1. Here’s an explanation of how I photographed the galactic center with #iPhone13ProMax, following a number of requests. This works for iPhone 11 and up although 12/13ProMax will yield better results due to better camera specs.
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⬇️ 2. I used Lumy & WillyWeather apps to determine when is last light, ClearOutside app to gauge cloud cover, and PhotoPills app to find where and when the galactic cloud would be optimal in my composition (luckily it was 8pm and not 2am!)
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Thread: I’ve been using #iPhone12ProMax for the past week, mostly in low light. That bigger sensor, larger aperture, faster processor ... it’s truly incredible. Following pix: Night Mode; low-light wide Portrait Mode; low-light 65mm Portrait Mode; low-light 65mm; comparison
1/8 I shot this at 4am, Nautical Twilight, 15 minutes before blue hour. Pix in this light normally give awful artefacts. I’m using a $100 LED light at lowest intensity, 1sec NM was making him too bright. Using exp comp to set exposure (this bts shot with NightMode on #iphone12)
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Here’s a #mobilephotography tutorial if you’re interested in getting more out of your phone in low light.
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I shot this 20minutes before sunrise this morning with @FiLMiCPro #firstlight using #iPhone11Pro and it was darker than this pic suggests. As you can imagine ....
1/5 black basalt in the dark is a challenge. To enhance shadow detail, using a tripod, I shot a number of raw frames (tip: set the timer to 2s to avoid camera shake) to later bring into Ps as a stack, which I will explain shortly ..
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iPhone astro-photography tutorial: If you're self-isolated, have an #iPhone11 and able to see the night sky, you may find this short tutorial helpful (and relief from boredom) as I explain how I made these images and edited them in @Lightroom on iPad.
1/10 The addition of #NightMode was a boon to @Apple, and followed the pioneering work of Google's NightSight (check out Distinguished Engineer Marc Levoy's excellent blog bit.ly/2JktTIF ). However, it's often not used to potential.
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