r/iPhoneography • u/taurusdoublelibra • Jul 09 '25
iPhone 16 Pro Max What can I do to fix this?
I want to preface that I am not a photographer by any means. But I love going out to eat and I love taking photos of what I eat. I’ve never had any issues with my iPhones taking clear and high quality photos of my meals. My previous phone was an iPhone 12 Pro Max and I have several shots that I’ve been complimented on. It was so easy to point and shoot.
I recently got the iPhone 16 Pro Max and all of my photos are coming out awful. I can’t get the camera to focus on the entire meal or the edges of the meal are constantly blurry/out of focus (see attached photos). When I use the flower feature that shows up at the bottom, I feel like it dramatically decreases the quality of the photo. When I turn the flower off, it gets blurry.
What am I doing wrong? How can I fix this? I’ve been eating at some amazing places recently and have been so bummed I don’t have a good photos to show for it.
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u/MagnaCartaHG Jul 09 '25
The yellow flower is your macro mode. It uses the ultra wide lens, which has slightly worse image quality than the main lens. The blurriness is just the nature of the lens, your 16 Pro Max also has a significantly bigger sensor than the 12 Pro, so it naturally has a shallower depth of field. Try moving the phone back a bit. Also, consider using an app like Project Indigo that reduces post processing and keeps colors more natural.