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It’s ok, your moon photos aren’t fake, they are just enhanced - quite a bit

It’s ok, your moon photos aren’t fake, they are just enhanced - quite a bit

Have you taken a photo of the moon recently? I almost did, the other day, when I spotted a fabulous moment here in Dubai. It was almost a blood-red moon.

I didn’t bother. Because I knew it wouldn’t look as good as I could “see” it with my own eyes, irrespective of whether I used iPhone or Samsung. I just resolved to stare at it a little while longer. Then I did a silent nod of thanks to the world for the experience and got on with my evening.

If I had taken a photo, though, would it have turned out magically amazingly brilliant?

9to5mac has a lot more details on the issue of “moon photo enhancing”: Read on.