Club Zoa tutorial Taking Pics with Cellphone

Rob in Puyallup · Aug 13, 2013

A single polyp. Another unknown.

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Wetdiver · Aug 13, 2013

Here are some pictures of porkos zoas thru my phone.

Galaxy s4

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cottoncandyMonster · Aug 15, 2013

Great tips ..very helpful thread ..

1mbrews8 · Aug 15, 2013

joshporksandwic said:
Before and after of my baby!!! with a little white balance, exposure, contrast, sharpness and saturation. I'm impressed. This pics took me less than 5 min. I didn't put much effort and still looked ok. I hope this helps a lot of you improve you pic skills for when you need an id or if you have a problem.

Exactly what did u do? Awesome diff!

containerman1 · Aug 15, 2013

Awesome Picture difference. I will give these a shot. I really stink at taking pics.

kes · Aug 15, 2013

very nicely done

mfollen · Aug 16, 2013

Really glad to hear of this tutorial. Can you find these jewelry loupes locally? If so, where?

Thanks!

joshporksandwich · Aug 16, 2013

mfollen said:
Really glad to hear of this tutorial. Can you find these jewelry loupes locally? If so, where?

Thanks!

Ask any jewelery store. They're super cheap online less than $5

totion · Aug 20, 2013

I just picked up a 10x, 20x, and 30x set from amazon. I have a galaxy s2 skyrocket. Getting ready to try this. I also have a point n shoot I'll try this with. I'll post pics in a bit when my lights come on.

melendezreef · Aug 20, 2013

You can change the ISO in your phone and get better pics. I have been using this method for over a year.

afamousjohnson · Aug 20, 2013

Here are a couple point and shoot pics before/after. Shot with the galaxy s4-thing rocks. I have a portal but rarely use it with pics. In edit I used auto color adjust. Will usually play with exposure and tempature sometimes also. Not a huge difference.

totion · Aug 20, 2013

here we go...

Duffam3434 · Aug 20, 2013

Here's a Shot of our Rastas with the Lunars on

Its the Best my phone can do..

totion · Aug 20, 2013

Some more. Really like this loupe. My phones macro zoom does not take pics like this haha.

scsdukefan408 · Aug 20, 2013

I have an iPhone 5 and have yet to really get a decent zoa shot..I've bought 2 different 3in 1 lens for it...not a huge fan of having to move the zoa smack dab in front of the glass...but maybe ill try again tomorrow have the day off...does anyone use a certain camera app to get clearer/better quality pics?

totion · Aug 21, 2013

on my s2 i use the 10x loupe with the zoa next to the glass, and then use an app called photo editor to edit it. i add a little to the contrast and saturation but other than that i don;t do much else.

afamousjohnson · Aug 21, 2013

Realized a cool technique last night with my galaxy S4 (not sure how this method will work for older models-might make it blurry.?.) But it works for the S4. I was having a hard time wi5h the point and shoot mixed with trying to zoom in for a somewhat macro shot. So I took the photo in my previous post and cropped out a single zoa. As I cropped down it created a zoom in affect and turned out looking great. Nothing was changed to any of the settings for the pic-all auto.