Playing With Camera Phone Settings

Sometimes it's good to just take a bunch of photographs of the same subject with different settings just to see how it all comes out. Hopefully at least one of the shots will show something that you didn't expect or give an effect you were hoping for. All these were shot with a Nokia N97 using various settings.

The default setting. Everything is automatic (except my ability to take a level photograph)

A decent picture. It doesn't do a bad job of capturing the scene. The rocks a re a little washed out for my taste and the water is flat.

The vivid color tone setting.

Suddenly the rock color jumps out. It's a little too bold though as they aren't quite that vivid in real life. However, the water does come through with a little more life and color to it.

The sepia color tone setting.

The sepia shot was a real shot in the dark. My hopes were that the water's color would get picked up and filtered to a soft blue. Instead all it did was fade to extra dullness.

Putting the color tone back on normal and adjusting contrast and exposure sensitivities.

The rock color is now closer to reality than the vivid setting. The shadows are also a little more pronounced, which adds some interest to the image. Also, the water at the bottom is about as real as I've seen it.