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A Meeting of Minds
A Meeting of Minds
raish


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Diagonal (Basic Editing)
Camera: Nikon D100
Lens: Nikon AF-S DX NIKKOR 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR II
Location: Oslo
Date: Nov 28, 2006
Aperture: f/16
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/60
Galleries: Interior, Animals
Date Uploaded: Nov 28, 2006

Taken indoors with flash bouncing off the walls and ceiling. f/16 and 1/60 sec set manually, which enables a half-way decent depth of field and the capture of models that really don't have sitting still high among their priorities. Come to think of it, it might have been a good idea to switch on the VR function, but there go the best laid plans of cups and lips...
Anyway, the whole thing was seriously under-exposed and adjustments brought out the grain so that Neat Image had to be called in.

Increased a few exposure stops in RAW
Converted to 8 bits and adjusted levels (half way?)
Resized to 1024
Neat Image
Resized to 640
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Statistics
Place: 303 out of 345
Avg (all users): 4.7430
Avg (commenters): 4.4167
Avg (participants): 4.5444
Avg (non-participants): 4.9438
Views since voting: 858
Views during voting: 227
Votes: 179
Comments: 18
Favorites: 0


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12/07/2006 06:58:00 AM
what evil lurks in the mind of a cat.....I like it *
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12/07/2006 06:44:24 AM
oooh... love it... maybe try a pass of shadow/highlight? - though it may take away a little of the foreboding quality...
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12/06/2006 02:33:01 PM
Raish,
I gave this photo a 7, as I really like the interaction between the cats and the expression on the one cat's face. I suspect some people were a little harsh because the photo is fairly dark, and often cats don't do well in general. I agree with some of the other photos that a bit more light would have made a big difference.
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12/06/2006 10:52:16 AM
I like the cat, but can't make out anything else. Maybe a case? Oh is there another cat? This may be one of the Monitor things where it looks someone what different on each. I would like to see an out take of this where I could see it more. Any way cute cat.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
12/05/2006 05:23:16 PM
Can't really make out the cat on the left. Dark subject against dark background without adequate lighting to separate the two.
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12/05/2006 02:26:23 PM
This has the look of an old, antique post card. Like how you cropped it. 8
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12/05/2006 01:49:45 PM
Too fuzzy
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12/04/2006 07:40:46 PM
Too dark, specially on the dark kitty. I almost missed it.
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12/01/2006 06:13:45 PM
I had a hard time seeing the second cat, which is critical for the diagonal in your image. A little better lighting would have really helped.
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12/01/2006 06:44:28 AM
aah! what a look!
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12/01/2006 03:09:09 AM
Would be far more interesting if it wasn't so dark!
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11/30/2006 06:23:50 PM
I like how the line of sight between the two becomes part of the comp. To bad you couldn't put their heads at the rule-of-thirds line intersections.
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11/30/2006 10:05:29 AM
4 - Funny shot. Diagonal aspect not as strong as I'd like to have seen for this Challenge, the lighting is a bit harsh giving it somewhat of a snapshot feel, but fairly minor. Perhaps a more refined crop on the left, would have made this even better. Good capture and very good title.
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11/29/2006 06:20:41 PM
Beautiful color and contrast on the larger cat. The rest of the shot is too dark on my monitor. The diagonal works.
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11/29/2006 06:05:32 PM
Nice interplay between the cats, shame the kitten is lost in the background.
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11/29/2006 11:42:32 AM
Nice diagonal tension btwn felines, intriguing box, perfect exposure of big tabby, but little puss too dark, white whiskers notwithstanding.
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11/29/2006 10:55:03 AM
the lighting let your photo down as it's a bit too dark to get the sense of interplay between your two "models"
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11/29/2006 03:34:08 AM
nice one!
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