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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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Adobe color profile instead of ProRAW in Lightroom

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ProRAW (bottom photo, last photo) edit using the ProRAW profile. Don’t looks as good as adobe color

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great shots! do you have to purchase the full version of lightroom to access these settings?
 
Cascais, Portgual

A photo like this is really very hard to get with a DSLR. You need 16-stop ND filter, that you really can't see through in the viewfinder, and the resulting images won't be very sharp. With the iPhone 16 Pro, I can shoot images like this with a light tripod and almost no setup. And no back pain.
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great shots! do you have to purchase the full version of lightroom to access these settings?
Thank you very much

No, not really. Lightroom is a free app, but there are some features that you can’t access without having a subscription. I think right now it’s only five dollars a month. It’s worth it for me. It’s not much and I don’t notice it coming out of my account. But for the most part, it’s a free app and you can access many of the features. I think the features that include masking and subject, detection, etc., are subscription only I believe.
 
Cascais, Portgual

A photo like this is really very hard to get with a DSLR. You need 16-stop ND filter, that you really can't see through in the viewfinder, and the resulting images won't be very sharp. With the iPhone 16 Pro, I can shoot images like this with a light tripod and almost no setup. And no back pain.
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That’s a beautiful image, excellent work. and I agree about getting a good image like this with a DSLR, been there done that. The iPhone is advanced enough now to where it’s a lot of fun to use.
 
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I have my rig ready! The BeastCage & BeastGrip pro series 1.7x telephoto lens. On the iPhone, the lens is equivalent to a 40.8mm lens in 35mm. If I use the 1.2x option, it’s 49mm. This lens is so sharp and clean. I received a second one today. I chose to do that because the fist copy was a release date copy, like the iPhone. Nearly two years later, I get this one and it’s much sharper and cleaner to the edges. iPhone 16 pro max, 1x camera with the 1.7x lens attached. The shot of Orion was taken with the same lens and setup, but guided on my Skywatcher Star Adventurer for the 30” exposure to avoid any trails or alignment issues caused by the extra focal length.

https://beastgrip.com/products/beastcage-for-iphone-16-pro-max

Moon & Venus

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