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Got skunked on a great cloud photo because of my old phone camera
Last Tuesday I saw this amazing lenticular cloud forming over Mount Hood around 4 PM. It looked like a perfect flying saucer with these layers of pink from the sunset. I pulled over to grab a shot but my phone camera just couldn't handle the contrast. The cloud was crisp and defined in real life but the picture came out as a blurry white blob against a washed out sky. I stood there for maybe 10 minutes trying different settings but nothing worked. Has anyone else had a great cloud spotting moment ruined by bad camera gear?
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riley_king164mo ago
That's rough about the Mount Hood shot, a lenticular like that at sunset sounds incredible. I read somewhere that newer phone cameras are getting better at handling high contrast scenes with something called HDR, processing multiple exposures into one shot. I think that would have really helped keep the cloud detail and the sunset colors together without washing everything out.
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allen.ruby4mo ago
Actually, most phones combine those exposures automatically now. You don't need to do it manually anymore.
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