What is "Soft"?

[Daniel M]

What is meant by the term soft as in this pic is soft?

[Stephen H]

Not sharply in focus.

[Daniel M]

Thanks Stephen.

What about the abreviation "CA"?

[Daniel Bates]

chromatic abberation

[Daniel M]

Thanks Daniel!

But what is "chromatic abberation"?



Man Steven and Daniel ya'll really stay up late don't ya'll

[ShutteredEye]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chromatic_aberration

[Daniel M]

Everything I wanted to know and more.

Thanks Robert for your help.

[Daniel Bates]

Late? Heck! This is early! I've got another two or three hours to go before bedtime--but I'll retire rather earlier than is my wont tonight.

Oh yeah--Wikipedia rocks.

[brad]

Soft can also be used to describe the way an image is lit... as in soft light, which is non targeted, broad light like you would get from a large open window... as opposed to harsh light that you would get from a small bare bulb.

[Firegirl]

Or it can be described as the fat on my........

[ShutteredEye]

Originally Posted by Firegirl

Or it can be described as the fat on my........

I'm afraid we'd need photographic evidence to verify this definition...

[Firegirl]

Not on your life......I prefer the Photoshopped me...

[venchka]

...and then there are soft focus lenses. They render the center portion in focus while gently going out of focus toward the edges. Popular for portraits or sometimes found in very inexpensives lenses.