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11/30/2003 05:11:22 PM · #1 |
I HATE SOFT FOCUS!!!!!!! With a passion after this last week but because it was something that I should learn I was determined to conquer this! Guess what? After 163 (I counted them) different shots of the same thing, different lights, settings, angles and such I THINK I have a shot I can live with. But to be honest, to me soft focus is fuzzy which something that bothers me a bit.
Deannda
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11/30/2003 05:16:51 PM · #2 |
Guess I'm the opposite of you.
I LOVE soft focus, and usually rate those photos well, I just HATE that I cannot figure out how the heck everyone does it!
Just had to chuckle at your post - I can just FEEL the frustration!
Linda
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11/30/2003 05:22:54 PM · #3 |
HATE SOFT FOCUS!!!!!!! With a passion after this last week but because it was something that I should learn I was determined to conquer this! Guess what? After 163 (I counted them) different shots of the same thing, different lights, settings, angles and such I THINK I have a shot I can live with. But to be honest, to me soft focus is fuzzy which something that bothers me a bit. Neuferland
I feel for you! Me to. I cut up my wife̢۪s pantyhose and not one picture is any good. Ended up wiping em all out. I̢۪ll sit this one out.
jm
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11/30/2003 06:41:21 PM · #4 |
If for soft focus you mean 'wedding photo' syndrome then I'm with you! I hate 'em.
But to me, if a photo has clarity and definition but with a softness of tone and lighting then I think it can be used appropriately.
Edit: tsk - bloody typos!
Message edited by author 2003-11-30 18:41:54. |
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11/30/2003 06:48:00 PM · #5 |
Originally posted by jmritz:
I feel for you! Me to. I cut up my wife̢۪s pantyhose and not one picture is any good. Ended up wiping em all out. I̢۪ll sit this one out.jm |
Did you ask your wife first?
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11/30/2003 06:51:47 PM · #6 |
I found a genital breath on the lens works well too.
Edit: GENTLE!! oh geez
Message edited by author 2003-11-30 18:52:24.
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11/30/2003 06:54:28 PM · #7 |
Originally posted by jaimeegrl:
I found a genital breath on the lens works well too.
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I'm just quoting you, so that eventually, when you go back and change what you originally wrote to what you meant to write, people will still be able to see it in this quote.
Message edited by author 2003-11-30 18:54:51.
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11/30/2003 06:58:10 PM · #8 |
This is my soft focus photo. Unfortunately I took it 3 weeks ago. Hope this shows up as I have never done this before. |
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11/30/2003 06:58:46 PM · #9 |
| Obviously I don't know how to do it right either, but if you are interested then just go to my portfolio. Thanks |
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11/30/2003 07:09:03 PM · #10 |
Originally posted by StevePax:
Originally posted by jaimeegrl:
I found a genital breath on the lens works well too.
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I'm just quoting you, so that eventually, when you go back and change what you originally wrote to what you meant to write, people will still be able to see it in this quote. |
:D :D :D |
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11/30/2003 07:19:28 PM · #11 |
This is one of my favourite soft focus shots - no gauze, gum, gloop or gusset in sight!
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11/30/2003 07:50:20 PM · #12 |
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11/30/2003 07:54:46 PM · #13 |
Originally posted by jmritz:
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I feel for you! Me to. I cut up my wife̢۪s pantyhose and not one picture is any good. Ended up wiping em all out. I̢۪ll sit this one out.jm
Did you ask your wife first? KIWI
She understood. I think:) Answer; not exactly...
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11/30/2003 08:50:36 PM · #14 |
Here's the link for sonnyh's pic:
Nice to to have such good friends that they want to immortalize your words, huh jaimeegrl, lol.
I think i'll join the soft focus haters club. I tried about 200 shots using a cut up knee high and the gentle breath method. I don't like any of them much. I feel that with a lot more practice I could become competent in this technique but still wouldn't like soft focus pictures very much. But my frustration is small because the challenge forced me to try something new and I learned about something I never would have bothered with otherwise. Thanks dpc.
Technically, this one may not be a "soft focus" shot but its the closest thing on my fav list:
Message edited by author 2003-11-30 20:57:44. |
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11/30/2003 11:40:55 PM · #15 |
| I found dish detergent smeared on the UV lens worked okay. Of course, I just found this out a few minutes ago, and I don't know how well it will clean off, so, I may be adding something to my Christmas list. :-/ |
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12/01/2003 01:14:20 AM · #16 |
I entered, I'm scoring low (which I expected) and the only reason I entered is because after taking all those shots all week long my model would have killed me if I didn't enter something! :)
Deannda
Gotta go to bed
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12/01/2003 01:45:45 AM · #17 |
Thank you Cool for putting my pic up. I have no idea what I did wrong, but one of these days I'll figure it out.
I did not enter the "soft focus" challenge because I think soft focus only looks good on a few things and if it isn't done right then it just looks blurry.
I took a fast run through on the challenge pictures and just looking at the thumbnails makes me think there is more blur than soft focus, but who am I to judge. |
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12/01/2003 01:49:42 AM · #18 |
Sonny h.
Your picture is located at ://www.dpchallenge.com/image.php?IMAGE_ID=45403
The image id# is 45403.Last 5 digits in the address.
Click on  and insert that # and the thumbnail will be done for you.
This will only work for images stored in DPChallenge.
To bad you weren't able to enter that picture. It's a great example of "soft focus".
Message edited by author 2003-12-01 01:53:36.
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