GLOBAL -Conversations is all about the Nokia community and so we wanted to highlight some of the cool stuff Nokia users are doing with their devices. Flickr plays host to an unimaginable amount of pictures, a good chunk of which were shot on Nokia devices. Every week we’ll be spotlighting a collection of pics shot on Nokia devices. This week it’s the turn of the Nokia N97. With Carl Zeiss optics, auto focus, dual LED flash and five megapixels it’s a well specced snapper. Hope you enjoy the shots, and don’t forget to click through and check out more from each photographer – we’ve included links to the full size shot on each one’s individual Flickr channel.
Kowloon
Daniel’s Kowloon street scene is bursting with life and colour. The N97 has dealt with the tricky blend of half-natural, half-artificial light surprisingly well, and the level of detail is impressive.
Monument to Rubbish
A silent protest captured on the fly by the intrepid Keith on his morning horse-ride. Both the horse in the foreground and the monument itself in mid-shot are well detailed, especially given the low light.
RHS Wisley
The Royal Horticultural Society gardens at Wisley make for a great photographic location, but this incredibly vivid shot remains a stunning achievement. Absolutely pin-sharp detail.
RHS Garden
Another beautifully warm, detailed image, with even darker areas like the trees on the right retaining a surprising degree of sharpness. Quality that would put a fair number of dedicated cameras to shame.
Veal¯smyra
The glassy surface of this natural lake in Norway proves the perfect mirror to show off the natural beauty around it. One of those ‘right place, right time’ shots, but the N97 did its job superbly.
Gumser¯dbukta
Another stunning effort by 1a1cna. The quiet emptiness of the North Sea shines through thanks to the deep contrasts of the rocks, and good levels of detail in the shimmering water and high clouds.
Flower
We’re not altogether sure where this one was taken, but it serves as a fantastic advert for the N97’s photographic credentials. Short depth of field allows the flower to be pin-sharp and the background to be evenly blurred. The result is technically excellent for a camera phone.
View of Dapdune Wharf with barges
A third entry here for this intrepid N97 photographer. As with the other two, the combination of crisp detail, punchy colours and well-handled contrast makes this image jump to life.
V8
Shots like this live and die on the level of detail captured. And from the dull shine of the old Merc itself to the fine detail of the grille and the leaves on the ground, the detail is superb, and the resulting image full of mood and character.
Light structure in Marina Barrage
A riot of colours, indoors, various lighting sources in both foreground and background… this is not an easy shot to take, and will fall flat if your camera isn’t up to the job. But as should be perfectly clear by this stage, the N97’s most certainly is.