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Nexus 5, f2.4, 1/15, ISO 785, JPG

It doesn't happen often, actually quite rare, but on the odd occasion I leave house without a camera or a battery in he camera. Today, it was without a camera but I still had my phone with me so all was not lost.

The Nexus phones have a bad reputation when it comes to the camera quality and I can only assume it's from people who have no clue about cameras or need an excuse to praise the (average) iPhone cameras. Both the Nexus 4 and now Nexus 5 have fairly good cameras with the biggest problem being the high JPG compression standard in phones. The Nexus 5 has actually better image quality when taking panoramas than the Sony NEX-3n I have, they are better stitched and provide more details (the very strong JPG compression almost ruins this though).
In HDR mode it's actually very decent and certainly on par with what I've seen from other phones and even some normal cameras.

I took this photo while walking back to the station in he evening and processed it using Snapseed on the phone.

One thing that I will never understand however is why no manufacturer puts an electronic leveler in their camera software, given that all phones have more than enough gyroscopes and other things to provide this information and more.

Reading

More people than ever seem to read these days but not many do so using a physical book and even less walk while reading.
He seems to have been absorbed in his book and didn't want to stop just because he had to go somewhere.

Morning Read

Took this photo while having breakfast in Hilden, I only had my Nexus 5 phone with me since I didn't intent on doing much photography.

Late Summer Afternoon Walk

Took this while out enjoying the late summer sunshine and an afternoon walk through the woods and fields in Hilden. The Nexus 5 gets often slanted for the camera quality but it's actually very good and with some processing in Snapseed you can get great results from it.

Silhouette Selfie

In between chilling out, doing some gaming on my Surface Pro and browsing through photos, I was having some fun taking a selfie using the shadows on the wall.

The Lost Posts - Part 13: Welcome Bear

N5, f2.4, 1/398, ISO 100, JPG

The Lost Posts - Part 12: Forrest

N5, f2.4, 1/53, ISO 208, JPG

The Lost Posts - Part 11: Bowling

N5, f2.4, 1/36, ISO 320, JPG

The Lost Posts - Part 10: Hilden Sunset

N5, f2.4, 1/1484, ISO 100, JPG

The Lost Posts - Part 9: Car Wash

N5, f2.4, 1/84, ISO 123, JPG

The Lost Posts - Part 8: Girl on the Train

N5, f2.4, 1/161, ISO 100, JPG

The Lost Posts - Part 7: Mushroom

N5, f2.4, 1/120, ISO 222, JPG

The Lost Posts - Part 6: Foosball

N5, f2.4, 1/595, ISO 100, JPG

The Lost Posts - Part 5: Flower

N5, f2.4, 1/796, ISO 100, JPG

The Lost Posts - Part 4: Langenfeld High Street

N5, f2.4, 1/767, ISO 100, JPG

Day 283 - LHR-BOM-SIN

On the road again and although I hoped to avoid taking the tube completely during my London stay, I had to take it to get to Heathrow.

Blogger Abroad - Back Around the World

It has been a few weeks but I am ready to jump on another jet plane and continue my journey around the world. All family matters and other things have been sorted so there won't be more interruptions before my journey finishes.

Day 262 - People in Kyoto

A nice and sunny day in Kyoto and I decided to head to the only main place I have not yet been and is the furthest from my Ryokan so did head to the Fushimi Inari Shrine to see the tori gates and do some hiking.

Day 261 - Matsumoto Morning and Kyoto Evening

Another nice and sunny day in Matsumoto although it was time to head to Kyoto in the afternoon. The morning was therefore spent visiting the castle properly.

Day 255 - Sunny Busan Afternoon

I started the morning with a walk along the market near my hostel before heading to Haeundae to go explore the area and also visit both of the GoEun Museum of Photography locations, although they were more galleries and exhibition spaces.