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Last weekend I could finally test the iPhone’s night photo capabilities. The night sky was clear and the Milky Way was slightly visible over my head.<\/p>\n

I tried to shoot the Milky Way on my iPhone for the first time and here is my first result:
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No stacking, no guiding, only built-in camera software and remote camera control from my Apple Watch (one can use a timer instead). To be honest, I was impressed. Did you?<\/p>\n

Well, that’s not that easy. Here is how the photo was looked like before editing:<\/p>\n

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Slightly better than I could see with my own eyes – a good result, but a huge peace of magic should be made in photo processing software.<\/p>\n\n\n
💡<\/td>\nEven photos made with professional DSLRs should be processed to get the best possible result.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n

Personally, I prefer Pixelmator Photo for iOS<\/a>. This is a great one-time purchase alternative to Lightroom or similar software with a powerful set of coloring tools.<\/p>\n

Shooting steps<\/h2>\n

To get started, point your camera at the Milky Way or just starry sky and hold your phone still (use tripod for the better fixation).<\/p>\n

In Camera app, select main camera and select night mode with longest exposure available (10 seconds).<\/p>\n

If the phone is stationary, exposure will be turned into max available – 30 seconds. Set timer or take a photo remotely from your Apple Watch Camera app.<\/p>\n

Once done, if everything is ok, you have to do final step.<\/p>\n

Processing photos – key points<\/p>\n

Sure, you can spend hours, playing with all available settings to achieve the best possible result – and this could be surprisingly interesting.<\/p>\n

However, there are 3 key settings which have the most impact on the result:<\/p>\n

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  1. Color temp<\/li>\n
  2. Lightness settings<\/li>\n
  3. Curves<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    I suggest changing Curves first, then tuning Color temp and Lightness settings. Here are some settings for reference:<\/p>\n\n\n
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    In addition, it could be useful to make changes in Selective color if your photo has unwanted glow at the center.<\/p>\n

    Hope this guide was helpful! Feel free to download my Pixelmator preset<\/a> and play around with settings.<\/p>\n", "date_published": "2022-07-18T23:27:27+01:00", "date_modified": "2024-02-04T15:08:31+01:00", "tags": [ "how-to", "photos", "stars" ], "image": "https:\/\/renset.dev\/pictures\/IMG_9867@2x.jpg", "_date_published_rfc2822": "Mon, 18 Jul 2022 23:27:27 +0100", "_rss_guid_is_permalink": "false", "_rss_guid": "7", "_e2_data": { "is_favourite": false, "links_required": [], "og_images": [ "https:\/\/renset.dev\/pictures\/IMG_9867@2x.jpg", "https:\/\/renset.dev\/pictures\/IMG_9877@2x.jpg", "https:\/\/renset.dev\/pictures\/IMG_9929-2.PNG", "https:\/\/renset.dev\/pictures\/IMG_9930-2.PNG", "https:\/\/renset.dev\/pictures\/IMG_9931-2.PNG" ] } } ], "_e2_version": 4134, "_e2_ua_string": "Aegea 11.3 (v4134)" }