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Challenge: Obsolete (Basic Editing III)
Camera: Panasonic DMC-FZ20
Location: Eugene, Oregon
Date: Jun 27, 2005
Galleries: Animals
Date Uploaded: Jun 28, 2005

 This is how my cats eyes look when using a flash. All I did was levels, unsharpe mask and size.

Statistics
Place: 431 out of 453
Avg (all users): 3.8450
Avg (commenters): 3.2381
Avg (participants): 3.6042
Avg (non-participants): 4.1181
Views since voting: 969
Views during voting: 398
Votes: 271
Comments: 22
Favorites: 0

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 Comments Made During the Challenge
07/05/2005 02:26:45 AM
quite scary...
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 07/04/2005 11:56:25 PM
The left greenish eye seem to been tune color before,obviously... But i luving the contrasting hair.
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 07/04/2005 08:55:24 PM
way too sad....
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 07/04/2005 08:40:22 PM
holy crap! that is gross!
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 07/04/2005 06:28:28 PM
Interesting effect, sorry your cat is blind. I had a 20 yr. old cat simalar to this one. I scored you low because of the harsh light, (I'm guessing direct flash), really blows out the fur on the bridge of the nose and the subject doesn't pop for me.
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 07/03/2005 08:32:59 AM
interesting , can't say I like it but, interesting
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 07/02/2005 09:42:10 PM
Oooo...Did you edit it? not so natural lookin
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 07/02/2005 06:44:52 PM
very cool but although this little guy/girl is having trouble with theirs sight in general is not obsolete
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 07/02/2005 10:50:44 AM
Challenge relevance?
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 07/01/2005 09:27:05 PM
This sort of scares me.
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 07/01/2005 06:28:18 PM
Poor kitty. On a more constructive note, the flash is too bright.
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 07/01/2005 01:39:26 PM
Blind?
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 06/30/2005 12:59:24 PM
While I understand that the challenge is to "Take a picture of something that has outlived its usefulness. It could be old technology, broken, discarded, outgrown, forgotten - anything. Exception: people (alive or dead) are not to be the main subject.", I am not really captured by this shot. The left eye (right eye of the cat), while obviously manipulated to augment or simulate blindness, still doesn't (IMHO) convey a strong sense of obselescence.

The photo overall is also overexposed and too close to the subject to be a powerful close-up and too far from the subject to be a good macro. I think I understand what you were trying to convey - blindness of a cat and the physical and visible implications of the lack of sight, but I just don't think you achieved it in this particular image.

I do think that the idea is really cool and a unique take on an overly saturated topic of wheels, trains, typewriters, floppy disks, LPs, cassettes, 8 tracks, cars, and abandoned buildings, but the idea isn't enough if the actual content doesn't convey what you're trying to present. I'm really disappointed that I couldn't vote this higher due to the quality of the photo - as opposed to not meeting the challenge. You've spent a lot of thought on the topic - that much is clear, but unfortunately, it didn't translate to a uniquely superior image. 2
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 06/30/2005 10:13:48 AM
Poor Kitty
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 06/30/2005 09:25:08 AM
That is just freaky! I would have left the nose in and not crop'd it out.
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 06/30/2005 08:01:53 AM
I'm sorry, I don't understand. I hope you explain it in your comments.
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 06/29/2005 06:57:54 PM
how is this obsolete?
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 06/29/2005 01:56:46 PM
I see what you are getting at, but it doesn't quite hit it with me. The highlights are blown out and the light behind the one ear is distracting.
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 06/29/2005 12:22:55 PM
spooky :)
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 06/29/2005 07:35:01 AM
Obsolete?? Cant connect this image to that theme.
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 06/29/2005 06:55:59 AM
Freaky shot, great idea!
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 06/29/2005 04:46:28 AM
DNFC INHO." It could be old technology, broken, discarded, outgrown, forgotten "
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