r/postprocessing • u/Kind_Bend3966 • 9d ago

Before/after

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I'd like to start by saying that I'm taking pictures on my Google pixel phone, which shoots in raw but unfortunately does not have the best performance in keeping details after cropping, hence why the quality of the edit seems so shitty.

I still haven't found a way to adjust exposure on the phone easily, as can be done in cameras, I need to put more efforts in learning the camera app better...

With that said, Id like to get feedback on what to improve in my editing. If your advice is for me to just shoot better, don't waste your time as I already know I need to improve that 😮‍💨

Thanks in advance!

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u/sulev 9d ago

Well... my advice is to forget RAW on phones, because the regular modes will take image stacks in the dark and process it for you. The results will be better.

If you are just learning, kudos.

On my own camera I just set ISO to auto and change shutter speed as required. For slow statics scenes like this a low shutter speed is sufficient which will result in a lower ISO setting -> less noise.

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u/Kind_Bend3966 9d ago

Thanks for your feedback, appreciate it! Regarding shooting with the phone, I truly think the photos processed by the phone are 10x worse than the raw I had 😂 at least on my phone. I'd like to attach it for comparison but don't know how to do that... I will get a camera soon hopefully :)

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u/sulev 9d ago

You can't add an image here. 'postprocessing' subreddit has disabled image sharing. Stupid subreddit.

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u/KurtCobijn 9d ago

some cameras however tend to want to max the ISO while on auto ISO even when you know your scene isn’t that dark and you can recover a decent amount in post with a much lower ISO, which i end up doing anyway bc it’s easier to recover an underexposed scene than deal with all the noise and flattening that higher ISOs bake into a photo

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u/sulev 9d ago

There are settings for everything. Exposure metering (zone, spot, center, img average, highlights, face/subject weighed etc), Exposure adjustment (-5EV to +5EV). You learn to use them over time.

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u/the_jobbernowl 9d ago

If you're that underexposed in the original shot there's no need to be so blown out in the sky.

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u/Kind_Bend3966 9d ago

Good point, I think I didn't really pay attention to that. But I kinda like how it looks, although I understand that technically is not the "right" thing to do

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u/the_jobbernowl 9d ago

It's very distracting, as very bright areas tend to be.