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Originally Posted by astronobob
Totally agree Allan, and never thought you may have sharpened the image in PS, I did not quite comment in length enough to explain the sharpening effect is definitely due to the phones onboard computations of the image, exactly I really do Not know but something onboard, could be an image auto preset processing algorithm logged in for macro settings, any which way was not intended you interfering or trying to pull a fast one, not at all mate 
By-The-Way That Macro competition link lead to quite some amazing images, thnx for sharing that too, I enjoyed sifting through them and reading up further on your thread..
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Thanks Bob,
it's not only that - the latest S series Samsung phones
do not have the real RAW .DNG files.
It looks like Samsung doesn't want to give you the RAW data.
so you get this silly sharpening effect as we discovered here:
https://www.iceinspace.com.au/forum/...e.php?a=324427
It's designed for the masses to take a shot and quickly email
off a cut down version to their friends by email or social media.
If you want to do it properly you use a DSLR or the
latest mirrorless cameras such as Olympus types and
you work on the RAW files in Photoshop to make a large
print to hang on your wall or enter into a photo competition.
Still - I think it's a pity that an entire generation of
original, virgin data has been deleted out of existence.
cheers
Allan