The phrase "a softer focus" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts where you want to describe a less sharp or more gentle visual effect, often in photography or art.
Example: "The photographer chose a softer focus for the portrait to create a more dreamy and ethereal atmosphere."
Alternatives: "a gentler focus" or "a blurred focus."
The sound design of faint suburban noises and pensive incidental music by Nick Kourtides also helps to lend a softer focus to the production.
Earlier works have a more hard-edged emphasis on structure and contrasts of light and shadow; later ones tend to a softer focus and pastel colors.
Over the years his style has changed only slightly from a more hard-edged emphasis on structure and contrasts of light and shadow in the 1970's and 80's to a softer focus and pastel colors.
"Down and Out," as published, may not be the book Orwell intended, first expanded from novella length (which would probably have been more acceptable in France) and then censored, stripped of its rawer language, the lens smeared for a softer focus.
As Congressional Republicans seek a "softer focus" in how they define themselves after the 2012 election, the everyday needs of families are moving center stage.
Yet it instantly had a deep appeal to those looking for a soft focus view of race in America.
An advertisement in the daily Yomiuri Shimbun, Japan's most widely circulated newspaper, had a soft focus as well.
She reminds one of how many children's books are marred by a soft focus, a well-intentioned belief that the world must be presented as unflaggingly cheerful.
The "neglect" was, in fact, a series of deliberate choices: moody lighting, shallow depth of field, long exposure times and a soft focus.
But the constant haze, which creates a soft focus, is not only monotonous, it makes you wonder, what are they trying to hide?
And Shutterfly has the most sophisticated editing tools for cropping photos in squares or ovals, choosing a portrait (vertical) or landscape (horizontal) orientation and fooling around with special effects like a soft focus.
