Battle of the Cameras: My iPhone Yielded the Pot of Gold
Ever found a rainbow’s elusive pot of gold?
My Canon DSLR just couldn’t do it. It just couldn’t give me the pot of gold that my iPhone did, with this panorama of a sudden rainbow emerging off my back deck. To get to that pot of gold, I tried both my Canon Rebel XSi and my iPhone cameras, but it was my iPhone 5s that trumped with its HDR Panorama feature.
To truly bring out the intensity and spectacular perfection of the rainbow’s spectrum, I relied on Adobe Lightroom on my big iMac color-adjusted monitor. While I’m a fan of iPad photo editing apps (especially Snapseed and Photo FX) for my iPhone shots, I didn’t trust the iPad Mini’s small retina screen to allow the detail the image could yield, as you can see in this crop (below) from the same pano photo, Pot of Gold (shown uncropped above).
Perhaps it’s an unfair comparison, because that wily rainbow was fading away by the time I had my Canon DSLR ready to shoot, but despite many brave efforts made later in Lightroom, the Canon DSLR rainbow wouldn’t give up much of its charms:
A few caveats: If printing were a consideration, I’d have to make my photograph with my Canon DSLR, no question. The resolution required to print a crisp, clean image just isn’t there (yet) in our iPhones. And the beauty we see from a small but glowing back-lit display makes it hard for prints on mere paper to compete with iPhotos. But—not bad for a humble iPhone photo, is it? ♣
Take at look at more of my photographs made courtesy of Mother Nature’s largesse at my Naturescapes Shop.
Let’s continue the dialogue these photographs began: Which camera do you think wins out in the Battle of the Cameras?
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Yes, it continues to amaze me that the iPhone can produce such images.
Isn’t it grand? One of the sweetest unexpected pleasures of the iPhone, especially with its HDR function. Thanks for visiting, Sally!
My pleasure…
iPhone shot wins, I think. But I’ve printed many photos from my phone and get a pretty good quality photo, even when enlarged to an 11×17 that I’ve done to frame.
Glad to hear you got a print you were happy with from your iPhone. Sooner or later, my love for my iPhone photographs will drive me to try it. Thanks for commenting, Angeline, hope the unpacking is going pleasantly.
I think it is the HDR that saved the Iphone shot ( interesting that it is built in) as you would need to rescue the tones that may get lost with a single exposure.
Yes, on the iPhone 5s the HDR option is oft-overlooked, but I never shoot without it. Every single image is enhanced by it. I continue to be amazed at the way the iPhone camera knocks it out of the park.
I like the panorama shots.
janet
Thanks, Janet, I am so in love with the panorama camera on my iPhone! Are you using one, too?
I am, a 5S, my first smartphone. Love the camera!!!
Yes, isn’t it a treat?!
Fascinating jann. I love it
Thanks, Tom. Are you an iPhone shooter too? And a fan of its panoramas?