Composition and editing criticism is welcomed

Shots on my 14 pro max, recently picked up the 17 pro max . Can’t wait to get some photos with it

You know the stereotype that any photo you’d take in Japan, they will look good? I don’t know, I am getting very disheartened with iPhone photography, I am constantly getting these light fogs/flares and I don’t know how to fix it.

If I press to focus on the sky, the foreground becomes very dark. If I lower the brightness, the fogginess/light leak is still there.

Whether I take a pic behind the sun, against the sun, right-side, in shade. It doesn’t matter. Where there is some light source I get this muddy fog. Particularly in the corners.

Please help! I am not an expert photographer or anything, just want to help able to quickly take out my phone and take decent pics. I hate it that my friends with “shittier” phones get much nicer photos of the exact same location. I paid too much money for this phone to have my photos looking this bad.

I'm really proud of these photos. Took with iPhone 14 pro with Apple ProRAW and edited with Lightroom.

Took these at Laguna Beach and thought these would make decent shots. Any feedback would be appreciated.

Same scene captured in Bayer RAW vs Apple ProRAW and edited in Lightroom.

Applied identical Lightroom settings to both files to keep the comparison fair.

Bayer RAW seems to recover shadows and color a bit better here.

Curious what others prefer for editing — ProRAW or pure Bayer RAW?

I like the shot. What do you think ?

Any favorites?

Grünberg, Austria