I tried taking a few photos of colorful items over the last few days, only to realize how much effort it takes to get a good photo... Anyway, this shot was not very good, but it was kind of cute, so I'll throw it into the ring. I took it with my N900 last week, no postprocessing. I call it:

Copernicus' Cat studies Galileo's Thermometer

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B7n...it?usp=sharing

photo is nice but maybe i am colour blind

Yeah, it came out a lot more dull than I had hoped... Like I said, I'm not much of a photographer.

Copernicus your photo has much potential. While you have 2 very interesting subjects, you can probably get a lot more out of this. Let the colors be the main subject but don't forget your cat. A closer shot so you don't have the dull table filling 1/3 of the image.

You may also want to apply the rule of thirds and place the color "tube" on the left intersection, en let the rest of the image be your cat. or it's head only and let the eyes be in good focus. Try to fill your image with more subject and less background

So that leaves you with (as I imagine it) from left to right*:
A little bit of table and background and at about 1/3** the colorfultube and try to fill the rest of the image with your cat (If he and you are willing to ). But don't let the cat "overrule" your main subject

*: as most humans read from left to right, are eyes are also trained to analyze pictures from left to right (most of this happens without conscious)
**: We humans also ignore the sides of an image, so placing your subject to much to the edge leaves it without the intention it actually deserves.

I really should participate in this as quite serious hobby-photographer but I almost always carry my compact cam, and if I could, even my DSLR. I only use my phonecam for documents and quick snippets for useful purposes not for the photos

edit: Even cropping this image could make it more interesting, try to eliminate those empty areas on the top and the bottom to get more focus on the cat. Still not as much as I would have hoped, as a little part of his head is cut off. But really that reflection is a nice addition to the image

Thank you, very insightful pointers on my photo (and photography in general)! In fact,

Maybe in addition to a monthy contest, there could be a thread where photography newbies could occasionally post questions or discuss the odd photo? (Or perhaps a thread like that already exists?) At least for me, that'd be useful in getting the most out of a cellphone camera...

I personally find this a very good but quick tutorial about composition:
http://www.digitalcameraworld.com/20...why-they-work/
Give it a read and keep it in mind.
Ofcourse on phone camera you have usaully less control and keeping them in mind won't give you great pictures immediately but they are good pointers to make a picture a bit more than holiday snapshots.

Also take a look in this thread: http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php...=photo&page=96

You'll probably see one of the rules in the pictures posted there. Of course not all of them as creativity is breaking rules. But these rules can give you some grip. Also, not all of my photos are stunning, sometimes you just can't get what you have in mind. Accept it and try better next time.

I would happily comment on photos but I don't think TMO is the place. Flickr is actually meant for this kind of thing. I wouldn't mind if I am wrong on this, though. It's just that this website isn't that photography based...

Anyway, If you want to know what I think of your photo or have a question about photography in general, don't hesitate to knock on my (virtual) door. As I said, I'll happily comment/answer.

Herewith my humble submission, a rather predictable spring flower shot. N900, fcamera, developed in rawtherapee (de-vignette, some exposure tweaking).

I am extremely pleased with the rawtherapee flat-field removal of the vignette (tint and luminance) that characterises the n900 sensor.

No, it's not Constantinople, nor even Istanbul
Not entirely on-topic, but I have nothing better. Made with N9, hugin for some distortion correction and gimp to bring levels closer to what I remember from the scene

Oh. I see that exif info got lost along the way, so here's unaltered original shot for reference.

Am I allowed more than one go? If not this post is just asking which of these should be entered:

EDIT: On advice, this one is the entry:



EDIT: I liked these as they had nice vibrant blues and greens of varying shades, but the one above has the best range of natural colour.




All N900 cameraui2, no post processing.

@TomJ: just one allowed I believe. The top one has strongest colours. South Africa?

BTW: do you also have fcamera or BlessN900 installed (ie. the fcam drivers installed)?