Awesome Street Light - a photo on Flickriver

This image of the sun bursting through clouds was taken from Brighton Racecourse. The street light gives the impression that it is illuminating the whole of Brighton. Awesome!

The iPhone isn't really up to a lot of zoom and the image becomes quite grainy, quite quickly, in proportion to the amount of zoom you use, and most of the foreground was in dark shadow. As far as I know the iPhone is 'aperture priority' in that it adjusts the exposure by increasing the shutter speed and always uses the same f stop number 2.4 and ISO which is 50, so there isn't much scope for landscapes where you want depth of field and sharp focussing across the image.

However, if you are out and about and you see an awesome sunset, and an iPhone is all you have handy, you can still take some pretty impressive shots with the 8mp front camera. This image was enhanced using the Adobe Photoshop Express App for iPhone, which is a bit basic, but OK for a phone app if you just want to make quick adjustments to things like contrast and brightness.

You can also adjust exposure on the iPhone by tapping the screen before you take the photograph. Tapping the screen selects the point you want to focus on and also exposes the image for that area, so the exposure can be adjusted somewhat by tapping lighter or darker areas of the image.

For more great photography tips like these, visit the new Inner Vision Photography blog.

Taken on: August 18, 2014

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Sets appears in: • iPhone 4s / 5

Camera: Apple iPhone 5, f/2.4, 1/281 sec, 4.1mm, ISO 50 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Apple iPhone 5
Aperture:	f/2.4
Exposure Time:	0.004 sec (1/281)
Focal Length:	4.1mm
ISO:	50
Flash:	Off, Did not fire
Exposure Program:	Program AE
Exposure Mode:	Auto
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Auto
Color Space:	sRGB
Software:	Photoshop Express 3.4.196
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