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Livvie said:
Yeah i think you did a wicked job tbf. Shows what an iPhone can do! I’m really enjoying this thread, i know others are complaining about the other model specific threads, but i like that this one is more general.
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But that photo does not show what an iphone can do. It shows what an editing program can do. He added in the sky in post processing. The iPhone shot just a black sky. I can guarantee the sky was shot on a high end dslr or mirrorless camera, not an iphone.

I'm not even against sky swaps in general (or at all). And I also don't think they inherently need to be disclosed. But this thread is to show talented iPhoneographers capturing images as if it were a regular, full sized camera. An image with a sky swap (that isn't initially disclosed) isn't relevant to this thread.
 
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mollyc said:
But that photo does not show what an iphone can do. It shows what an editing photo can do. He added in the sky in post processing. The iPhone shot just a black sky.

I'm not even against sky swaps in general (or at all). And I also don't think they inherently need to be disclosed. But this thread is to show talented iPhoneographers capturing images as if it were a regular, full sized camera. An image with a sky swap (that isn't initially disclosed) isn't relevant to this thread.
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Interesting discussion
 
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This is the type of places I love to be at.
 
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akash.nu said:
I don’t think we get that view with naked eye anywhere on this planet.
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Probably not quite that spectacular (and certainly nowhere nearly as humid as that picture), but in a dry climate away from cities you can actually see the milky way pretty well even just by eye!

I had just gone to try and get a nice star shot with my camera + iPhone to compare the two, but then the smoke from wildfires rolled in :( With a new moon and no stars, it took a 12 minute exposure at ISO 25600 to be able to make out any details on my mirrorless, so the iPhone didn’t stand a chance. But at some point I’d really like to compare the two fairly (both on a tripod or both handheld)! Unfortunately by the time the smoke clears it’ll be the end of milky way season for the year here
 
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mollyc said:
But that photo does not show what an iphone can do. It shows what an editing program can do. He added in the sky in post processing. The iPhone shot just a black sky. I can guarantee the sky was shot on a high end dslr or mirrorless camera, not a iphone.

I'm not even against sky swaps in general (or at all). And I also don't think they inherently need to be disclosed. But this thread is to show talented iPhoneographers capturing images as if it were a regular, full sized camera. An image with a sky swap (that isn't initially disclosed) isn't relevant to this thread.
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Agree 100%! Aside from that, when I saw the image I knew immediately that it was faked in some way, because of the lighting. Yes, Luminar AI has various ways of doing things to a sky that aren't representative of how the sky actually appeared at the time of the shot -- there is even a way of including "objects" in the sky which never were meant to be there. On another site a guy was fooling around with this feature and the photo was hilarious -- he showed us his doctored-up image: a sky filled with giraffes, an elephant and other creatures!
 
mollyc said:
But that photo does not show what an iphone can do. It shows what an editing program can do. He added in the sky in post processing. The iPhone shot just a black sky. I can guarantee the sky was shot on a high end dslr or mirrorless camera, not an iphone.

I'm not even against sky swaps in general (or at all). And I also don't think they inherently need to be disclosed. But this thread is to show talented iPhoneographers capturing images as if it were a regular, full sized camera. An image with a sky swap (that isn't initially disclosed) isn't relevant to this thread.
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I think we're just being waaaaaay too anal about things personally. I love taking photos, and sometimes doing edits. Over policing this thread is just going to prevent people from wanting to take part. If everyone would prefer that if a photo is edited on their MacBook after taking it with an iPhone that it's disclosed, I'm willing to do that, but let's back off and just enjoy the fun.

Also, there may be some people here that take pics with their iPhones that have Macbooks and didn't know about Luminar, so this could be a great learning tool for them to expand on what they're currently doing.
 
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The concern here is not so much that someone uses their Mac or PC to edit their images taken on their iPhone -- I do that with most of my iPhone shots -- but rather the excessive manipulation of the image when swapping in a sky that was actually shot with another camera and posting it in a thread meant to be demonstrating what an iPhone camera can do.
 
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mjschabow said:
I think we're just being waaaaaay too anal about things personally. I love taking photos, and sometimes doing edits. Over policing this thread is just going to prevent people from wanting to take part. If everyone would prefer that if a photo is edited on their MacBook after taking it with an iPhone that it's disclosed, I'm willing to do that, but let's back off and just enjoy the fun.

Also, there may be some people here that take pics with their iPhones that have Macbooks and didn't know about Luminar, so this could be a great learning tool for them to expand on what they're currently doing.
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It is hardly over policing when half your photo didn't come from an iPhone.
 
Well I’m going to keep doing what I’m doing here. Most shots don’t include editing, but I just happened to share a cool one.
 
As mentioned earlier in this thread, depending upon one's iPhone model, there are other threads in MR (the Photo Gallery section) devoted to shooting with that particular iPhone such as "Post Your Photos Shot With Your iPhone 12 Pro Max ONLY" and so on. I imagine that most people who participate in those threads do not have another camera and do not use editing tools other than various iOS apps meant for iPhone.

It is my impression that this thread is meant to be more for photographers who also might want to explore the use of their iPhone camera in a more serious way and share the results with fellow shooters here, discuss techniques used, expand our creativity a bit.
 
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mjschabow said:
Well I’m going to keep doing what I’m doing here. Most shots don’t include editing, but I just happened to share a cool one.
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It seems you’re getting defensive about things which are meant for letting everyone know about the intent of this thread. Nobody’s denying the fact that the picture looks cool. Post it in the POTD thread and everyone will be fine with it.

The point here is that this thread is supposed to be for iPhone photos only with a little bit of editing acceptable to bring out the most of a legit picture. Swapping out half of the picture and calling it an iPhone shot is not what we like to promote here.
 
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akash.nu said:
It seems you’re getting defensive about things which are meant for letting everyone know about the intent of this thread. Nobody’s denying the fact that the picture looks cool. Post it in the POTD thread and everyone will be fine with it.

The point here is that this thread is supposed to be for iPhone photos only with a little bit of editing acceptable to bring out the most of a legit picture. Swapping out half of the picture and calling it an iPhone shot is not what we like to promote here.
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In my view there is no harm done if the photographer, when asked, explains how he (or she) created the image. Sky, background, and foreground swaps are popular these days, but it is not something new. There isn't a rule about the degree of editing one should do, and nowhere in this thread was there a rule about the limits of image editing, not even critique. By imposing new rules, all we do is to take the fun out of photography. All we can do is "like" or "dislike" a photo, of just don't do anything about it.
 
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mackmgg said:
Being a photography subforum on an apple forum, it seems like we should have a thread dedicated to iPhone photography. I'll even accept iPad photos too, since it's technically capable of taking great shots, but I'll disagree with anyone who actually uses one as a camera. There have been plenty of discussions on whether iPhones can take real photos, with lots of people saying yes (myself included). From search I wasn't able to find a similar thread, but that doesn't mean one didn't exist a while ago.

So come on out and share your pictures. No DSLRs, no mirrorless, no point and shoots. Just photos taken with a phone (or tablet if you insist). Let's see what you've got!

I'll start us off:
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AlaskaMoose said:
In my view there is no harm is done if the photographer, when asked, explains how he (or she) created the image. Sky, background, and foreground swaps are popular these days, but it is not something new. There isn't a rule about the degree of image editing one should do. Nowhere in this thread was there a rule about the limits of image editing, nor critique.
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The OP asked people to post photos taken with an iPhone, to compare the capability and results vs a dedicated camera. He also specified "no dSLRs, no mirrorless, no point and shoots." If someone shares a photo with a sky swap taken by not-an-iPhone, then the photo is no longer a true iPhone photo. Were the sky swap taken by the same photographer on an iPhone and then swapped in, I'd have no issue. But the entire premise of this thread as laid out by the OP is "just photos taken with a phone."

As @akash.nu pointed out, if that same nighttime image was posted in the POTD, no one would bat an eye (yes, not even me). But it's not an accurate representation of what a phone can do. I actually had hoped to get some pointers on how exactly one could accomplish a Milky Way photo with my phone, but clearly that isn't going to happen, since it's a composite.
 
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mollyc said:
The OP asked people to post photos taken with an iPhone, to compare the capability and results vs a dedicated camera. He also specified "no dSLRs, no mirrorless, no point and shoots." If someone shares a photo with a sky swap taken by not-an-iPhone, then the photo is no longer a true iPhone photo. Were the sky swap taken by the same photographer on an iPhone and then swapped in, I'd have no issue. But the entire premise of this thread as laid out by the OP is "just photos taken with a phone."

As @akash.nu pointed out, if that same nighttime image was posted in the POTD, no one would bat an eye (yes, not even me). But it's not an accurate representation of what a phone can do. I actually had hoped to get some pointers on how exactly one could accomplish a Milky Way photo with my phone, but clearly that isn't going to happen, since it's a composite.
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Please accept my most sincere apology. I stand corrected!

On a side note, cellphones can be used for night photography of the sky (Milky Way, Auroras, and so on).
 
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Apple_Glen_UK said:
All these were taken with the iPhone SE 2020. I'd like to have a 'proper' camera, but having two young children (3 and 6) it's so much easier reaching for my iPhone and snapping away. It might 'only' be the SE 2020, but I've been impressed with the quality of the photos.

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So I've only just read through the various comments on this thread and the suggestions about posting one photo at a time (sorry!) Just so I can be clear; these photos were shot on my iPhone SE 2020 with minor edits in Snapseed. I also have many good photos straight out of the Camera app with no edits at all.
 
Apple_Glen_UK said:
So I've only just read through the various comments on this thread and the suggestions about posting one photo at a time (sorry!) Just so I can be clear; these photos were shot on my iPhone SE 2020 with minor edits in Snapseed. I also have many good photos straight out of the Camera app with no edits at all.
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I personally enjoy all of your images in the various threads. They're excellent!
 
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