soft focus - for the uninitiated/pros

nzegwhua said:

hey-ya:

i'm totally excited about this new effect i discovered here on stf.
if you haven't tried adding a soft-focus to your portraits in post
you are missing out.

i used these instructions to get the effect.
http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1009&message=8429020

There is also a filter from autofx that you can use, but i believe
it's much better to learn how to do this sort of stuff on your own.
I think you'll get more control manually instead of w/ a filter.

for those of you who know all about this, is there anything i
could've done better?

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(nzegwhua) bad advice for the last time

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iron photo said:

I'm no pro, but I think the highlights are blown out. You could
maybe tone those down and then apply the soft filter effect. Also,
I don't think it suits too well with this picture...
-iron photo

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cspringer said:

I think if you used the eraser tool on certain areas it might look
better...set it to 20% and use several passes.
nzegwhua wrote:

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