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Frank the Cat II
Frank the Cat II
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Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Pet Portrait III (Advanced Editing VII)
Camera: Canon EOS-400D Rebel XTi
Lens: Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 USM Macro
Location: Albuquerque, NM
Date: Feb 22, 2008
Aperture: f/8
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/200 sec
Galleries: Animals, Macro
Date Uploaded: Feb 24, 2008

 This is frank. Shot with our new speedlite 430EX bounced off of a piece of white foamcore.

Shot in RAW: adjusted white balance and exposure

PS:
Crop
Curves
Shadow/Highlight
Dodge/burn/clone here and there
Resize
USM
Save for web

Statistics
Place: 88 out of 261
Avg (all users): 5.8971
Avg (commenters): 7.0000
Avg (participants): 5.6937
Avg (non-participants): 6.1398
Views since voting: 923
Views during voting: 340
Votes: 204
Comments: 10
Favorites: 0

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AuthorThread
 03/09/2008 12:51:33 PM
Hey there from the Critique Club

Camera Work/Technical: The technical aspect of this image is pretty strong. I do feel a touch of soft focus on Frank's left eye, and it looks like the nose was the primary area of focus. Using f/8 was a good decision, but I think that I would have made sure that both of those eyes stayed crisp.

Lighting: I do like the softness that you achieved with your lighting. Capturing good detail is often difficult when shooting black subjects like this one. You did a nice job, even capturing detail in the ares deep into your photo that aren't in focus.

Composition/Content: While I am no fan of cats, and not normally of cat images, you did a very nice job with the tight composition that you chose. I do think that the angle of the cat's eyes take a little away from the picture. The angle tends to lead my eyes up and out of the frame rather than into it.

My Opinion: 5.897 is a strong score, and I think it is a well-deserved score. With a couple of small changes, particularly with the shooting angle, I think that this one would bump up even closer to the 6 range. Nice work with a fairly difficult colored subject.

Thank you for the opportunity to provide a critique on your entry,
Eric
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
03/02/2008 06:37:16 PM
Awesome eyes here.....
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 02/29/2008 08:48:59 AM
nice clarity in the eyes. i might have 'healed' some of that dander.
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 02/28/2008 02:49:04 PM
Nice crop, great focus on the eyes. Black cats are so lovely.
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 02/27/2008 12:25:31 PM
Nicely done.
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 02/27/2008 11:06:50 AM
Beautifully lit and composed. It's hard to get the texture of the black fur to show up so nicely.
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 02/27/2008 10:29:33 AM
Frank is a beautiful animal and you did very well to get such great detail in the black.
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 02/26/2008 02:02:57 PM
good contrast and detail
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 02/26/2008 10:19:53 AM
Nice detail - great eyes
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 02/26/2008 02:21:48 AM
very good focus and sharpness.
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