Overall, Stage Lighting seems to need the most work. The other modes, like this Contour Lighting on Dave's face, look nice.
Keep in mind the various lighting modes are still in beta. Apple says things will improve in future iOS updates.
Here's Kate in Stage Lighting Mono in direct sunlight. Even more of her hair got cut off around the edges.
Direct sunlight seems to confuse Stage Lighting and Stage Lighting Mono. Here's Kate in Stage Lighting on a sunny day. Notice how the black bleeds into her hair in some places.
But the other Portrait Lighting modes worked just fine on Larry.
Stage Lighting isn't perfect. Here's what happened when I tried it with my cat Larry. The result was terrible.
This is Stage Lighting. The software removed the background and made it look like a spotlight is shining on Manny. But it's still a bit rough around the edges.
Here's Manny. I took this photo using the normal Portrait Mode settings.
