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Barney at window
Barney at window
lyta


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Challenge: Free Study XII (Advanced Editing IV*)
Camera: Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT
Lens: Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 USM Macro
Location: Barney's house
Date: Aug 7, 2006
Aperture: 4.5
ISO: 400
Shutter: 1/200
Galleries: Portraiture, Animals
Date Uploaded: Aug 31, 2006

Raw conversion,crop, cloned out a lot of dirt and dust on window. dodge and burn, USM

Statistics
Place: 208 out of 684
Avg (all users): 5.9087
Avg (commenters): 6.8000
Avg (participants): 5.8230
Avg (non-participants): 6.2407
Views since voting: 722
Views during voting: 353
Votes: 263
Comments: 28
Favorites: 2 (view)


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AuthorThread
09/08/2006 06:15:52 AM
Wow thanks for the comments and scores everyone. I was surprised this did so well. I didn't realize my moniter needed calibrating and brightness needed adjusting so I was horrified when I viewed it on our laptop. This could have looked a hell of a lot better. Luckily many viewed this with their moniter brightness down.lol
I was so sad about it - your scores and comments made me feel alot better. Thanks again
Lyta
 Comments Made During the Challenge
09/07/2006 05:02:16 PM
OMG, there's a cat in my computer... very realistic. Wonderful light.
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09/06/2006 07:16:21 PM
Great lighting.
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09/06/2006 05:09:23 PM
Very cute capture. Looks like a nice healthy cat L()L. needs a touch of something. Maybe a little levels. Not much just a touch to give it some extra pop.
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09/06/2006 03:36:56 PM
Oh wow, this is SUCH perfect lighting! Would love to hear what your light source was for this. (And by the way, very adorable cat too.)
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09/06/2006 12:29:14 PM
Looks a little hazy to the left of his head, cute kitty though! :)
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09/06/2006 09:28:58 AM
I love this intense look on kitty faces, nice and clear..
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09/05/2006 09:12:04 AM
Nice sharp photo. Great use of lighting.
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09/05/2006 06:44:51 AM
love the glowing effect around him...way to cute! he has the look of concentration! 9
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09/04/2006 07:26:18 AM
Sorta like a Rembrandt painting of Barney. Nicely focused.
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09/03/2006 06:19:53 PM
Looks kinda smudgey. (is that a word?)
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09/03/2006 05:28:59 PM
Excellent lighting in this, great pose you caught.
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09/03/2006 04:05:37 PM
This is one of the nicest cat portraits I have seen, beautifully captured. 10
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09/03/2006 02:58:56 AM
Hey, this is my cat's twin! Really. Very good expression on his face and nice job overall. I like the detail above his eyes and around his nose.
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09/02/2006 01:26:54 PM
processing seems very strange around the edges of the cat.
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09/02/2006 08:08:44 AM
Beautifully illuminated...really sets this apart from the usual cat portrait.
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09/02/2006 06:54:18 AM
What lovely light! Very nice portrait.
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09/01/2006 09:12:19 PM
I would have preferred it if you'd cleaned up that background completely. I wiped my monitor, but the smudge is still there... distracting to say the least. Maybe on your monitor did not see what I'm talking about (and I can see the difference between the two whites on the far left and two blacks on the far right so it is not my monitor). pity, such a great image.
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09/01/2006 03:35:38 PM
beautiful light and cat portrait!! and I don't even like cats LOL
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09/01/2006 11:03:55 AM
cute cat. he looks so sad and bored. theres some weird blurriness around him though. not sure what it is but its very distracting. great composition though.
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09/01/2006 09:57:58 AM
I think if he were sharper and the burning looked less obvious I would like this better. Overall, a nice capture. I am just not sure about the pp.
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09/01/2006 09:48:02 AM
Beautiful cat portrait. Barney seems to be leaning his head right out of my computer screen. Awesome lighting!
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09/01/2006 09:29:26 AM
the light is very nice.
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09/01/2006 06:12:45 AM
Composition: 6 - Nice to have him looking into the frame with good negative space on the right
Technical: 5 - Nice and sharp, well exposed, but there seems to be grey splotches and stuff in the background from editing, is your monitor calibrated?
Creativity: 4 - Not really anything unique about the shot.
Appeal: 3

Overall Calculated Average Score: 4
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09/01/2006 04:45:09 AM
Lovely photo of a thoughtful moggy.
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09/01/2006 04:18:57 AM
I love the lighting of this photo. It's so hard to get cats to pose for you. (i've got cats that either run up to the lens, or run away!) . Great shot.
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08/31/2006 10:56:36 PM
What a beautiful capture! One of my cats died yesterday so this is really cheering me up.
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08/31/2006 08:42:38 PM
I am not normally a cat photo fan but this is great. Good enough to make me reconsider liking cats!
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