How prettier Moscow looked for the New Year. Evening photos on iPhone 15 Pro

There is very little time left until the New Year, a little more than two weeks. Many are already actively planning to celebrate.

In Moscow, they also traditionally decorate the city with bright lights, festive signs and much more. Nowadays, walking around the center is a real pleasure.

And since you decided to go for a walk, why not capture it all on the iPhone 15 Pro? At the same time, we’ll check the work at night. In my opinion, the camera in the current flagship began to shoot a little better in low light.

What’s interesting is where the iPhone 14 Pro automatically pulled up Night modeThe iPhone 15 Pro doesn’t require this. Absolutely all photos were simply taken on the go without pauses or delays.

I used all three cameras, and at the same time I saw how it became known that I began to take telephotos faster after updating to iOS 17.2.

You can click on each photo to take a closer look. Some will have sliders. All pictures were taken in automatic mode, no processing was performed, only the resolution was reduced so that they loaded faster.

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🗺 Tverskoy Boulevard

To avoid searching for jewelry for a long time, just come to the center. Already from Tverskaya/Pushkinskaya/Chekhovskaya you can go in a straight line to Okhotny Ryad, and then Red Square along the way. The entire route is replete with bright lights.

Here, literally every space has its own garlands, Christmas trees and decorations. There is still some damage to be done, but most of it has already been completed.

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🗺 Tverskaya street, 13

Next door to this building is the Russian Ministry of Education and Science. Surprisingly, most of the bright fire is around him, but not on him.

Well, of course, the closer to the center, the more different scenery. A week ago it was reported that over 5 thousand light decorations had already been installed in the city. And this is not the end.

Somewhere a business owner is getting these cute gift boxes.

And this is a popular tunnel on Pushkinskaya, he was waiting for the moment so that no one would be inside

In general, the closer to the holiday, the more people begin to live in the center.

I don’t really like it myself because of such an abundance of crowds. However, sometimes it’s nice to have a look.

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In the center of Moscow, eight large light arches have been preserved, located opposite the facades of the main theaters of the capital. And the light poles in Zaryadye were decorated with “New Year’s serpentine”.

A GUM skating rink and a New Year’s fair have opened on Red Square, where you can warm up with hot mulled wine, try delicious strudels, or even eat barbecue.

Typical kebab shop on Red Square

By the way, check out the new feature of iOS 17.

It allows you to adjust portrait photos while discussing me on the go. I myself accidentally noticed how the photo below was taken in a portrait, and how it transformed after changing the focus.

By the way, a ride on the very central skating rink of the capital costs from 700 rubles. You need to register there in advance. For example, at the time of writing this article it was 13:31, tickets for the rest of the day were already sold out.

For the skating rink, I advise you to go to VDNKh or Gorky Park, everything is already working there, beautifully decorated and there are no problems with tickets.

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Entrance to the fair in front of the skating rink. Behind it there is its continuation 3 times larger in area

This photo was taken with the main camera with 2x optical zoom. The details of this module convey mass, but with Shadows they do not “smooth out”.

One might assume that there is enough lighting here, but my friend with an iPhone 14 Pro needed a camera to take a photo. Night modebut my 15 Pro does not.

Evening photos now have better light thanks to new Smart HDR algorithms and the A17 Pro processor.

Above, by the way, there is a photo of the carousel on the ultra-wide-angle camera. And just look how much detail even it captures, although it is frankly the weakest and most objective in the iPhone.

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One of the passages to GUM through Nikolskaya Street

What happens, the photo above is a decent result of a telephoto lens with 3x zoom in Portrait mode. And it felt like focusing was 1.5-2 times faster after the update.

But this arch greets us at the entrance to Okhotny Ryad:

Plus they added an iridescent light composition.

Check out the live, very beautiful:

Also, a huge elegant Christmas tree with curly branches is currently being built here, but so far they are not allowed on the territory.

They said that the area around it would be completed in a couple of days. At that time, stalls with treats and souvenirs will be opened and closed.

🗺 Tverskaya street, 26

A festive atmosphere is created everywhere. Even if you are just walking along a not-so-popular street.

All shops, cafes, restaurants and other establishments are already actively preparing for the celebration. Someone launches as a sign of respect for this action.

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Let’s take, for example, the same Central Department Store. Traditionally, year after year, it is packaged in a large gift with a stand with red ribbons and bows. Although banal, it suits him very well.

The iPhone 15 Pro absolutely did not want to include night mode in this location. I turned it on manually and realized that there was no difference at all. Apple clearly did something with the algorithms, but the main module has not changed, and this photo was taken specifically for it.

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🗺 theatre square

It is curious that sometimes photographs taken with the main camera are obtained in a resolution of 5712×4284 pixels, which is not typical for such frames (usually 4032×3024 pixels). One such example is above. Shot with the main module, 24mm, f/1.78, 24 MP. They have no idea what this is connected with.

In the meantime, keep some more decorated Christmas trees:

And here is another macro that captured quite a lot of details with the Christmas tree decoration.

Just pay attention to its texture. All the sparkles that are glued to it are visible. look with zoom.

I really like that the iPhone can capture so much detail even when shooting very close.

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🗺 Across the road from TSUM, near Teatralnaya metro station

In this photo, the iPhone decided to turn on HDR mode at full power. In their original form in the Photo application, all designs literally shine once every 2 years than in life. It looks extremely impressive.

True, I still don’t understand why no one pays attention to such beauty. A lot of people come here, but almost no one stays here.

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🗺 Zaryadye Park

The park itself was disappointing. For some reason, there are almost no decorations in it now, except for huge 2024 signs and 2-3 large Christmas trees.

Otherwise, this park is nothing special for the New Year. But they don’t allow people on the bridge because of the ice, they don’t even clean it up.

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These are the colorful lights we meet in the lower part of the park.

I noticed that the easiest way for an iPhone is purple, green and yellow light. The footage of them looks as close to reality as possible.

Well, I would like to complete the selection of photographs today with the Bolshoi Moskvoretsky Bridge, which is adjacent to Zaryadye Park and leads to Red Square.

The iPhone did a great job with a lot of shadows and handled moving traffic. But there were some halos.

Overall, the iPhone 15 Pro was very pleasing with its high-quality evening photos. He copes well with difficult scenes and sometimes plays interestingly with the Shadows.

By the way, did you notice? There were noticeably fewer “ghostly” halos and glares than in previous generations. This is progress!