Hint: The posted picture is cropped out of the DSC file, resized (resampled) and only sharpening applied. No software tricks was used.stevez said:Any hint???
Pantyhose?lsisaxon said:Hint: The posted picture is cropped out of the DSC file, resized (resampled) and only sharpening applied. No software tricks was used.
Nice try but nope. Some more guesses?espn said:Pantyhose?
espn said:Pantyhose?
Can't win 'em allfWord said:Just what I thought...pity it's not the right guess. :think:
Yeah.. I use Nikon Soft-1 too.. but just not for this one... nope.espn said:Can't win 'em all
I use Nikon Soft-1 filter.
Nope.. not tissue paper either. Won't get that subtle kind of soft with tissue paper.Isaiahfortythirtyone said:tissue paper
lsisaxon said:Nope.. not tissue paper either. Won't get that subtle kind of soft with tissue paper.
Keep on guessing.. I will probably reveal the answer tomorrow night if no one gets it right.
Choi!! Lens is barely 2 months old.. No fungus..fWord said:How about fungus?
YES!!! You got it!!espn said:I know liao... defocus the focusing ring.
Just came back to my mind when I bought a Nikon Soft-1 earlier and a more experienced friend of mine commented, Soft-2 is as good as defocusing the focus ring.lsisaxon said:YES!!! You got it!!
It was shot at around 1/30s and while shooting, the focusing ring was turned. Very much like a radial zoom effect.
I remembered quite some time back, this was implemented in the camera body by some manufacturer (can't remember which one). Canon has one which uses 2 exposures, one in focus and one out. But this was done purely on one exposure and defocusing during the exposure.
I think he probably meant literally shooting it out of focus. Actually, I personally like the effect which Soft-1 gives, I was just experimenting with defocusing during exposure and after I got this soft effect then I recalled hearing about this technique quite a number of years back. It might be Olympus or Pentax who have implemented it in one of their AF film SLR bodies then.espn said:Just came back to my mind when I bought a Nikon Soft-1 earlier and a more experienced friend of mine commented, Soft-2 is as good as defocusing the focus ring.