For this lab, the photo I selected from Unsplash was a top view of a pineapple laying on a granite background. To recreate this, I took a picture of a pineapple on my kitchen counter with my iPhone 6s’s camera (no flash). When I compared the photos, I realized right away that the Unsplash photo appeared to have been edited with a filter to give it a faded look, whereas my photo is unedited and looks of higher resolution. In this case, just due to the filter, I would say that my photo turned out with the higher resolution and better quality. However, I like the artistic effect on the Unsplash better than my unedited photo. If I put a filter on mine, it would look even more similar. Other differences between the photos include that the pineapple took up more of my shot, whereas there was more surrounding background around it in the Unsplash version. The lighting also appears brighter there.
For the other images in this lab, I used two quarters, a picture of a dog from a magazine, and a mandala that I drew and colored. After scanning all of them and comparing those to my phone’s job, I would easily say that my phone produced better quality. I used the scanner in the Canisius library, and the quality was definitely inferior. The coins came out very fuzzy, low resolution. The magazine ad was also of low resolution and blurry. Lastly, the mandala came out a bit clearer than the others, but the color was very faded. I was surprised that the scanner overall did not produce high resolution work. Comparing the pictures I took to the scanned ones, there were not too many differences. They are all roughly the same size and position. With the coin images, my phone was able to capture the shadows they cast, which made it look more 3D and realistic. The lines were crisper, and the shine was captured, which enhanced it.
In order to improve the quality of photos taken on my phone, I could use the flash next time, since I did not use it for this lab. I also could work on perfecting the lighting to showcase more detail. The lighting makes a huge difference. To improve the quality of the scanning, I could try positioning the subjects differently, or using a different scanner altogether. I did not have as much luck scanning as I was anticipating. Overall, personally I found that my phone captured the best quality photos.