Horrible sunset photos on iPhone 13 pro Max. What to do?

This reply is not helpful and worse is a deflection of the issue. You are making it sound like the poster doesn’t know anything about photography. I have the same issue on both the iPhone 13 Pro and now the same issue on my iPhone 14 Pro. I can see it processing very quickly after the image loads and it’s results are often not pleasing. And it’s not an issue of education. I have been selling stock photography for years. I can capture the same scene with my iPhone and my mirrorless camera, and the coloring is only off on my iPhone. And what’s most disappointing about this is that I bought the phone for its camera. I’m surprised Apple would gaslight their customers this way and make it sound like it’s user error. With all the artisans working for Apple I’m confident they’ve noticed the issue. I’m disappointed no one from Apple is willing to address it. The issue is that sunset pictures are being over-processed, and the colors are unrealistically saturated. The yellows und a sunset over-power the pinks. Seems like a software issue rather than a hardware, but my earlier iPhones didn’t seem to have this issue.

I can share an example of the same scene captured in photo mode and video mode the one captured in video mode has more natural colors. The same scene snapped in photo mode is over-processed. This first one was in video mode:

and now the over-processed version in photo mode:

Hello ewa169,

We want you to be able to take great sunset photos with your iPhone 13 Pro. There are multiple factors that go into a great photo such as lighting, angles, editing, and more. To help get you started, we've shared some great resources below that cover things like camera modes, features, and editing photos.

1. Use camera modes on your iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch
2. About the Camera features on your iPhone
3. Take and edit photos on your iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch

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Take care!