Tim AkimoffAug 12, 2023

I placed my phone up against a beer can on a picnic table and set it for a 30-second nighttime exposure.

I am sometimes surprised by what it picks up that I cannot necessarily process with my own vision.

This capture absolutely floored me.

Show threadCristin PescosolidoAug 12, 2023
@TimAkimoff some unusual noise patterns in the star field. were you by any chance using a phone that is known to artificially augment night time photos? like a Samsung?
https://www.theverge.com/2023/3/13/23637401/samsung-fake-moon-photos-ai-galaxy-s21-s23-ultra
Samsung caught faking zoom photos of the Moon

A Reddit post has revealed just how much post-processing the Galaxy S23’s camera applies when it detects it’s taking a photo of the Moon, inserting extra detail that isn’t present in reality.

The Verge
Show threadBoxOfSnooAug 12, 2023
@rocketdyke @TimAkimoff Probably just compression and denoising. It just gives it a cool "painted" look though. Was it taken as ProRAW, Tim?
Show threadTim Akimoff
@boxofsnoo @rocketdyke It was not. It was taken with the standard night shot with a 30-second exposure.
Aug 13, 2023 at 1:23amWeb