[Rufus]

[dewy]

It seems kind of blury, or is that just my eyes? I am guessing you did the shadows?

[Lak]

I think i like it! The softness of the picture gives it a ghostly aura.

[Rufus]

Thanks Lak.
Yes, it is exactly how I meant it to be Dewy. I was just playing with Tonal softening and was quite taken by this version.

[Don Schaeffer]

I know you did the cropping, blurring, and repasting trick. Only the edges are blurred. I always do that to call attention to my subject. Nice effect.

--Don

[Rufus]

Here's a puzzle for you then Don!

[Toad]

Luminance shaprening...

[shuttertalk]

Foggy spectacles...

[Rufus]

Luminance shaprening...

Doesnt explain the extreme blur............

[Don Schaeffer]

deee deee deee deee deee deee deee deee

very mysterious! I'm stumped.

--don

[Toad]

Blurring an image isn't hard - selective sharpening is more of a trick.

I think that luminance sharpening is the technique that you used. That is what it looks like anyway. All the areas of the photo with high luminance are sharpened - the rest has been deliberately blurred. I'll bet that is pretty close to your method, right?.

[Rufus]

Are there no secrets to be kept?