The softness of this photo is the result of condensation on the front lens element, a.k.a. LA humidity. The photo was taken along Bayou Lafourche on a night in 2023. At the time, I had no idea the lens had fogged up; it was too dark to see. The result gave an effect that Academy Award-winning cinematographer Jack Cardiff famously used by breathing on the lens's front element to create a 'misty' transition in 'A Matter of Life and Death.' Here's to Jack Cardiff.