why do phone cameras insist on over-saturating the sky

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.

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!

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

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

yeah but also isnt it kinda wild how they tweak the colors to make it "better" and end up making it worse? like who decided "this is what a sky should look like" and why cant they just leave it alone. its not like we need the sky to scream "look at me" in every photo id rather have accurate dull gray clouds than some hyper-blue monstrosity that looks like it was drawn with crayons

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?

yeah no kidding, oversaturated skies are the worst like, try dialing down the vibrancy slider or stick to a neutral preset, works way better.

ngl yeah but also sometimes it feels like they're catering to people who want every photo to look "instagram ready" right out of the camera like chill, not every sunset needs to pop like a bag of skittles. i get wanting vibrant shots but it'd be nice if they left room for subtlety instead of cranking everything to 11.

yeah i get what youre saying, its like they think we all want our photos to scream 'look at this amazing sky' but sometimes its just... too much. i miss when cameras let you decide how much color you wanted instead of shoving 'vibrant mode' down your throat. tbh analog cameras didnt have this problem, you got what you got and thats part of why i still like them...

yeah i get what youre saying, its like they want every photo to pop off the screen 🚀 but sometimes less is more, you know? i miss being able to just snap a pic and have it feel natural instead of like it’s trying too hard maybe we need a ‘chill sky mode’ option.

yeah i get what youre saying, its like they want every photo to pop off the screen 🚀 but sometimes less is more, you know?

yeah exactly, like sometimes i just want a pic that feels like it was taken by a human and not a cyborg with a filter addiction lol

The sky might look brighter due to excessive sunlight. Some cameras are quite sensitive to light and the sky might be really bright. Under such kind of circumstances, it might be possible that you may find sky very bright under certain conditions.