Once I moved into a darker setting last night, I realized I might’ve been overstating my phone’s ability to render shadowy areas consistently. It becomes more difficult in low light to stitch a nocturne together without some artifacts. I remember this happening with my older phone as well. To some extent, this can be mitigated by finding a stable platform for the phone, but I’m trying to keep the gear bag empty. Last night’s “moonwalk” resulted in patchy sharpness so I decided to have some fun with treatment to see if there were some interesting directions to take the files. As some of you know, I collect inexpensive antique photographs, so those hundred year old patinas are itching to find a way into pictures I’m working on.

Phone used for photograph: Samsung Galaxy A35 5G

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