What Spyderco is in your pocket today??

[Colorodo]

Endura K390
Endela K390

[bbturbodad]

Great shot!!!

Absolutely stunning Gernot!

Thanks, guys! :)..was just a quick shot while trail running yesterday.

One thing I just can´t figure out concerning cell phone pics like this one: As soon as I focus on the knife, the background gets overexposed.
I can get the lighting right only if I focus on the background and not the knife, but than the latter gets blurry...

The phone, or any camera, has limited dynamic range. The focus point also controls the exposure, as to get proper exposure of the subject. If you forced the camera to expose the background correctly (which you can do on DSLRs and the likes, and maybe even your phone), your knife would be under exposed.
Dedicated cameras with larger sensors tend to have better DR, but no camera is yet equal to the human eye.
There are also some techniques, like HDR (high dynamic range) that can be used to work around the limitations of the sensor. This is basically just multiple identical pictures with different exposure setting, mixed together. Some cameras have this feature built in, and on some you have to do it in post processing, either way you are limited to static photos where framing and motif doesn't change between each exposure.

Oh, and thanks for all the great pictures. They are beautiful and inspiring.

Amazing view!

The technique I use for shots with a large difference in brightness between the foreground and background is to underexpose the shot (most phone cameras have some way to adjust the exposure or brightness) and then lighten the shadows afterward with a photo editing app on the phone.

[Wartstein]

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One thing I just can´t figure out concerning cell phone pics like this one: As soon as I focus on the knife, the background gets overexposed.
I can get the lighting right only if I focus on the background and not the knife, but than the latter gets blurry...

The phone, or any camera, has limited dynamic range. The focus point also controls the exposure, as to get proper exposure of the subject. If you forced the camera to expose the background correctly (which you can do on DSLRs and the likes, and maybe even your phone), your knife would be under exposed.
Dedicated cameras with larger sensors tend to have better DR, but no camera is yet equal to the human eye.
There are also some techniques, like HDR (high dynamic range) that can be used to work around the limitations of the sensor. This is basically just multiple identical pictures with different exposure setting, mixed together. Some cameras have this feature built in, and on some you have to do it in post processing, either way you are limited to static photos where framing and motif doesn't change between each exposure.

Oh, and thanks for all the great pictures. They are beautiful and inspiring.

First: Thanks for your kind words! Glad that you like my pics, I am lucky man cause the places surrounding me make it very easy to take more or less nice photos :)

/ And thanks also for the technical explanation! I don´t know anything about photography and just use my rather cheap cell phone so your inside is much appreciated.
One thing I figured out meanwhile: It seems that both the foreground (knife) that I focus on and the background get better lighting, if I use the flashlight, even in bright daylight. Probably by doing so the camera does not "think" that the foreground has to be exposed in a way that the background gets overexposed, since the flashlight will give enough light for the foreground already...
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[aicolainen]

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One thing I figured out meanwhile: It seems that both the foreground (knife) that I focus on and the background get better lighting, if I use the flashlight, even in bright daylight. Probably by doing so the camera does not "think" that the foreground has to be exposed in a way that the background gets overexposed, since the flashlight will give enough light for the foreground already...
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This observation is correct.
The same effect can be achieved if you have a decent flash, and is often used to prevent harsh under exposed shadows in portraits taken in bright daylight. This is called fill in flash.

[vivi]

Decided I wasn't happy with the edge on my Police 4's so P3 is subbing in for the day.



Taking my K390 P4 thinner and coarser in the meantime.

[bearfacedkiller]

Forgot my Shaman at home today but at least I had this little guy in my watch pocket. :)

[GiftedMisfit]

[abbazaba]

Sage1 back in action with a fancy new steel. Hoping Sage2 K390 next, or at least M4? :D

[Filoso-]

Sage1 back in action with a fancy new steel. Hoping Sage2 K390 next, or at least M4? :D

It's always nice to see the Sage family together! I wouldn't mind to see the Sage 2 in M390/cpm20cv/204p either...
I'm still waiting for the new Sage 1 to arrive to european dealers :rolleyes:

[Mushroom]

Titanium Tuesday

[MacLaren]

K390 DragonFly II

[MFlovejp]

[TkoK83Spy]

My first Shaman, what a great introduction this knife has been (now have 3) So big and stout. There's always room in my pocket at least once a week for a Shaman.

[M Sea]

Wow, thats a great pic!!

[GiftedMisfit]

Thanks man, every now and then, I get the money shot.

[Featherblade]

Small predator, a big bite.
This little biter with K390 is perfect for wood cutting.

[M Sea]

Sage1 back in action with a fancy new steel. Hoping Sage2 K390 next, or at least M4? :D

Very nice

[vivi]

[SG89]

[JuPaul]

Brouwer in the pocket today. It's supposed to be 65 degrees later, and my Christmas tree is up...just doesn't feel right for the Midwest!