Why did a person appear twice in a single phone photo?

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We took a photo on an LG phone and in one image I appeared twice on either side of my wife. What can cause this kind of double appearance in a single picture?

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I am quite sure that the answer is here: Is it possible to get a double exposure with a digital camera?

Your wife's camera phone has a feature called "HDR", where it takes two pictures in quick succession and combines them, in order to better capture both bright and dark areas. It happens quickly, but if the subject (here, it's you) moves quickly, you'll get this kind of doubled image. This also explains the blurred representation of your wife.

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This is most likely a phone-processing artifact from HDR or a similar multi-frame mode. The phone quickly captures two or more images and combines them to improve detail in bright and dark areas. If someone moves between those exposures, the merged result can show a ghosted or doubled person.

That also fits with any blur in the photo: slight movement during the combined exposures can make subjects look smeared or duplicated.

To reduce the chance of this happening, keep subjects as still as possible, use good light, and if your phone allows it, try turning HDR or motion-enhancement features off for that shot.

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