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Challenge: Portrait in Landscape Orientation (Advanced Editing IV*)
Camera: Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT
Lens: Sigma 70-300mm f/4-5.6 APO DG Macro for Canon
Location: Under the cabbage trees by the deck
Date: Oct 28, 2006
Aperture: f/5.6
ISO: 400
Shutter: 1/500 second
Galleries: Animals, Digital Art
Date Uploaded: Oct 28, 2006

This is my cat Furface. He has appeared in challenges before and this is a common expression of his!

Editing steps:
Convert from RAW: increase exposure & fill light
Healing brush to tidy up some minor elements
Hue/Sat on eyes
Resize
USM
Save for web

Statistics
Place: 187 out of 271
Avg (all users): 4.9433
Avg (commenters): 6.7000
Avg (participants): 4.6471
Avg (non-participants): 5.0988
Views since voting: 852
Views during voting: 350
Votes: 247
Comments: 16
Favorites: 0


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11/13/2006 09:30:09 AM
Pffft Pffffft !!!!
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11/08/2006 02:48:50 PM
Hmmm... I'm not really a cat person, but here goes: I like the selective desat(?) leaving the eyes that vivid colour. I think a tighter crop with the eyes dead center though, would have made more of an impact. Not sold on the editing around the edges, looks a little smudgy... which brings me back to wanting the tighter crop. Have to agree with Karma about needing a contrast boost too, or even a wee play with curves, just to give it some punch. Other than those issues, it's not a bad pet portrait at all, but then it's always going to be hard to compete against gorgeous human models... ;)
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11/08/2006 10:15:20 AM
I suspect voters didn't score high here because many may assume that a portrait has to be of a person. Also, warm and cuddly may work better than the scowl. As far as the picture itself, the thing that jumps out at me is that the eyes seem to be just a tad bit off-center. It may be an illusion, but it appears as if you were trying to get them centered and missed the mark. I like the PP but it appears that a bit of color is in the fur instead of B&W, assuming that B&W was your intention for fur. I would have scored it 6.
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11/08/2006 05:45:13 AM
I swear cats are evil.
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11/08/2006 05:08:35 AM
Beautiful cat. Love the expression. I like the shot, but it does all blend together. Maybe a bit more contrast or something to get away from the all gray feeling. Also, since this was advanced editing, you could've taken advantage of the green eyes. I'm not a particular fan of that technique, but others seem to like it.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
11/06/2006 09:27:59 PM
strong image!
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11/06/2006 03:39:41 PM
so strong and yet on the verge of disappearing into a snowdrift. 8
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11/05/2006 08:42:10 PM
Awesome pet poortrait here.....
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11/04/2006 09:25:19 AM
very pixelated
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11/03/2006 04:22:08 PM
Nice color in the eyes and the expression is priceless...just a tad to bright for me.
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11/03/2006 03:57:49 PM
This looks like a drawing. I'm curious about how you did it.
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11/03/2006 10:38:05 AM
An almost graphical representation with strong visual appeal. 7
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11/02/2006 09:29:27 PM
I KNOW that cat! Many apologies, Your Highness!!!! :}
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11/02/2006 03:12:07 PM
very nice!
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11/02/2006 09:12:08 AM
This looks like a painting! I like your pp, nice picture!
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11/01/2006 12:44:15 AM
cat
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