samsung galaxy s21 camera tips and tricks for photographing the night sky
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 14 พ.ค. 2024
- In this video, we will look at the Samsung galaxy s21 camera tips and tricks for photographing the night sky. There is a lot that the Samsung S21 Ultra can do with its camera and it's one of the best cameras for photographing the night sky. We will look at some editing tips and tricks as well as moon photography tips. If you want to know how to photograph the moon with your phone, we will teach the best settings for that sort of photography in this video.
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0:00 start
0:49 how to photograph the pink moon with your phone
7:20 Light painting with your S21 Ultra
11:20 How to photograph the milky way with your phone
14:50 How to take a selfie under the stars
16:09 How to use double exposure tool in snapseed
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I'm freakin jealous of the people that can walk outside and see the milky way. Hell I'm lucky to look up & count past 13 on the clearest nights.
you must be in or near a large city...bummer
what are stars lmao. I remember seeing them as a kid thats about it.
I am lucky enough to live in New Zealand and used to somewhat take it for granted until I found out that the main reason for Asian tourists was so they could see the night sky.
Satellite images of the Earth at night are crazy!
I have been night kayaking on lakes away from development and the stars are reflecting in the still water. With a bit of imagination it is like paddling thru a galaxy!
It should probably be noted that we humans generally see the night sky in black and white, not the colour a digital camera captures. Video tech not there yet so nice to have a 'unique' experience.
Gotta come to taos NM the skies are amazing
I haven't seen stars since 1991.
Really really enjoyed this! Thank you so much for taking the time to help those who are interested. You rock!🤗
Thank you so much. I’ve learned so much about my phone’s camera from you and my images are much better than they used to be.
Awesome! Thats so good to hear.
Bloody good. I have done everything just on my phone for years but you're inspiring me to start editing on a computer. Thanks for all the tips
Thanks for watching you Bloody Legend!
You are a bloody legend mate.
Thanks for the info!
Happyphotographymate
Thanks for watching you Bloody Legend!
Thanks to your video I was actually able to capture a couple of shots with my phone....Thanks
Great work! Thank you for sharing all your knowledge.
Cheers mate
I will have to give this a go. I respect your talent and appreciate the tips. You are also very gracious with your time in replying to all of the questions in the comment section. You're a solid fellow.
Thanks for the kind words mate.
WOW! That was fascinating! Now subbed! TFS 👍 ❤
Excellent job, thank you.
Thanks for watching!
Great video! Thanks again!
Glad you enjoyed it mate
What a talent in photography! Bloody good!
Thanks for watching you Bloody Legend!
I also have s21 ultra exynos. This makes me wanna do some galactic photography. 😅
i like the very detailed way he explains things
Man amazing photos. I bought the tripod and phone holder in the comments. Gonna give this a go myself. I am not the best at photography, still have my training wheels on for sure so videos like this help! Thanks gor sharing!
Go for it mate! It takes time to learn, but hopefully this video makes it a bit easier for you.
Hey Shayne, just finally got the Manfrotto tripod in. Is there a special way the phone holder in the description is supposed to attach? Forgive my ignorance and thanks for the content and help!
@@hhomarcus it will screw into the baseplate that comes with the tripod mate
I see I need thorough training on Snapseed.
Thank you for the share sir, outstanding as always!
I'm thinking of getting the s22 ultra this video is awesome 👌🏼
Amazing. Thanks for the tips. 👍
Cheers mate, thanks for watching :)
Realy good video Shayne👏👏
Glad you enjoyed it mate
Amazing! Been wanting to try this with my note 20ultra, unfortunately not been able due to light pollution. So wanting a photo like yours!
Keep up the awesome pics coming!
Cheers!
Cheers mate, thanks for watching :)
As a very old newbie can I say I am impressed by your enthusiasm and gobsmacked by your knowledge, thanks a million, you now have an illiterate follower, cheers !
Wow Mind blowing you have started me off. now i can test this S21 out. thank you for the inspiration. and showing your magical photos.
Thanks mate, I really appreciate that. Very kind of you.
Hey legend last night I tried 100x zoom on fill moon and got pretty good results which I was surprised I got. All I did hit 30x then 50x then focused it then 100x times zoom. I locked focus and got rather nice shots. 30x zoom is good too. I'm surprised how 100x zoom turned out. I'll edit them soon from my s21 ultra. It's great how your getting all these shots and I'm learning from you.
Milky way shot wow that looks amazing. I'm going to try that as that looks awesome. Milky way shot was taken with s21 ultra? Zoom feature on phones will get better and better in next few years. I'm looking forward to when you get Huawei p50pro and test it under clear dark skies to see how great it is!
Keep up the great work mate your channel is legendary!!!
This sounds awesome. I've just bought a Galaxy S21 pro. Now got to learn how to use all the settings to take a great moon pic.
Cheers mate, thanks for watching :)
That’s amazing!
Cheers mate, thanks for watching :)
I managed to photograph the moon on my s21 ultra. Difficult without a tripod and i used about 49.8x zoom. Like you said pulling that back a bit and using a larger iso setting will improve that. Great tips.
Cheers mate, thanks for watching :)
Totally agree, I find 10x to be near optically perfect (incredible for a mobile phone) and the extra 3x digital cropping/processing to get to 30x is entirely acceptable, to the point where its equivalent to digital cropping the 10x image off-camera. But I wouldn't say the same between 30x and 100x. It is, as you rightly say, a fad, but fun for instantly sharing with friends, although it's worth spending 10 seconds cropping the 30x using the phone's crop tool if you're not in a hurry. Top video mate 👍👍
Cheers mate, good comment. Thanks for watching.
Man incredible... Never will forget the first time I caught the ISS on a long exposure with the S8 ... I wonder how much better the new one is contrasted with the one in this video
Stunning
Thank you! Cheers!
Picked up an inexpensive rebel tiii off of ebay a couple years ago to try this type of night photography. Great to get some ideas on using cellphone camera technology. New sub here and to Facebook. Best, N8
Thanks so much for watching. Welcome aboard!
Subbed. You're really talented and enjoyable to watch. Thanks for your work bud!
Thanks so much for watching. Welcome aboard!
Phone technologies is amazing! I was blown away of him zooming on that moon,I'm like no way! I tried with old phone and you get a red blurr of the moon.But this S21Ultra is like having a telescope.Wow! Makes me want to get me a newer phone like the one he's using.
Cheers mate, thanks for watching :)
good work really
Thank you! Cheers!
BLOODY F AWESOME 👌!
Thanks for watching you Bloody Legend!
I subscribed and like because I love mobile photography
Thanks so much for watching. Welcome aboard!
Thankyou!
You're welcome!
Handshake: Bloody good mate! Some great stuff for use Ultra users. I may have to join Facebook, not that I want to :-) just so I can connect more with like-minded people.
may your weather always be CAVU
Fly Fun, Fly Safe, Just Fly and take those Shots.
Thanks mate, you might get a bit out of it. Some talented people there taking some great shots. What is CAVU?
@@ShayneMostyn Sounds good I will check it out.
smiling CAVU Ceiling and Visibility Unlimited.
very useful! And I am jealous of people that have a Milky Way to shoot.
I know that it's very tough to make this kind of useful video your spending lots of your valuable time night time shooting have lot's of risks behind this great job bro keep rocking be safe Love from india 🤠👍👏👏👏👏
Thanks mate, I really appreciate that. Very kind of you.
bloody awesome
Cheers mate, thanks for watching :)
What kind of editor are you using for the merge ? Because in the basic editor I don't have these options.
Nice job brother..one of my favorite things to photograph are dead or dying trees..I live on Florida coast and get some awesome pics in the inlets where trees are worn from coastal winds..the eventually will up root and are like pieces of art
Cheers mate, I think they make great subject for this type of pic
I've taken a moon picture with 100x zoom and it was pretty good considering. I've had some pretty detailed moon pictures between 30-60 zoom on the s21 ultra. One now got the s22 ultra and just taken a picture of the starry night in England 😊
Nice!
Amazing
Thank you! Cheers!
What tripod adapter are you using with the w1 ultra ,, great vids ,great real life experience ,really appreciate them . Sorry saw that info in the comments , just another senior moment
All good mate
Man ive always wanted to know how people actually take such good photos of the milky way lol
thanks for these awesome tips you definitely help me, but I was wondering if you could do a more in-depth video, on how you really capture those cool lighting pictures and how to improve my photography skills, because I can never capture the stars at night as it just ends up looking black.
Gday mate, there are actually a few videos I Have done that are more in depth. Have a look through my videos, you will find some.
How come 15 guys have pressed on the Dislike button ??? It’s perfectly entertaining, cleverly done and informative !!! Congrats man.
Thanks mate, I appreciate it. Its the internet, people are going to hate, its just the way it is.
Mainly jealousy or their own ineptitude.
I discovered your videos by searching S21 Ultra Astro and since i bought one this friday, a refurbished one, Exynos, and i'm loving your content🤩. Can you tell me if you are still enjoying your S21 Ultra Exynos, specially for night shots? have you tried a snapdragon S21 ultra? Cause here, in Europe, is hard to get access to a snapdragon but i wanted to know if i would miss out. Thank you!
First time watching you...
Hope you enjoyed it!
Is this also working with the Samsung 21? Because I don't have this trees.
Hi! Loving your content but I got a question, wend you are fixing the picture of you and the flashlight are you using snapseed or is it something else? Trying to get for example the selective edit but I can't find it? It looks all different for me.
That photo is edited with Lightroom. You can do this even with the free version of lightroom. Thanks mate.
Got this phone a few days ago and astonished by the quality everything zoom wise up to 30x is usable and it looks great the 100x zoom really seems to have too much aberration I think is the word I'm looking for.
Phenomenal phone for photography though I still haven't discovered all the things it can do.
Can u recommend any settings or apps that can help with removing low light grain or any other issues that occur when shooting in low light?
Cheers mate. Definitely Lightroom. The luminance slider does the job very well.
Thanks for the tips. Do you think it is possible to take good shots with the "normal" S21?
Yes, absolutely
Thx for the answer ;)
Hi, ypu said you press the button, do you have a remote button for it? If so where could I get one? Ypu videos have really inspired me
No I dont use one mate. You can get them. But I dont use one. You can just use a 3 second timer if you need one.
What tools do u use to edit?
Wow I have no issue doing this handheld. I have the snapdragon version and it's very reliable focusing on the moon.
Oh I can do it handheld too, I generally use the tripod as much as I can in these videos because Im dealing with torches, lights and the video camera. It does generally take a bit of time to focus though.
@@ShayneMostyn i have the s20 Ultra and I had the same issues sometimes not focusing on the moon, but you need to enable the scene optimizer on the camera settings, then the phone will recognize its the moon and it will focus completely fine, the scene optimizer is the thing on the top right corner that kooks like a flower or something, try that!
U good
If I traded it in my phone for an S23 Ultra could I do the same thing that you're doing with the S21 Ultra? I was leaning more toward an iPhone but you're proving that I could do this with a Samsung? Great video.
I've got awesome shots of the moon with this phone @ 70 odd x zoom and you can actually tell all the textures really really clear
Its pretty impressive
What tripod are you using?
I have the Note20 Ultra, same principles? I'd like to try this out!
Exactly the same mate.
I got s2 ultra, right now I'm gonna try this.
Cheers mate, thanks for watching :)
I'm trying all this for the first time are there any apps that I should download for better pictures? Thanks from Gloucester MA USA.
No mate, the standard camera app on the S21 is all you need.
@@ShayneMostyn thank you much appreciated
Struth mate you are amazing! Hell$tra gave me such a phone for a token to shut me up!
Because I live remotely, I can only deal with Hell$tra too. Its good you got a free phone out of the experience though.
@@ShayneMostyn Mate has an old Patrol and a telescope so we are going to Chilagoe where Astronomers thrive. Your advise will be with us!
Does anyone know the setting for a mountain that is far away during sunset?
Thanks for the tips. I tried this tonight and all I got was a bright white picture. I live an area with lots of light pollution but tonight was perfectly clear and the moon was almost full. Can you help? Ty
honestly, you are a genius!!! Do you ever use moment lenses with the S21 ultra for the night sky? Also, do you ever use, or can you recommend a beastgrip equivalent for the phone as they only seem to make them for iphone right now.
Seriously tho, you are a legend!
Thanks mate. I have a video coming next month that may answer your lens question. I have never used a beastgrip mate, so I cant really help you on that one sorry.
Please edit software
If you turn on the scene optimiser at the bottom right corner it picks it up better
Thanks mate. That doesn't seem to make any difference. When I do turn it on it seems to take just as long sometimes. Then occasionally it will even tell me to try food mode. It takes time but still its good for a phone
Thais for the very intuitive vid Mossy, not sure what the wb was set at for your sky pics, MF max, Shutter 30ish, iso 3200. I'm hoping in the future we can make and save our own template.
Do you have photo presets to download here in the US?
Yes mate, all of the presets on my website will work worldwide. They are at phonephotoschool.com.au thanks mate
Your moon is upside down ... love it🏴 👍
Only for you up there in the northern hemisphere, but here, down under, its the right way up ;)
@@ShayneMostyn 😂.just got my s21 ultra... crazy cameras on this phone. Can't wait to try and capture the milky way when it clears the houses that surround me 🌌😊
I take pretty useful photos of the moon with my S21 using the same technique just zooming to 26.2 to 26.5.
Thanks for sharing mate.
Hey buddy please reply why my s21 ultra doesn't have this settings and options like yours
Not sure mate. This is an older video now. So I assume the software has changed since then
Hey I've been trying to use the double exposure function for basically the same purpose and for some reason when it's loading the overlapping picture the blue loading wheel stays on screen and won't complete therefore not letting me press the tick and move on. Has anyone else had this problem? anyone have a solution?
I find this can take a long time when dealing with RAW files. Sometimes it just never gets there. So I edit the photos individually and export the JPEGs and then try the double exposure. It seems to work.
What editing software do you use for the Samsung 21 Ultra
Lightroom and Snapseed
@@ShayneMostyn thank you so much I've only just got the S21 Ultra. I love your tricks and photos keep up the amazing work you do.
I'm a bloody legend 😁
Thanks for watching you Bloody Legend!
The issue is it's trying to fight shaking so much that it's fighting you on getting it in the middle. it keeps wanting to lock in so it wont let you move.
Hi Shayne,
Do you use the Exynos version? Can't locate your accent actually 🤔✔️
Im Australian mate. We get the Exynos version
Shayne Mostyn - Mobile Photography Impressive video mate 👌🏻. Many reviewers state that the snapdragon version is better in photos 🤷🏻♂️. I wanted to quit the Apple sect and buy this S21Ultra. The switch is sooo difficult to make. #AppleIsCocaine 😱
@@hdmedia7404 I actually use the iPhone s my daily phone. The S21U takes amazing photos, but getting them onto the iMac is a royal pain. It works so intermittently.
Shayne Mostyn - Mobile Photography Haha! Thx for your honesty ;) You're stuck in the Apple ecosystem, it is hard to switch to an Android phone. Hope the iPhone 13 gets 120hz. Otherwise I take this S21U.
You should try capturing by saying 'capture'. Should keep things all nice and steady.
Can you do this with the s21+? I know the cameras aren’t as good mostly but I am just curious
Yes for sure. Pretty much any phone camera with manual controls and a dark sky.
@@ShayneMostyn thanks for the fast reply. My s21+ is coming Tuesday and astrophotography is one of the main reasons I upgraded from the iPhone XR, as the xr can’t get a good picture of anything it seems.
May sound like a silly question, but are you using the Snapdragon or Exynos variant of the phone? I believe it's the latter but still wanna ask. :)
It’s the exynos
Espero me entiendas pero mi inglés no es bueno, deberías probarlo para cielo profundo de gran campo, como la nebulosa de Orion, Andromeda, the Whirlpool Galaxy, etc, objetos luminosos, probar bien ahí la calidad del sensor, ver detalles, porque si se ve que entrega las fotos con algo de ruido, yo estoy usando un Realme 7 Pro, pero para foto una cámara básica, una Canon T6, apenas ando empezando pero ya he visto que los equipos anteriores no se van a comparar con una apsc o algo así, son equipos móviles con algunas mejoras, pero mientras su sensor sea pequeño no se logra algo muy bueno, la vía láctea es algo luminosa y no tan detallada en campo amplio
I will be trying some of that in the future mate.
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Thanks for watching you Bloody Legend!
What kind of Editor he applied?
Is the photo editor part of the Samsung camera or a separate app?
I use Snapseed and Lightroom mate. Both are apps to download.
@@ShayneMostyn legend for responding. Thank you. I learned a lot from your vids!
I would use manual focus if I was doing this
What is the darkness level of the sky by you? Unfortunately the darkest I can get within a reasonable distance is a Bortle class 4.
Also...have you spent much time using the lightroom mobile software? It's definitely not as feature rich, but with my S21 ultra and Samsung Dex mode, I can make pretty quick work of most of my editing needs.
2,3 and sometimes i shoot in 4. Yes I use LR often mate.
hello is a 2$ tripod good enough for beginners?
Should be mate.
i like to photo the moon. but its so hard to find a cell to take a good pic of it. even the S20U cannot got the better one. however after i used the xiaomi 10u or xiaomi 11u. i can got the good one without any additional skill. just need keep my hands stable.
This is probably the best phone on the market for moon photos mate.
Turn on the scene enhancer and it will switch to moon mode.
Thanks mate, I have found this makes zero difference. When I have it on, it tends to take a long time as well. In fact, it will often tell me its in food mode.
the moon shot was a pain because u have scene optimizer off with moon shots it makes the picture way better but with everything else sometimes it ruins the colours
Yeah I have thought that as well mate, so i have tried both. I honestly done think it made a difference. A couple of people have said the same thing, but I just dont see any change. Cheers mate
@@ShayneMostyn idk maybe on the ultra it does nothing but on my s20+ its a very big difference.. it actually goes from a blob of white to something decent.. great video non the less keep it up!
good night, but there is a samsung galaxy s20 fe?
Any tips for shooting fireworks?
I would use 30 seconds and iso 400 as a start. If its too blurry, drop the shutter to 15. You may end up dropping the ISO all the way down to 200 or so as well. It will depend a little on the ambient light and the fireworks.
Why u didn't use the scene optimization for the moon shoot? 😭
I have found it makes no difference. I have taken so many with and without and I cant see any difference.
when i toggle manual focus I see 0.0 to 1.0...which one is infinite? the 1 or the 0?
All the way is infinite. I have found that some phones will need to back it off a notch to get good focus. I would try both mate.
Have you any videos using a s21 not the ultra
No mate, but all principles here are exactly the same
I accidentally captured two UFOs with my Huawei p40 lite e but I upgraded my phone to the Samsung galaxy s21 ultra 5g and sent the pictures to my Samsung and I was able to use the zoom to look closer at both UFOs and again I accidentally captured the two so how fast would they have been travelling
😂😂 ufo?😂
How can I leave the S21 taking 30s exposures repeatedly (of the Milky Way or hoping to grab meteors).
There is an app called intervalometer. Thats the one you want. I have done a video about it in the past.
Notification squad?
What do you mean mate??
@@ShayneMostyn oh I was just saying I was a part of the notification squad and was checking who else was here😅
Where is tools in samsung s21 ultra?
subtítulos para español
me crying with A50 samsung😥😭😭😭😭😢😢 also is it possible with an app in appstore to get the perfect photo?