Thursday, September 16, 2021

Low Light and Night Photography

Apple introduced Deep Fusion for iPhone 11 models and iOS 13, expanding the "computational photography" to preserve details, textures and reduce noise in low light scenes. This is not a setting you turn on or off, but will happen automatically. The 9-to-5 Mac article Here’s how to find out when your iPhone 11 camera is using Deep Fusion features Metapho's ability to report on this feature back in November 2019.

The iPhone 12 Pro models stepped up with 2.5X telephoto lens and additional low-light enhancements.  Apple's article Shot on iPhone 12: Portraits, cityscapes, the night sky, is an inspirational gallery. Another resource is Use Night mode on your iPhone for iPhone 11 Pro and iPhone 12 models. Also introduced was the AppleRAW option where capturing great detail in highlights and shadows. LiDAR assists in focusing in the dark. 

Read about A dramatically more powerful camera system. With the iPhone 13 Pro model Ultra Wide camera - Macro photography has come to the native Apple Camera, with a minimum focus range at 2 centimeters - just over 3/4 inch. Macro video, time-lapse and slow motion features have also been added to this 'camera bag.' LiDAR is available for all three cameras. The 3X telephoto is an upgrade and Photographic Styles have been added. 

Before watching the Shayne videos below, note that I'm still not recommending that you update the Snapseed app on iPhone or iPad. Most Recent reviews are complaining that the app freezes. 

As further inspiration - check out these YouTube videos by Shayne Mostyn. In addition to his tips on low-light photography, the demonstrations of processing his photos in Snapseed have taught me new tricks. 


Double exposure snapseed tutorial for iOS and Android  12:56 - double exposure and masking 






by Jenham's Astro 
Digiscoping the Orion Nebula using Binoculars and a Smartphone   13:53 - use an app with manual controls exposure controls 1sec at ISO 3000, change format to either TIF or RAW and set focus.