The pot of gold UNDER the rainbow…

Calgecko

As everyone knows, CA has been getting pummeled with rain. Well today we got a peel of sunlight and this opportunity presented itself. You can’t have a rainbow without some rain.

Hang in there all of you California folks!

Hey the reservoirs are filling back up. God knows what he's doing.

Wowzers... that is a very wide wide angle. 12mm lens?

RagnarKon

Wowzers... that is a very wide wide angle. 12mm lens?

iPhone :) .. I left the good camera at home accidentally.

some more (iPhone) photos from my outing today..

Nice photo under the rainbow. Haha. I like it!

Calgecko

iPhone :) .. I left the good camera at home accidentally.

Oh wow... apparently I need to learn how to use my iPhone better.

Awesome photos (as usual).

RagnarKon

Oh wow... apparently I need to learn how to use my iPhone better.

Awesome photos (as usual).

LOL ... thanks! granted, I shot in RAW on the phone, and transferred them to my computer when I got home so I could edit them properly :)

Calgecko

As everyone knows, CA has been getting pummeled with rain. Well today we got a peel of sunlight and this opportunity presented itself. You can’t have a rainbow without some rain.

True that! Nice photo.

Calgecko

LOL ... thanks! granted, I shot in RAW on the phone, and transferred them to my computer when I got home so I could edit them properly :)

I wasn't sure on the rainbow picture... but yeah... the second set of pictures have a lot more dynamic range than what you'd get out of Apple's default image processor.

I worked in television for a little over a decade as a video engineer, so I'm fairly familiar with cameras, lenses, etc. But obviously my wheelhouse is video and not still images. I've been meaning to get into still photography for a LONG time, but just haven't taken the plunge yet. With cell phone cameras these days I don't really have any excuse not to give it a try--don't even have to buy equipment.

Do you just turn on ProRAW or do you use a third party app?

RagnarKon

I wasn't sure on the rainbow picture... but yeah... the second set of pictures have a lot more dynamic range than what you'd get out of Apple's default image processor.

I worked in television for a little over a decade as a video engineer, so I'm fairly familiar with cameras, lenses, etc. But obviously my wheelhouse is video and not still images. I've been meaning to get into still photography for a LONG time, but just haven't taken the plunge yet. With cell phone cameras these days I don't really have any excuse not to give it a try--don't even have to buy equipment.

Do you just turn on ProRAW or do you use a third party app?

I'm using an older IPhone 13 Pro Max, and it has a native ability to shoot in RAW, so I used that on these images :)

Today’s phone cameras take better pictures than yesterday’s professional cameras.