I'm way out of my comfort zone here. I am allergic to soft focus - but as I was playing with this image in Picasa, I overcame my strong resistance to press the "soft focus"-button for the first time in my life - and sort of liked the effect it had on my image. It seems to me that the soft focus adds an interesting contrast to the somewhat moody nature of the light. A bit like the effect of hearing a big, fat Elvis singing a strangely melancholic song - if you'll forgive me :-) The centered subject versus the curved line of leaves adds an other interesting tension, in my opinion. Your thoughts, please :-)

I'm way out of my comfort zone here. I am allergic to soft focus - but as I was playing with this image in Picasa, I overcame my strong resistance to press the "soft focus"-button for the first time in my life - and sort of liked the effect it had on my image. It seems to me that the soft focus adds an interesting contrast to the somewhat moody nature of the light. A bit like the effect of hearing a big, fat Elvis singing a strangely melancholic song - if you'll forgive me :-) The centered subject versus the curved line of leaves adds an other interesting tension, in my opinion. Your thoughts, please :-)
Camera: Sony (Dslr-a200) |
Original size: 2587px x 1705px |
Current: 400px x 264px |