Our smartphones, which we use as if they were small computers, provide us with a large number of tools in one place, which we would normally have to carry around with huge bags to keep them all together. It wouldn’t be wrong to say that the camera is one of the most striking among these tools. This being the case, the camera’s place is considered filled in the eyes of many users.
But the matter is not that simple. We had the opportunity to shed light on this issue when a photo shared early last month went viral again. In the photo shared by the British comedian and writer named Tessa Coates, we can see the difference between taking photos with an iPhone and a standard camera.
In this photo, which was not obtained with live or multiple shots, there is a different reflection in each mirror.
This photo, taken by Tessa Coates on November 4, 2023, to announce her engagement, was achieved by capturing different poses in different mirrors, as you can see. Under normal circumstances, you can turn on the panorama mode and get a similar image by entering the frame with different poses as you leave the frame. But this is a photo taken in normal mode.
In this case, where the term computational photography comes into play, the iPhone camera cannot realize that it is taking a mirror photo because it uses this photography method, even though it is not in panorama or live mode. Therefore, it is perceived as if there are 3 people in the photo, instead of 1 person and his two reflections.
It is stated that Coates was also moving and not standing still while this photo was taken. In other words, different poses of Coates moving when the key is pressed; The best color balance, amount of light and detail ratio were captured separately, and then they were all combined into a single photo.
In other words, this is due to the fact that the computational photography method we see on phones struggles with mirrors. For this reason, it is possible to obtain such images again with different devices.
We know that the situation scared Tessa quite a bit in the beginning. Because his Instagram account has a highlights section just for this photo.
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