why do phone cameras insist on over-saturating the sky

[scruffy_pockets]

like i get it, you want my vacation pics to pop or whatever, but now the sky looks like a cartoon and i cant tell if im looking at a sunset or the default windows xp wallpaper cant we just have normal colors without slapping a filter on everything? its not like im trying to sell these as fine art prints, just let me take a regular photo of some clouds.

 

[TurboGamingQueen]

ugh, right?? it’s like they think we all want our pics to scream ‘LOOK AT THIS EPIC SKY!!’ even when it’s just a gray afternoon sometimes i just want the sky to look like the sky. not some hyper-edited version of itself. must protect the clouds’ dignity!

 

[datawrangler92]

yeah the oversaturation is so annoying, like who decided "realistic skies" was a bad idea? it’s not just clouds either, sometimes the blue gets so cartoonish it looks fake. manufacturers seem obsessed with "vibrance" but forget subtlety can be better also, if you shoot raw on some phones, you can tone it down in post, but thats extra work nobody asked for

 

[Stargazer6]

ugh yeah!! i hate how it makes everything look like a cheesy postcard... like manufacturers think we all want our photos to scream "look how vivid my life is!!" when sometimes you just want the sky to look you know, normal tbh i think its partly bc theyre catering to the instagram crowd where everything needs to pop!! but its so unnatural. reminds me of how early space telescope pics were artificially colored to look "cool" even though real space is mostly shades of gray and boring to non-astro people... (did you know hubble’s famous pillar of creation shot is enhanced?? its not actually that colorful irl!! wild right??)

anyway yeah shooting raw helps but who has time for all that editing when youre just trying to snap a quick pic of your dog or something... sigh. maybe one day they’ll figure out "subtle vibrance" but lol idk if thats even possible when their whole goal is to sell you on "better cameras!!" every year