With all you folks that have been hanging out to get your X's now about to receive them, and us that have our 8's already having had quite the opportunity to use it already, I though it would be good to share your photo's taken using the much hyped "Portrait Mode" beta feature, showing the good, the bad and the ugly results it spits out! Also, post the originals too, so we can see the differences at work.
Here's a few of mine taken over the last couple of days. In most cases it's worked pretty well, but in others, it's been pretty horrendous really. I have deliberately steered away from using people for this, as we already know it's very hit-and-miss in regards to masking hair details well, or even consistently.
First up is a Coke can, which I thought "Portrait Mode" would have given an amazing result for, as there are just hard outlines to deal with, but no! The shape of the can and the straw proved to be a problem here!
Portrait Mode
Original
An old plough with some rosemary growing through it
Portrait Mode - Natural
Portrait Mode - Stage Light Mono
The original
An iris flower, where it made some odd choices as to what should and shouldn't be in focus!
The original, where you can see the crisp and fairly contrasty stem that probably should have been left in focus.
An unopened flower spike as it was presented on my 8 Plus with Stage Light Mono used
When I opened it in Photos it did this to it!
Here's the original
Next up some without originals, where it's worked well.
Here's a few of mine taken over the last couple of days. In most cases it's worked pretty well, but in others, it's been pretty horrendous really. I have deliberately steered away from using people for this, as we already know it's very hit-and-miss in regards to masking hair details well, or even consistently.
First up is a Coke can, which I thought "Portrait Mode" would have given an amazing result for, as there are just hard outlines to deal with, but no! The shape of the can and the straw proved to be a problem here!
Portrait Mode
Original
An old plough with some rosemary growing through it
Portrait Mode - Natural
Portrait Mode - Stage Light Mono
The original
An iris flower, where it made some odd choices as to what should and shouldn't be in focus!
The original, where you can see the crisp and fairly contrasty stem that probably should have been left in focus.
An unopened flower spike as it was presented on my 8 Plus with Stage Light Mono used
When I opened it in Photos it did this to it!
Here's the original
Next up some without originals, where it's worked well.