Milky Way (RAW) - Edited with Snapseed

[u/ped0ph0be]

I was so thrilled this came out as good as it did. I was totally impressed by what mobile phone photography is capable of. Wow.

Edits: exposure, shadows, tint, and subtle outer vignette (dark).

[u/Bro_its_just_bao]

Amazing shot man, I have a similar image I posted a while ago. I recommend using a tripod, the phone automatically unlocks 30s exposure and also lowering the exposure by -1 to -1 1/2. iPhones tends to over processes when it tries to bring back detail at normal exposure

https://www.reddit.com/r/iPhoneography/s/948FXvPnva

[u/ped0ph0be → u/Bro_its_just_bao]

Thanks man. Yeah I just set the phone on top of the car, lenses facing up.

[u/mdroz9999]

What steps did you use to originally get this shot?

[u/ped0ph0be → u/mdroz9999]

Happened to be in a dark, minimal light pollution place at night. Could see the nebula shown with naked eye, although not with much detail. Just looked like a light haze of smog. Opened up my iPhone, adjusted exposure to be darker than the default. Then set it face down on my car with lenses pointed up at sky and made sure it was in RAW format to bring out the details later.

[u/Huge-Kangaroo-5024]

Can shots like this be gotten without all the editing serious question and can somebody explain to me how

[u/ped0ph0be → u/Huge-Kangaroo-5024]

Shooting in RAW lets you bring out the detail while editing. The original picture is cool but not as cool as the edit. Amateur photographer here. There’s nothing wrong with editing to make the picture how you want it. It’s like tinting a car’s windows and putting rims on it to make it how you want it. At its core, it’s still the stock vehicle.

[u/aarongruber510 → u/Huge-Kangaroo-5024]

Yes you can without editing but you will need extraordinary modificated Infrared Camera. These are used for Astro-Photography.

You have to understand the internal processing of your Camera. its a fixed Color/Exposure Processing that happens inside your Camera, sometimes you can change that with different Picture Profiles but the manufacture sets it in the first place to guarantee a consistent Output.
If you shoot in Raw, you have the ability to "create" your own processing. Basic Curve Adjustments, Set the Whites, Blacks, and so on.

When people talk about editing you have to differentiate between Color Processing and Color Grading.

[u/Huge-Kangaroo-5024 → u/aarongruber510]

Thanks for the explanation

[u/shoqman]

This is cool, but half of what you’re seeing is color sensor noise. Longer exposure at lower iso would fix that.