football practice (via Peter Martin Photo)

I’ve been doing some experimenting with a softening process based on composition (mixing very different light levels in the frame), hardware (lens: shallow depth of field), and software (decreasing clarity, or localized contrast, in lightroom). Working on the RAW files lets me turn out a much better end result than Photoshopping a jpg (which just looks like crappy blur anyhow). I like the ethereal, creamy quality the unfocused bit takes on. Feels like a dream.