Continuing my theme of promoting the ease and convenience of RAW image editing 'on the go', heres a few from the back catalogue, hot off the (mobile) press!

All images are from K7 DNGs processed in the Snapseed App on my Android Phone. I've managed to get through these just today on and off.... If I had to wait until I got enough time available to do this on the computer....,well, we'd still be waiting, that's for sure!

Haytor Rocks, Dartmoor, Samyang 14mm....






Embankment Gardens, M75-150










Coulsdon Common, Samyang 14mm






South Bank Centre, Samyang 14mm






Local Garden, D FA 28-105





From Rooftop, nr Blackfriars Bridge, Tamron AF70-300 Di LD




Thanks for your interest, and let me know what you think about mobile RAW editing!

Thanks John, its nice to be back. Perhaps the lack of Noise Reduction on the Snapseed App might encourage me to upgrade the K7 sooner rather than later! I'm trying not to look too closely into the shadows for now ....

I do think that the whole area of processing workflows, developments in RAW software and the options for mobile working are topical! Certainly for me a traditional approach, PC / RAW software / Photoshop etc was holding me back, and restricting me from making use of my backlog of Pentax images.

I do urge you all to try out Snapseed if you have a compatible phone and OS ... it has allowed me to produce a large number of images that have revitalised my interest and brought back many great memories that had been hidden away for so long. The operations are very effective and intuitive ... you slide up and down to access different parameters and then swipe left to right to control the actual strength of each selected parameter.

Its all much quicker then working with a mouse on a computer .... more limited in scope of editing tools than Photoshop / Lightroom obviously, but surprisingly effective, and of course we retain a proper RAW workflow with non destructive editing.

Thanks also Robl, Al, Redbusa99, Gareth, Chris, Peter, Kris, Stuart, PRYorkshire & Lubbyman for your input and welcomes!

I'm not able to comment on the art work itself, its not my strength at all .... but I think you have captured some excellent technical reproductions with strong depth, dynamic range and exposure control.

An "arty" take on a familiar subject, yes! The low down viewpoint is effective too I find.

I wonder if you have a wider version Philip? I'm thinking of a vertical or square crop with more of the stem at the bottom ... ?

No 4 is great for its low down angle and perspective! I like the ones where we feel we're peeking into the gatherings of people before the event ... a nice documentary series, and you've made the most of the fairly dull light and colours too.

The M75-150 F4 is a favourite of mine! Beautiful build and just the right size for easy handling on a DSLR. I've not experienced its full edge performance of course, but reports from the film era were always very positive I believe.

The push pull zoom action is a bit counterintuitive to start with, and is easy to let slip especially if you're tweaking focus and aperture at the same time! What with stop down metering going on all together there's a lot to think about, but its a great more physical experience than we get with automatic lenses, and keeps us on our toes in managing focus, composition and exposure.

Here's a link to my most unusual image taken with the lens ... https://www.pentaxuser.com/images/comment_pictures/15546/15546_1425689329.jpg

Some strong splashy dog action there! Its good to see the K1 is proving a versatile tool for you Gareth.

Thanks both... Good to be back. I am enjoying the hobby again in this rather limited way, but it's better than doing nothing photography related!

For anyone who doesn't read the full explanation at the beginning, I should emphasise that I am not advocating 'mobile phone photography'. All the images started as DNG files from the Pentax K7.... I am processing them on a phone using an app that can handle DNGs, and is very good at it in my opinion.

It’s been really nice to have had a few kindly enquiries from people on the forums recently, asking if I’m OK and why I’ve not been posting. It is those contacts that have encouraged me to jump back in, so thanks very much for rekindling the interest guys!

Nothing dramatic to report, just a fading of enthusiasm, loss of motivation, and other demands on time. The Pentax gear and flash stuff is still in the cupboard. I do wonder if it would be different should I have been spending money on a new camera and lenses? …that quite possibly would be a good route to motivation again.

The amount of time I now have available for photo editing, and just managing photos on the computer, is almost nonexistent. I’ve come to enjoy doing things in a mobile way however, and have got more organised in the digital world with Google Photos and Drive, all managed from a smartphone.
I’ve got masses of unprocessed DNGs from the K7, and recently discovered a very practical and efficient app for processing DNGs… ‘Snapseed’. Its totally free, so this is no advertisement, but rather a suggestion to those who might also struggle to deal with a RAW workload but might have more time when mobile.

This is not an approach for the purists…. I’ve even been castigated on a forum for suggesting that a laptop might possibly be OK for serious photo work, let alone a smartphone (!)… there are clearly limitations to working on a phone touchscreen. But I think you would be pleasantly surprised at how well the app designers have solved many interface and fine control Issues. It is a photo editor that is completely designed for the smaller touchscreen and the image adjustment controls and entirely intuitive and practical.

The most glaring RAW tool that is missing from Snapseed is Noise Reduction. But if you can live without that then most other key editing tools are there and are extremely functional and efficient to use, including layers and masks and brushing in and out layer edits. So there is the same sort of selective editing power that I used in Photoshop, at least for the more simple image orientated work, and that for me elevates the Snapseed app above most mobile photo editors.

For me, the main thing is that it’s got me going again, even if it’s only to deal with my ‘back catalogue ‘… at least I’m working with my photos again, and bringing to life images that would otherwise remained stuck and invisible on my unused computer. To prove it here is a selection of my recent edits, all done on a mobile phone. .. Not recent photos, but shots that had remained unused so far…..











































Thanks for taking a look, all comments welcomed, and if anyone is struggling to find time to get the best out of their images on a computer, then I encourage you to give Snapseed a try on your phone... Second best is still better than producing no photos at all!

I think you've got the wrong thread here, this is about Pixel peeping and image enlargement!

In any case, should any Pentax user have concerns about other sorts of enlargement issues, then we only have to close our eyes and fantasize about all forthcoming new gear releases from Pentax, that should bring on the desired result!