & though.

 

Born Fitz hosp, Darby, PA

 

Did they send checks out to non Yanks 

 

Photo of my bike & cars, yea, they're all mine.  Note 'yellow' tag on MC, and NO front tag on car, as PA didn't require.  Look at the door & steps behind the Pick up truck compared to Gmap streetview 2007

 

Hometown Sharon Hill, PA  There's the 900cc & Firebired I talk about.

https://aseannow.com/topic/1339955-car-recommendations/page/7/#findComment-19380903

 

 

And the building in upper right, was W. Rose, trowel factory.  Building still there ...

 

https://www.google.co.th/maps/@39.9028975,-75.2722457,3a,75y,315.5h,80.77t/data=!3m8!1e1!3m6!1sA0Uy49NEOuAIUSjqyziJow!2e0!5s20120401T000000!6shttps:%2F%2Fstreetviewpixels-pa.googleapis.com%2Fv1%2Fthumbnail%3Fcb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile%26w%3D900%26h%3D600%26pitch%3D9.233572013688544%26panoid%3DA0Uy49NEOuAIUSjqyziJow%26yaw%3D315.4972241247883!7i13312!8i6656?entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI1MDIxMC4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D

 

 

 

[GammaGlobulin]

3 hours ago, KhunLA said:

Darby, PA

 

Darby, no less.....!

 

I had a cousin who lived in Havertown.

 

 

[GammaGlobulin]

4 hours ago, KhunLA said:

Darby, PA

 

Come to think of it....

 

Was that UPPER Darby?

 

Or....just....

Darby?

 

[KhunLA]

29 minutes ago, GammaGlobulin said:

 

Darby, no less.....!

 

I had a cousin who lived in Havertown.

 

 

Lived in Sharon Hill mostly, parent's house, then mine. About 25 yrs total.  Other 20 yrs elsewhere.

 

Collingdale, Prospect Park, Chester & SW Philly.  Latter 2 as investment properties, lived in & rented out, along with Sharon Hill, which I turned into a triplex.

 

Then bouncing around to 5 other states with work; WV, NJ, FL, MI, TN.   Don't think I lived any one house, for more than 2 years, except Sharon Hill.  Get bored fast.

 

On my 6th living place already in TH, though not moving again.  3 house, and 3 rentals, while building  house or contemplating if staying in TH.

[KhunLA]

4 minutes ago, GammaGlobulin said:

 

Come to think of it....

 

Was that UPPER Darby?

 

Or....just....

Darby?

 

Just Darby, born at the hospital there, never lived there.   What a sh!thole.

[GammaGlobulin]

10 minutes ago, KhunLA said:

Lived in Sharon Hill mostly, parent's house, then mine. About 25 yrs total.  Other 20 yrs elsewhere.

 

Collingdale, Prospect Park, Chester & SW Philly.  Latter 2 as investment properties, lived in & rented out, along with Sharon Hill, which I turned into a triplex.

 

Then bouncing around to 5 other states with work; WV, NJ, FL, MI, TN.   Don't think I lived any one house, for more than 2 years, except Sharon Hill.  Get bored fast.

 

On my 6th living place already in TH, though not moving again.  3 house, and 3 rentals, while building  house or contemplating if staying in TH.

 

OK.

That sounds fairly authentic.

 

However, how would we know if you were not actually born in Africa....same as....

 

 

?

 

 

[GammaGlobulin]

12 minutes ago, KhunLA said:

Just Darby, born at the hospital there, never lived there.   What a sh!thole.

 

Havertown is better.

 

[KhunLA]

1 minute ago, GammaGlobulin said:

 

Havertown is better.

 

I really didn't care for any place I live at in PA, or the USA.  Why if I ever returned, I haven't a clue where I'd go.

 

Did like Beckley, WV, but maybe because 1st place I ever lived outside of Delaware County, PA, and in the country vs Philly metro.

 

Enjoyed my time at Clearwater Beach, FL, but really wouldn't want to live at either now.

 

Longest anywhere (contrary to earlier statement), lived in Germantown, TN, same townhouse for 4 yrs, while I worked at NWA, before moving to MS for about 1 year, (forgot that state, #7), then retiring to TH.

 

Only lived outside of PA, because I worked for airlines (4), and changed work locations, along with actual airlines I worked for.

 

PKK is actually the only place I've actually enjoyed living at, and haven't seriously thought about moving.   Something new for me 

[GammaGlobulin]

13 minutes ago, KhunLA said:

I really didn't care for any place I live at in PA, or the USA.  Why if I ever returned, I haven't a clue where I'd go.

 

Did like Beckley, WV, but maybe because 1st place I ever lived outside of Delaware County, PA, and in the country vs Philly metro.

 

Enjoyed my time at Clearwater Beach, FL, but really wouldn't want to live at either now.

 

Longest anywhere (contrary to earlier statement), lived in Germantown, TN, same townhouse for 4 yrs, while I worked at NWA, before moving to MS for about 1 year, (forgot that state, #7), then retiring to TH.

 

Only lived outside of PA, because I worked for airlines (4), and changed work locations, along with actual airlines I worked for.

 

PKK is actually the only place I've actually enjoyed living at, and haven't seriously thought about moving.   Something new for me 

 

Some of the most beautiful scenery of PA can be seen in parts of the film, Witness.

 

This film captured, to a T, the lusciousness of Lancaster in the summertime.

 

 

[KhunLA]

25 minutes ago, GammaGlobulin said:

 

Some of the most beautiful scenery of PA can be seen in parts of the film, Witness.

 

This film captured, to a T, the lusciousness of Lancaster in the summertime.

 

 

Agree, decent movie also.  Use to go camping up at Amish country.  Along with riding MC out that way.

 

Wife #2 and myself use to hit Miller's Smorgasbord on rt 30, before it became a tourist attraction.  

https://www.millerssmorgasbord.com/

 

Even drove through  there, Lancaster, route 30 to 283, when I use to play truck driver, for a few years.  Up to Harrisburg, 5 days a week as 'line haul' driver for CF AirFreight (PHL - MDT - PHL) route.  Then did local pick up & deliveries all around the area Harrisburg to Carlyle, Hershey, York, Lititz, all over the area.  Then load up, and back to PHL to ship out on airlines.

 

Lot of people would be surprised, just because you are paying the air freight rate, It might not be going air freight via a plane.   Use to love Philly to FL runs, nice money earner.

 

 

[GammaGlobulin]

34 minutes ago, KhunLA said:

decent movie

 

In this film, one can see the benches at 30th-Street Station.

 

Those benches, alone, are worth watching the film.

 

Spent many hours on those benches.

 

Coming and going, and waiting.

 

 

I'm not talking about these benches.

 

There were another set of benches, just near the Mens Room.

 

It was quieter there.

I used to sit there, on those benches....

While waiting to change trains.

 

Those were the good old days, when the Mens Rooms were quieter.

I was there in 1964.

 

Plenty of Cigar Smoke there, too.

 

IF you watch the film, again, you will see those benches.

 

 

[PopGun]

Since you've asked, I think there are obvious things "wrong "with your pic'.

Firstly the blossom is Ylang Ylang flower.

#2 it's not in focus.

#3 the flower is over exposed, because the camera has metered for the overall dark area in the background.

#4 camera-shake, because of the dark background the it was a long exposure and really needed a supported camera.

 #5 There is nothing "wrong" with your camera.

You just need to brush up on your technique and understanding of exposures 

 

[PopGun]

On 2/11/2025 at 10:49 AM, KhunLA said:

 

More than a few snaps of spiders & dragonflies.

 

Along with bees, hornets, ants, butterflies, or any critters I can actually see and stays still long enough.

 

 

Awesome 👍 😎 

[PopGun]

15 hours ago, GammaGlobulin said:

 

OK.

That sounds fairly authentic.

 

However, how would we know if you were not actually born in Africa....same as....

 

 

?

 

 

🤠😎

[PopGun]

On 2/12/2025 at 1:08 PM, IsaanT said:

Just wanted to say how much I like this shot.  The composition is dramatic, the focus on the head, legs and left wing has been executed well, the lighting is good and the black background is perfect to contrast against the details of the wings.

Well done!
 

The lighting is interesting.

Artificial diffused off camera and perfect exposure.👍

[CecilM]

Macro at night with flash... what do you expect. Even good 35mm cameras and photographers will struggle and need a proper setup. 

[alanrchase]

On 2/10/2025 at 2:23 AM, GammaGlobulin said:

Dear Folks, 

 

I am very, VERY pleased with the A55-5G phone, for what I normally use it for.

Great amount of RAM, 12GB

Adequate internal memory storage: 256GB

Very reasonable cost, quite undeniably!

 

However, when it comes to photography...haha....because...

IMHO, it's still a JOKE compared to my old camera which I purchased...back in...1978.

 

This is why, anytime anyone asks me why I use my camera phone to take, mostly, nothing but images of store-purchase receipts, or maybe the neighbor's cat in my yard, I just say that it does not measure up to my 50-year-old camera, made by Nikon.

 

For example, just a few minutes ago, I noticed that my mango tree was blossoming early this year.

I decided to document it by recording an image of said blossom.

 

I turned the camera on the phone to MACRO, and got up close, but not too close.

Still, here is what the phone camera recorded....

 

What's wrong with this picture?

Or, what's wrong with the camera of the phone, for that matter?

 

Here is an image of my Nikon F2AS, a camera which I loved....so deeply.

Also, it was a film camera, another thing I loved....so deeply.

 

Do you even think that a Nikon would take such as sorry photo of a mango blossom as you see, above you?

It never would.

It never did.

 

On the phone-camera, there is no way to focus the lens.

Everything seems automatic.

And, so, sometimes, the images turn out like this.

 

I am not one to take many photos, daily, as I once thought I might.

 

Still, when a mango blossom image turns out like this...then...it's such a let-down.

 

Also, just look at the difference in the size of the lens!

This is a 50mm lens, a NORMAL lens, on the Nikon.

 

Gods only know what kind of creepy lens is in my Samsung phone.

 

I must admit, the Nikon F2AS, back in 1978, cost about....

 

Today, the price of the F2AS would be about....

 

Therefore, I have absolutely NOTHING to complain about.

 

I am ONLY asking and wondering about....

 

What's wrong with this mango-blossom picture?

 

Next time, I hope to do better.

 

Thank you.

Regards,

Gamma

 

 

Note:  Although this might, at first, seem like an Agricultural Topic, or a Photography Topic,  or even a PHONE Topic....still.....

 

Please keep me in the Pub, where I belong....

 

Thank you.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The problem with your picture of a mango blossom? The main problem is it is not a mango blossom. 

[GammaGlobulin]

14 hours ago, PopGun said:

Since you've asked, I think there are obvious things "wrong "with your pic'.

Firstly the blossom is Ylang Ylang flower.

#2 it's not in focus.

#3 the flower is over exposed, because the camera has metered for the overall dark area in the background.

#4 camera-shake, because of the dark background the it was a long exposure and really needed a supported camera.

 #5 There is nothing "wrong" with your camera.

You just need to brush up on your technique and understanding of exposures 

 

 

I agree.

Nothing wrong with the Samsung camera.

 

It is I, the failure, in this case.

 

(So then:  That is actually NOT a mango blossom?  I feel better now.)

 

[GammaGlobulin]

8 hours ago, alanrchase said:

The problem with your picture of a mango blossom? The main problem is it is not a mango blossom. 

 

Somebody else also pointed this out.

Yet, it is growing on a mango tree.

Very strange.

 

OR, maybe I need to check to see if there is some other plant growing at the base of the Mango Tree.

This year, maybe we will get some mangoes, if we can first have some good blossoms.

 

[PopGun]

18 minutes ago, GammaGlobulin said:

 

Somebody else also pointed this out.

Yet, it is growing on a mango tree.

Very strange.

 

OR, maybe I need to check to see if there is some other plant growing at the base of the Mango Tree.

This year, maybe we will get some mangoes, if we can first have some good blossoms.

 

The subject is definitely a Ylang Ylang flower.

They are used extensively in perfume and beauty products.

 

A example of Mango blossoms.