Poco F5 & F5 Pro

Self portrait of writer Simon Hill with a soft background of a beach overlook.
Poco F5 Pro, front-facing camera, portrait mode. The selfie camera captures good detail, but the portrait mode is not great, and you can see errors with the bokeh effect around my hat and shoulder line in what should be an easy shot to process.Photograph: Simon Hill
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