A lot of water goes under the bridge as the years roll by, and photography punctuates those years with frozen moments. I remember this day—a road trip down south. It was the 29th January, 2019 and I was taking my then-new smartphone for a test run as a camera. The first stop was Myponga Reservoir, and I rapidly discovered that the unit did not have enough DPI to stand much in the way of telephoto before pixelation occurred, which also seems to hold good for my current phone, which has vastly greater resolution. This pic was taken from the lookout on the ridge, one of a series over the dam and gorge. The chip and resolution did an overall good job, I thought, but the areas of greatest detail, such as the summer grasses, suffer most in reproduction, softening significantly. This phone was retired a few years ago. Minor adjustments to colour, contrast and sharpness in Irfanview; Leagoo M9. Image by Mike.
