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Camera: Nikon D80
Lens: Nikon AF-S Zoom-Nikkor 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6G IF-ED VR
Location: Polvadera, NM
Date: Dec 21, 2008
Aperture: 4/6.3
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/250
Galleries: Candid, Animals
Date Uploaded: Dec 21, 2008
Viewed: 1308
Comments: 14
Favorites: 1 (view)
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This is Skittles, Ojay and Cyrus. It took me about 20 shots to finally get them positioned in the frame as best as I could and looking the same way. Cats are not always the most cooperative models, and much patience is necessary :-)
And actually, I think they were looking at a dog roaming free in the next yard over. They have to be careful; around here, free-roaming dogs are likely to rip a cat apart if they can catch one.
Processing:
Color Efex Pro tonal contrast; mask out everything but Ojay and combine with original
Copy Ojay's eye, increase saturation a bit
Copy copy of Ojay's eye, set to screen, opacity 60%, dodge catchlight
Color Efex Pro Reflector effects, 45% opacity
Combine all below -- I found a GREAT keyboard shortcut that saves me SO much time since I blend layers a lot! "CTRL + ALT + SHIFT + e" creates a new layer composed of all of the visible layers below.
Copy this layer to a new image, convert to B&W with channel mixer, change to grayscale, then convert to duotone PANTONE 9120 U, copy this back into orignal image and set opacity to 35% (to bring down the color a bit)
Resize
Unsharp mask
Border made by doing a black stroke inside of 5 pixels, then increasing canvas size by 40 pixels each dimension with white as background
Original:
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12/31/2008 10:18:54 AM |
| Nice lineup, I like your placement of focus. |
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12/23/2008 09:27:16 AM |
| I like the choice of DOF/focus in this one. And I am amazed you got three of them looking the same direction at the same time. I also like how all three are very differently marked, too. Nice set! :-) |
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12/22/2008 06:08:39 PM |
| Great focus on the middle cat - I would love to know what they are all staring so intently at! Yes, much patience is needed - unless they are sleeping! |
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12/22/2008 03:43:00 AM |
Amazing u got the 3 of them.. I have a hard enuf time with one..
Great job!! |
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12/22/2008 03:09:19 AM |
| Great shot; I know how hard it is to get one animal to cooperate in a scene so I am VERY impressed by three, and cats at that! |
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12/21/2008 02:18:13 PM |
| WOW . i cant believe you actually got these cats to pose for you .. that's amazing .. its great how just the middle one is in focus ... another brilliant cat shot .. :) |
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12/21/2008 02:00:46 PM |
| Lovely focus on the central cat. All your lovely cat pics make me want one, but they give me asthma. |
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12/21/2008 01:04:22 PM |
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12/21/2008 12:47:16 PM |
| Kitty Day???? You've gotta be kidding me! LMAO |
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12/21/2008 09:32:56 AM |
Originally posted by Jutilda:
YAY it's kitty day. |
NO, kitty day is the 25th ;) |
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12/21/2008 08:34:36 AM |
| I know what you did, you opened a can of tuna and stuck it over there for them to look at! LOL! Wonderful dof! Love the blend of colors! |
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12/21/2008 08:23:13 AM |
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12/21/2008 08:01:39 AM |
| You must have a LOT of patience !!! very cool cat image. |
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12/21/2008 06:49:05 AM |
| Excellent DOF on this one. I love how the cats are all focused on something off to the left, but the one in the middle's cocked an ear at you, as if to say "I know what you're up to, lady." Hehehe, |
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