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A couple of months ago we had some neighbors over, a couple and their two sons, for an early dinner in the back yard. They just got back from a family vacation

A couple of months ago we had some neighbors over, a couple and their two sons, for an early dinner in the back yard. They just got back from a family vacation, and one of the sons showed me some photos he took on his iPhone. The photos were in focus and well composed, but everything had a strong orange cast. They almost reminded me of Kodacolor negatives [1] but of course they were positives, not negatives, just very orange. I meant to ask if he was using some artistic filter or manual white balance, but I figured "he's having fun showing his pictures, let him run with it." Then the other son showed some photos on his phone, and they were orange too! It wasn't until later when I got a glimpse of their mom's phone that I realized what the problem was. She didn't have a photo on the screen, just some text or a web page that would have a white background. You guessed it, that was orange too. And I finally realized they all had Apple's Night Shift turned on. Well, if nothing else, this gives me a good excuse to get together with them again so I can see their photos as they were meant to be seen. :-) [1] https://web.archive.org/web/20101128030127/http://photo.net/learn/orange-negative-mask https://web.archive.org/web/20101128030127/http://photo.net/...

schiffern 3y ago
>get together with them again so I can see their photos as they were meant to be seen. :-) Let's be honest. You don't care about seeing the photos, you just relish the chance to correct their "mistake." :-D As someone who keeps Night Shift on 24 hours a day for eye comfort (actually 23 hours and 57-ish minutes per day; the as-always anti-user Apple doesn't permit you to turn it on 24 hours a day), it sounds like they might have their Night Shift slider a tad too high. Personally, I set it at about 60%. Whites don't look orange, but they're no longer radioactive eye-melting blue. :) And yes, I do occasionally use blue-reducing eyewear. The ones I purchased are visibly tinted yellow, because I understand (basic) color theory!

schiffern 3y ago

>get together with them again so I can see their photos as they were meant to be seen. :-) Let's be honest. You don't care about seeing the photos, you just relish the chance to correct their "mistake." :-D As someone who keeps Night Shift on 24 hours a day for eye comfort (actually 23 hours and 57-ish minutes per day; the as-always anti-user Apple doesn't permit you to turn it on 24 hours a day), it sounds like they might have their Night Shift slider a tad too high. Personally, I set it at about 60%. Whites don't look orange, but they're no longer radioactive eye-melting blue. :) And yes, I do occasionally use blue-reducing eyewear. The ones I purchased are visibly tinted yellow, because I understand (basic) color theory!