> When I view the shot of the snail I have the impression that the soft focus > was added later. Looking at the outer edge of the snail's shell I see some > form of contouring or haloing that does not seem natural. I've read Chris's response which confirms your suspicion. I noticed this "contouring" but put it down to jpeg artefacts / oversharpening to present the image for the web. If that contouring is present on the high-res version I think the technique has not worked ;o) I have a technique to get round this problem ... Bob
