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I took one semi successful photo using my crappy beat-down a20e Samsung phone. It doesn't do what we saw justice at all. https://imgur.com/5mlD22W https://img

I took one semi successful photo using my crappy beat-down a20e Samsung phone. It doesn't do what we saw justice at all. https://imgur.com/5mlD22W https://imgur.com/5mlD22W

frfl 2y ago
grafelic's image looks totally black on my crappy laptop monitor unless I turn brightness up to 100%, even then it's barely noticeable. Here's a color enhanced version of grafelic's photo that shows the color bands more easily, https://i.imgur.com/IS8JWD8.jpeg https://i.imgur.com/IS8JWD8.jpeg Added some blur after color adjustments to remove pixelation artifacts.
- bozhark 2y ago
  I’m b mobile, it’s still black with a lil highlight. Near, but definitely not retrospective
gareth_untether 2y ago
When I took photos of the northern lights on my Sony RX1 the colours became much stronger. I assumed all digital cameras captured the colours better than our eyes.
- dylan604 2y ago
  Yes, an electronic sensor is much more sensitive than our eyes. However, even within digital sensors, some are more sensitive than others. Add that sensitivity with the ability to do long exposure, and you can capture things we will never see with our naked eyes. Even with binoculars or telescopes, our eyes will just seem more photons, but pretty much without the color. That's where the digital sensors really "shine"
  - erikbye 2y ago
    Our eyes definitely do not see "pretty much without the color". Born and raised in Norway I've watched more aurora borealis than I care to count. On many occassions you could see all kinds of colors and dancing lights with the naked eye, very strong and vivid, too. Important to be in a dark environment without light pollution. At the arctic circle during polar night you will see northern lights that almost match the most stunning photos you have seen.
grafelic 2y ago
Here are some quality photos from Denmark: https://www.dr.dk/nyheder/vejret/saa-vildt-ser-det-ud-se-nattens-nordlys-her https://www.dr.dk/nyheder/vejret/saa-vildt-ser-det-ud-se-nat...
- bavell 2y ago
  Incredible!

I took one semi successful photo using my crappy beat-down a20e Samsung phone. It doesn't do what we saw justice at all. https://imgur.com/5mlD22W https://imgur.com/5mlD22W

frfl 2y ago

grafelic's image looks totally black on my crappy laptop monitor unless I turn brightness up to 100%, even then it's barely noticeable. Here's a color enhanced version of grafelic's photo that shows the color bands more easily, https://i.imgur.com/IS8JWD8.jpeg https://i.imgur.com/IS8JWD8.jpeg Added some blur after color adjustments to remove pixelation artifacts.

bozhark 2y ago
I’m b mobile, it’s still black with a lil highlight. Near, but definitely not retrospective

gareth_untether 2y ago

When I took photos of the northern lights on my Sony RX1 the colours became much stronger. I assumed all digital cameras captured the colours better than our eyes.

dylan604 2y ago
Yes, an electronic sensor is much more sensitive than our eyes. However, even within digital sensors, some are more sensitive than others. Add that sensitivity with the ability to do long exposure, and you can capture things we will never see with our naked eyes. Even with binoculars or telescopes, our eyes will just seem more photons, but pretty much without the color. That's where the digital sensors really "shine"
- erikbye 2y ago
  Our eyes definitely do not see "pretty much without the color". Born and raised in Norway I've watched more aurora borealis than I care to count. On many occassions you could see all kinds of colors and dancing lights with the naked eye, very strong and vivid, too. Important to be in a dark environment without light pollution. At the arctic circle during polar night you will see northern lights that almost match the most stunning photos you have seen.

grafelic 2y ago

Here are some quality photos from Denmark: https://www.dr.dk/nyheder/vejret/saa-vildt-ser-det-ud-se-nattens-nordlys-her https://www.dr.dk/nyheder/vejret/saa-vildt-ser-det-ud-se-nat...

bavell 2y ago
Incredible!