in camera sharpness = -5
adjusted levels
auto color correction, then removed color
tweaked brightness & contrast to emphasize middle values
unsharp mask 2.6 pixels 60%
slight gaussian blur added
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I'm not quite sure exactly what concept you were after here. The soft focus works pretty well with the low contrast. I guess the idea might have been using traditional means of a romantic or "beautiful" shot (i.e. the flowing white background) in contrast with the subject of a handgun, but all in all this shot leaves me cold. It's maybe a little too straightforward and consequently not especially interesing to me. Nicely executed though. 7
I admit, a gun is not the first thing I think of for a "soft focus" challenge. :) I don't think it is soft focused either, but it is a super shot and should score well. Those pesky "purists" might disagree. Dang them!
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