Hello Ton,
Yes, I added the "softness" in postprocessing.
Depending on what I want to achieve, I typically use both Photoshop and Lightroom.
In this case, you can achieve what you asked for in Lightroom as follows:
1. Create a radial gradient and draw a circle in the middle of the image (you can always adjust the size later)
2. Right-click inside the radial gradient and select "invert". In this way, the effect will be created all around keeping the center of the image sharp
3. With the circle selected, go to the control panel on the right and look for the clarity slide. Decrease it anywhere from -15 to -50 depending on how soft you want it to be.
4. Look for the contrast slider and increase the contrast a bit. This will make it darker, creating some sort of vignetting drawing my attention towards the center of the image. Further tuning can be done using the exposure slider.
5. Once you are happy with the effect, close the masking tool and decrease the overall clarity of the image to give that extra dreamy effect. Play also with contrasts, exposure, shadows, vibrance, and highlights slides to give that extra final touch.
Please let me know whether this helps and if I can help any further.
Tony D schreef:Fabrizio, your photo’s, especially nr 1, show a kind of softness I do like very much.
Do you add that in postprocessing? If so, how do you achieve that result?
I hope to read your answer.
Ton
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