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iPhone 16 Pro 🌍 📱 Photos taken with iPhone 16 Pro / Pro Max 🌟 - Worldwide - (2024-2025)

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ToddH said:
More polarized samples!! iPhone 16 pro max on iOS 18.2. The filter is awesome.

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alright ToddH, I grabbed a 67mm clip on CPL filter for my iphone 15pro max. it seemed to do okay with night photography. I have tried a few times to take daytime photos, but haven't really been impressed. Perhaps its because its just not much scenery going on here in the northeast, maybe it will change with some snow coming etc.
 
Jussy13 said:
alright ToddH, I grabbed a 67mm clip on CPL filter for my iphone 15pro max. it seemed to do okay with night photography. I have tried a few times to take daytime photos, but haven't really been impressed. Perhaps its because its just not much scenery going on here in the northeast, maybe it will change with some snow coming etc.
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The filter works by rotating the filter. I’m guessing you did that. The filter also works best at 45° and 90° angles of reflectance and sunlight. It doesn’t work well in cloudy weather unless you are shooting glass or water. But you have to rotate the filter to see the effects and if it changes the scene. The blue sky gets darker when shooting 90° or so left or right of the sun. It will also remove glare from tree leaves, furniture, glass windows (at 45°), wet and dry asphalt on roads to darken the street. I use mine a lot. At night, it works best when the moon is out, near full. Otherwise I haven’t seen any better results with no moon. If you haven’t rotated it before the shot, give it a try. I will also hold the filter to my eye and look through it and rotate it to see if the area I want to capture improves with the filter. There are times when it doesn’t make much difference in the scene due to lighting conditions or the area of the sky is too close to the sun. For landscapes, it will darken the foliage, but take in mind that the ultra wide camera doesn’t do well either, longer focal lengths work best most of the time. 180° opposite the sun doesn’t do well either. 45° & 90° adjacent to the reflection or light source is best. Hope this helps.
 
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ToddH said:
The filter works by rotating the filter. I’m guessing you did that. The filter also works best at 45° and 90° angles of reflectance and sunlight. It doesn’t work well in cloudy weather unless you are shooting glass or water. But you have to rotate the filter to see the effects and if it changes the scene. The blue sky gets darker when shooting 90° or so left or right of the sun. It will also remove glare from tree leaves, furniture, glass windows (at 45°), wet and dry asphalt on roads to darken the street. I use mine a lot. At night, it works best when the moon is out, near full. Otherwise I haven’t seen any better results with no moon. If you haven’t rotated it before the shot, give it a try. I will also hold the filter to my eye and look through it and rotate it to see if the area I want to capture improves with the filter. There are times when it doesn’t make much difference in the scene due to lighting conditions or the area of the sky is too close to the sun. For landscapes, it will darken the foliage, but take in mind that the ultra wide camera doesn’t do well either, longer focal lengths work best most of the time. 180° opposite the sun doesn’t do well either. 45° & 90° adjacent to the reflection or light source is best. Hope this helps.
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makes sense, I was tinkering with it yesterday on the way home by a creek with some sun, clouds, reflection and ice. The filtered photo definitely seemed to be improved from the unfiltered photo.
 
ToddH said:
Tonight’s test shots with the 16 pro max connected to my 5” cassegrain telescope via the Move-Shoot-Move Tri-Dapter (shot through the eyepiece) mounted on the Skywatcher Star Adventurer for tracking. Night mode, HEIF with amber styles. HEIF actually looked better than ProRAW. 30” night mode.

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my goodness, that's just a stunner man!
 
New edit using purchased presets from Tyler Stalman who is a YouTuber, iPhone and videographer. His preset gets rid of the iPhones camera issue hotspots in the center frame. Bright in the middle & darker on the edges goes away. These look awesome now, less noise as well.

In Lightroom for ProRAW, the profile is set to Adobe Color instead of ProRAW. It takes away the iPhone excessive hdr and really makes photos look like they have been taken with a different camera. So try Adobe Color profile instead of ProRAW with ProRAW files. You’ll have to lift shadows some on some photos, but the color pops and renders a DSLR look.

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ProRAW screenshot

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Adobe color profile instead of ProRAW in Lightroom

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ProRAW (bottom photo, last photo) edit using the ProRAW profile. Doesn't look as good as adobe color

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