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Challenge: Best of 2005 (Advanced Editing IV*)
Camera: Nikon Coolpix 7900
Location: Pa.
Date: Jul 8, 2005
Galleries: Animals
Date Uploaded: Jan 2, 2006

 Went to a friends who had a few kittens left from the litter. I had just gotten my new camera so I started taking shots. I liked the expression on her fact here, and the way the grass outside just happened to line up with her ear to show the edge. Cropped it down a bit and played with the brightness a tad.

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Place: 766 out of 833
Avg (all users): 4.6923
Avg (commenters): 5.2000
Avg (participants): 4.6326
Avg (non-participants): 5.0149
Views since voting: 1053
Views during voting: 548
Votes: 429
Comments: 21
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 02/01/2006 04:51:35 PM
After a second look, the details in the face are quite nice, especially the eyes. I feel the wide angle takes away from them. With all that detail, I bet you could have cropped down to just around the eyes and mouth and would have gotten alot more second looks.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
01/31/2006 05:50:38 AM
Cute kitty! The green thing by it's ear is a distraction. The lighting is pretty good. The capture of it's expression is priceless!
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 01/29/2006 06:19:50 PM
A touch sharper may be better. Seems a bit off focus or sof focus.
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 01/28/2006 02:36:27 PM
nice idea, sharp, nice texture, color a bit flat, b&w good, nice comp, light great, dof nice, overall ok
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 01/27/2006 10:08:03 AM
Awww, cutie!
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 01/26/2006 05:18:43 PM
Aaahhh... what a sweet kitty. Great job. I can never get the eyes to come out right in animal shots.
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 01/26/2006 11:59:43 AM
The cat doesn't really match the title ... but I can imagine he would love to play.
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 01/26/2006 02:41:29 AM
This so looks like a kitten we had called, "Willow"... Cute, adorable, sweet, cuddly, soft and just purr-fect.....Lovely capture.
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 01/22/2006 05:57:25 PM
good
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 01/22/2006 12:03:44 PM
Attractive soft image but background lacks planning and is distracting. It's not a major element so you should be able to clone it out.
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 01/21/2006 07:04:58 PM
The kitten is darling, but a tad overexposed. The background, unfortunately, is definitely problematic.
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 01/21/2006 11:16:33 AM
Nice close up. Seems a little low contrast, but that's probably because the whites are so bright. The edge on the upper right bothers me, maybe at a little higher angle, that could have been avoided. I like that cat's look though, he/she has deep eyes.
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 01/20/2006 11:42:50 AM
good use of backlighting
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 01/19/2006 12:35:20 AM
ay-yi-yi--that's a rather in-you-face shot! nice enough, but, for me, it's more of a snapshot than a photograph. but hey, that's just my opinion; as long as you love it, that's what matters.
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 01/18/2006 05:46:04 PM
8 from me....good luck!
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 01/18/2006 07:19:44 AM
Aww such a cute shot! I like the backlighting effect around the fur.
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 01/18/2006 04:32:21 AM
Backlighting works very well and great looking cat. I would have cloned the dark part of the background into the top right corner and sharpened a touch more. 8
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 01/17/2006 08:50:38 AM
Definitely gets points for the cute factor! What a heart melter! :)
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 01/16/2006 11:44:27 PM
what an expressive face he has 10
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 01/16/2006 11:00:55 AM
Reasonable portrait but stiff expression and blown highlights don't help you much I feel. 4/10
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 01/16/2006 10:11:44 AM
Ahhh yes, someone ALWAYS has to get their cat into a challenge!! However, there aren't enough contrasting colors to make this picture great. It's rather flat. Nothing catches the eye and sucks me in. The background behind the ears is distracting. 3
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