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Rob Layton @roblayton.bsky.social · 10/01/2025

My advice to you … never look into radio telescopes. And just to blow your mind: what you see with your eyes is not reality but a virtual image processed by your brain from electrical signals, same as phones. You will never ‘see’ anything as it actually is.

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Rob Layton @roblayton.bsky.social · 10/01/2025

Ignoring the color banding, here’s your image with a bit of editing: increased contrast, texture, clarity, Dehaze, and reduced highlights. See! You do have stars in London! ✨✨

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Rob Layton @roblayton.bsky.social · 10/01/2025

Better results in a tripod. Colour banding is due to limited colours, you probably used jpg or HEIF at 8-bit: that’s 256 colours by three channels (RGB) = 16million colours. If you have ProRaw you get 12 bits, that’s 4096 colours per channel, times three channels = 68billion colours.

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Rob Layton @roblayton.bsky.social · 10/01/2025

This is just outside of Stirling (Gargunnock), but facing away from the city. You can see on this light pollution map it’s in the yellow, which is not great. Green and blue are best. You should get something in north London.

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Rob Layton @roblayton.bsky.social · 09/01/2025

The stars above the old Scottish country house we stayed in, #shotoniphone in Night Mode. Each exposure was 30 seconds (in a tripod). Tap and lock the screen, drag the slider down slightly to take out any over exposure of the sky while retaining the stars.

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Rob Layton @roblayton.bsky.social · 08/01/2025

What’s the etiquette on a long-haul flight (13 hours) when the person next to you is unwell? I felt sorry for her but she coughed every five minutes (onto my arm) and placed all her snotty tissues into the seat pocket. I wore a mask (which I don’t enjoy) but she wouldn’t. My son is now unwell.

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Rob Layton @roblayton.bsky.social · 13/12/2024

The play button doesn’t work 😡

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Rob Layton @roblayton.bsky.social · 09/12/2024

Award winners will be announced at NAB in Las Vegas early April. This is an outstanding opportunity to have your #mojo work recognised internationally, and take part in #IJF25, the best journalism event on the planet. Here's the link with category and entry details: www.visualeditors.com 4/4

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Mobile Journalism Awards

Join the #MojoAwards annual mobile journalism competition. The world's best #Mojo stories are screened at NABshow in April. Students welcome!

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Rob Layton @roblayton.bsky.social · 09/12/2024

@blackmagicdesign.bsky.social has donated four DaVinci Resolve Speed Editors (which includes the DaVinci Resolve Studio), and finalists each receive a $500 gift certificate for use at the Smart Film School. 3/4

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Rob Layton @roblayton.bsky.social · 09/12/2024

... Mojo Award winners will be screened in one of the theatres (and we hope to have a judges' panel discussion as well). The major award is sponsored by the United Nations agency International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), with $US1000 cash prize for the Rural Voices category. 2/4

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Rob Layton @roblayton.bsky.social · 07/12/2024

The best use of Camera Control is by Blackmagic Camera app. If Apple keeps this feature, I hope they move it more to the right.

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Rob Layton @roblayton.bsky.social · 28/11/2024

Adobe Podcast and Resolve, which also has AI audio.

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Rob Layton @roblayton.bsky.social · 28/11/2024

It’s a one-click enhancement with % slider.

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Rob Layton @roblayton.bsky.social · 28/11/2024

I did bring the slider down to 85%. Perhaps a strategy could be to run two tracks of audio - one original and the other AI - on top of each other and blend to retain background and realism. @marcsettle.bsky.social ?

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Rob Layton @roblayton.bsky.social · 28/11/2024

Good topic for MojoFest. Pros will keep doing what they do but this type of AI enables more people to higher standards.

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Rob Layton @roblayton.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

Interesting framing, I assume you are going to crop in 4k? And does that room have echoey audio to match the feel of the small space. You need to think about these things, you know.

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Rob Layton @roblayton.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

I wonder if there's an AI plug-in that makes good audio sound echoey? Man, you are hard to please!

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Rob Layton @roblayton.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

The angle is not great, normally I would use a more clearly intentional angle change. But it was a very tight space (shaping bay) so the angle was more determined by the framing. He had heaps of clutter on the sides I didn't want in the frame.

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Rob Layton @roblayton.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

Both phones are in 4k and, yes, you could use one in 4k and crop in if you're delivering in HD.

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Rob Layton @roblayton.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

Updating content for my Mobile Journalism students, I came across this interview I did with @marcsettle.bsky.social in a pokey little room at the BBC in 2017. I ran it through Adobe Podcast enhance speech AI, the results are quite impressive. #mobilejournalism #mojo

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Rob Layton @roblayton.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

Game-changer for my workflow. The remote feature in Black Magic Camera app: iPad controlling 2 iPhones. Acam set to 24mm, B is 48mm. Main audio on the Acam, using Rode AI-Micro with headphones to monitor, reference audio on Bcam. #mobilejournalism #mojo

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Rob Layton @roblayton.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

I see that your glass is half full.

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Rob Layton @roblayton.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

How about Plan 9 From Outer Space, Fearless Vampire Killers, The Raven, The People Under the Stairs, The Thing, Rosemary’s Baby, The Exorcist, there’s a start. That’s what I watched at their age.

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Rob Layton @roblayton.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

Soviet-era 6x9 rangefinder 📷 + CineStill/Hp5/Ortho🎞️ + London/Edinburgh at Christmas 🏰 = 😁 . I’m back into film, thanks to my daughter’s interest in learning photography.

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Rob Layton @roblayton.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

All mine are in my teen daughter’s bedroom. Funny, I never planned on being a cool dad … 😁 🕺

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Rob Layton @roblayton.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

Simple #mojo set up - Rode Wireless Go into Rode AI Micro with headphones and BlackMagic Camera app. All you need for a basic mobile journalism kit.

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Rob Layton @roblayton.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

Thanks. The PhotoPils app has always been my go-to. Also good for planning the position of the sunrise. Very handy for early morning photo walks in, oh I don’t know, let’s say Perugia? 😉

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Rob Layton @roblayton.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

That’s it! Obviously every image is different, so push and pull and experiment. #shotoniPhone 5/5

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Rob Layton @roblayton.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

9. Increase contrast and decrease highlights. 10. If you have Lr, go to Effects and move Clarity and Dehaze up. This will darken the sky and highlight the stars. 11. You may need to adjust the color temp if the image is too blue. I added a radial mask to the cloud to restore magenta. 4/5

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Rob Layton @roblayton.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

6. Exposure should be 30secs. Run your finger down slightly to reduce the exposure just to where the screen turns dark but you don’t lose the stars. Keep it at 30 secs. If it goes under, redo. 7. Take the picture. 8. I use Lightroom on my phone to edit but you can use other apps. 3/5

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Rob Layton @roblayton.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

2. Compose and frame the shot during daylight/evening. 3. Mount your phone in a tripod. You can use handheld but better results with a tripod. 4. Ensure your camera is set to ProRaw if available. 5. When you’re ready to take the shot, tap the screen, press and hold to lock focus/exposure. 2/5

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Rob Layton @roblayton.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

The galactic centre shot on iPhone 16 Pro Max. Anyone can do this, if you have an iPhone 12 and up. It should be similar for Android. 🧵: 1. Find a dark sky area and plan on the new moon. I used the PhotoPills app to work out where and when the galactic centre would be visible. 1/5

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