Hello!
While shooting with my camera and star tracker, I thought I'd try a Milky Way shot with my phone.
That's me pointing up!
Single 30 sec shot with a Galaxy S25.
Used my shoe as a tripod, set a 10 second timer and ran to lie down in time lol
I also put my gfs phone on the other shoe with the display unlocked facing us, as a very faint diffuse light so that we appear bright enough in the foreground.
Edited in free mobile Lightroom, just cropped a bit and then played around with contrast, brightness, saturation and denoise. Took the photo in RAW format, if you attempt it yourself this helps a lot during editing.
It's surprising how much detail you can get out of a phone camera these days...
Feedback appreciated!
This reminds me of when I went camping in the desert. My buddy woke me in the middle of the night and told me to come outside and look at the stars. I unzipped the tent, looked up, and saw the most beautiful scene of the Milky Way I’ve ever seen in my 40+ years. Seeing it with my own eyes was better than any photograph could capture (though yours is fantastic)
Thank you for reminding me of that memory 💚
I first went camping at that same beach 3 years ago.
It was a really warm summer night and I woke up at 2 am all sweaty. No wind at all. The sea was like glass and that same milky way was high in the sky.
Woke my gf up and we went for a swim at 2am... There are bioluminescent algae in the water, which we didn't know, which gave out a faint light if you disturbed the water. Sparkles all around!
Top 3 memory to this day, like a fever dream.
Glad I reminded you of yours!
That sounds like a lovely memory! Thank you for sharing 💚