I carry a couple of soft focus filters by Singh Ray, which I use frequently, but when wanting to take just a little edge off of an image when the soft focus filters are too much, I take the sharp image into nik Color Efex 3.0 and apply the Classical Soft Focus filter. More often than not, the default setting is enough. However, there are 6 presets for soft focus and diffusion, amount of detail, strength, and brightness, so the filter has a wide range. Although, the difference is ostensibly subtle, the difference in emotional impact is quite different and apparent. It really doesn't take much to transform the feeling of an image. The Classical Soft Focus filter is an essential tool to add emotion and depth to your image. Click on the image to see a larger set of images where the effect is more obvious.
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