I participated in a photo contest recently that was based on using onOne Photography suite. onOne has add-ins for Photoshop and Lightroom so that you can make all edits at once. My favorite at this point has to be the “focal point” add-in.
This image specifically uses the focus add-in. The entire image was in focus and it made nothing appear different or attractive about the image. The image actually seems rather boring.
The image below is done using onOne Focal Point. This added oval focus areas on the grill with extreme feathering on the edges. The focus put only on the front and grill of the old plymouth with everything else out of focus adds the much needed abstractions in the photo. The image now has something that draws your eye to focus on an area of the image.
