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Chip
Chilibean


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Challenge: Camouflage (Basic Editing III)
Camera: Nikon Coolpix 4300
Location: Living Room
Date: Nov 13, 2005
Aperture: f/2.8
ISO: 400
Shutter: 1sec
Galleries: Animals
Date Uploaded: Nov 13, 2005

This is my little Chip. :) For the background, I used an old Halloween cape. Chip is laying on one of my old Halloween costumes. For lighting, I used a 60 watt lamp. Talk about a homemade studio! :-P

Chip only stayed in one spot because he was tired. His eyes lightened up when he saw my other cat, Salem, walking behind me. Good thing he didn't try to attack Salem this time :)

Statistics
Place: 120 out of 169
Avg (all users): 4.8041
Avg (commenters): 6.0000
Avg (participants): 4.3699
Avg (non-participants): 4.9462
Views since voting: 870
Views during voting: 431
Votes: 296
Comments: 12
Favorites: 2 (view)


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01/22/2006 08:43:14 AM
Well. . ..maybe it wasn't the best for the camouflage challenge, but I think it is a beautiful photo! There's something haunting and sleek about it. A beautiful animal, captured beautifully by your camera!
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12/03/2005 02:56:32 PM
Great shot...very sharp...good work!
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
11/22/2005 08:26:25 AM
A great model. A lovely capture. Bumping up on sheer expression.
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11/19/2005 05:05:05 PM
Super sharp. Love this shot.
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11/18/2005 05:52:23 PM
nice sharp eyes! a pitch black background i think would be better. like glow in the dark eyes. imo
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11/16/2005 08:06:34 PM
Good setup shot. He seems a bit 'greenish' on my monitor, perhaps a WB thing.
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11/16/2005 02:29:07 PM
What a beautiful cat, and I am not a cat person! Nice portrait.
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11/16/2005 11:21:55 AM
Hey, you stole my cat! :) Almost looks like my Tweety but she has white on her nose as wel. Cute shot. Good job getting the cat to look directly into the camera, I know exactly how hard that can be, LOL

The idea is great, as I see a few other people had the same idea but the problems I see with this one is the cat's not really camouflauged or disguises in any way. An adjustment to levels and/or curves could have had the cat blending more into the background though the blue and black would never really match exactly. If you had a black cloth or coat you could try this with. Also an adjustment to color balance, to the yellow to make the eyes really come out and maybe another to contrast to really make them pop. Normally this would get a 5 from me but because the subject is so darn cute, I'll pop it up to a 6 :)
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11/16/2005 07:33:59 AM
Sorry, I just don't see the camouflage effect in this picture.
11/16/2005 04:55:39 AM
I don't like the wrinkled curtain effect, but that is a wonderful pet portrait. Not really seeing camouflage, but the focus and the kitty give it a 7
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11/16/2005 02:38:26 AM
This picture doesn't fit into this camouflage challenge, in my opinion. The cat stands out like a sore thumb. So I gave it a 1 because of that. It would have done well in another challenge under portraits.
11/15/2005 09:11:28 PM
beautiful shot.. she actually seems to be hiding...
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