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Day 2: Brotherly Love
Day 2: Brotherly Love
cgino


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Camera: Nikon D80
Lens: Sigma 10-20mm f/4-5.6 EX DC HSM for Nikon
Location: Polvadera, New Mexico
Date: Oct 2, 2007
Aperture: f/4
ISO: 400
Shutter: 1/200
Galleries: Animals, Black and White
Date Uploaded: Oct 3, 2007

Viewed: 683
Comments: 16
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 Yeah, more cats... :-) This is Ziggy and Skootles. Ziggy is the tiger, 6 month old son of a cat that is either Skootles' older sister from a previous litter or sister from his own litter. I'm not entirely sure because she was a very elusive cat (one I could never catch and get fixed). Skootles is the BEST big brother (or uncle or whatever), the young kittens just love him and follow him everywhere and cuddle with him and he puts up with it like a real trooper. I love my Skootie-bug!

Again trying to do different processing than my usual style. More selective desat, but this time trying to create a soft dreamy look rather than the sharp contrast look last time around. There are TONS of layers here...

First, major crop to focus in on the boys' faces. Then...
-Create duplicate bkgrnd layer, apply Gaussian blur at 2 pix radius then mask out areas to remain sharp (opacity left at 100%)
-Create duplicate bkgrnd layer, apply diffuse glow, mask out a few areas glowing too much and reduce opacity to 86%
-Add vignetting from PTlens to diffuse glow layer
-Create duplicate bkgrnd layer, apply LucisArt Whyeth @ 25% then reduce opacity to 36%
-Channel mixer layer for b&w conversion, mask some areas for a bit more color like nose and stripes, then reduce overall opacity to 87%
-Levels layer to bring Ziggy out a bit more
-Photo filter warming (81) at 21% to add warm color cast
-resize
-apply sharpen tool over parts of Ziggy's and Skootles' faces
-save for web

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 10/06/2007 09:49:34 PM
It is funny how Skootles seems to be trying to get away. I like the selective desat with the hint of pink on Skootles nose.
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 10/05/2007 06:59:27 AM
What an adorable shot, your editing works perfect.
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 10/05/2007 04:24:39 AM
Very cute, almost humanesc photo. I like the post processing on this as well. Great shot.
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 10/04/2007 01:52:16 PM
Wow, soft and dreamy indeed. They are so lovey, you can almost hear the purring! Well done.
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 10/04/2007 01:37:44 PM
Awwww. ..I LOVE this one! As independent as cats are, they sure do love to snuggle don't they!

This is so awesome!

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 10/04/2007 12:24:07 PM
beautiful, tender shot, and the processing suits the mood perfectly.
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 10/04/2007 09:50:11 AM
I love the contrasting dreamy look on Skootles face v intense on Ziggy's. Great shot of the boys with beautiful editing.
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 10/04/2007 05:50:22 AM
Great job on the processing - thanks for the tips.
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 10/04/2007 05:15:16 AM
Good cat candid. Good notes, too.
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 10/03/2007 07:47:58 PM
This reminds of a photobooth photo for some reason. You know, the kind where you get in a make funny faces and it prints out the strip of photos. I don't know why, but it just does. Totally cool! And oh so sweet.
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 10/03/2007 06:38:07 PM
Nice kitty portrait! I like the tones here, and the expressions on their faces!
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 10/03/2007 06:19:38 PM
AWWW - Totally loving this.
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 10/03/2007 06:19:25 PM
Thank you very much for your deatailed processing steps. I like the sound of skootles he is a cool cat :)
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 10/03/2007 06:08:19 PM
Love this!! The face on Skootles is soooooo adorable! Great Capture!!!
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 10/03/2007 06:00:34 PM
Just too cute - they are real characters, aren't they? Love your processing. Works well.
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 10/03/2007 04:55:09 PM
Priceless expression!
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