Product description :Soft focus effects are common in fashion and advertisingimages. In certain circumstances, a soft focus treatment of a landscapecan enhance the mood of an image by creating a soft glowing atmosphere,and can be particularly effective for backlit subjects. Soft focus isnot the same as out of focus, and is not about degrading the image, butrather about subtly changing the image to convey a desiredinterpretation to the viewer.  The key to a successful soft focus image is to maintain asharp rendition of the subject while adding a supplementary softerimage. Traditionally with film this is achieved by use of patternedglass or plastic filters, by stretching a fine mesh over the lens, orless controllably, by breathing on the lens. These methods all work byallowing most of the light entering the lens to pass straight to thefilm while diffracting a small amount of light to give the desiredeffect. Of course this means that the decision to use a soft focuseffect must be taken at the time the photograph is taken; with digitalmanipulation we have the luxury to apply a soft focus interpretation atany time, and to have much greater control than is possible usingfiltration with film.