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Soft and Fuzzy
Soft and Fuzzy
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Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Soft Focus III (Basic Editing)
Camera: Nikon D80
Lens: Nikon AF Nikkor 50mm f/1.8D
Location: Apache Junction, AZ
Date: Sep 21, 2007
Aperture: 1.8
ISO: 500
Shutter: 1/15
Galleries: Emotive, Animals
Date Uploaded: Sep 25, 2007

 Photographed in our home in Apache Junction. If only Scooter-kitty (Scout) would have kept her eyes shut...

Experimenting with my 50mm 1.8. I love the sharpness, so this was a challenge to take a photo with softer focus. I didn't apply any blur or filters after-the-fact. I doubt this will stand up to the more post-processed images, but we'll see...

Shot handheld, 50mm 1.8 lens.

Still learning my post processing in LR, but I'm happy with this. I much prefer sharp/crisp images, but I hope this is "soft" enough to meet the challenge. I think the conversion to black and white adds some personality.


RAW/NEF -> Lightroom
Basic:
WB as shot (2900K, tint+2)
Recovery -> +60
Blacks -> +5
Clarity -> 0
Tone Curve:
Highlights -> -60
Coverted to Grayscale
Detail:
Sharpening amount 0
Radius 0.5
Detail 0
Masking 0
Crop (custom)
Lens Vignetting:
Amount -> -100
Export:
JPEG, 84 quality, sRGB, constrained 640x640
Disqualification Details
You may use a cloning tool or small healing brush for the sole purpose of removing sensor dust or hot pixels. No other spot-editing is allowed. Creation of a vignette is a non-global (spot) adjustment.

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Canon EOS-1Ds Mark III
Canon EF 180mm f/3.5 L Macro USM
 10/03/2007 02:03:40 AM
Looking at your comments, weren't you correcting a naturally occurring vignetting in the lens in RAW, rather than creating a vignette?
Nikon D500
Nikon AF-S Nikkor 70-200mm f/2.8G ED VR II
 10/03/2007 12:11:17 AM
bummer on the DQ, but it is in the rules. :(
 Comments Made During the Challenge
Nikon D850
Nikon AF-S DX Zoom Nikkor 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 ED
 09/29/2007 11:14:34 PM
Kat looks good to, lol psart 7
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Olympus E-3
Olympus 12-60mm f/2.8-4.0 Zuiko
 09/29/2007 09:43:13 PM
Needs more light on the woman's face.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-60D
Sigma 70-200 /2.8 APO EX DG Macro HSM II
09/26/2007 01:25:13 AM
Composition: Subject Placement, Cropping, Background good,
Technical: Focus,too sharp Exposure: good,
Appeal:, good focal point

Total Averaged Rating 7.
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