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07/27/2012 07:27:41 AM |
| I seriously thought that was my cat for a second there. Have you figured out what breed they are? We've never been able to figure it out. |
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02/18/2009 04:05:23 AM |
| Stunning eyes, the coyotes seem to have left a strong grey impression in the little tiger. Hope the left paw is just hidden and not a victim of the fights. :) love the backlighting. |
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02/18/2009 03:20:28 AM |
As promised that if I did not happen to comment on yours during voting I would comment after. Beautiful grey cat and with those lovely amber eyes her would have been a stand out beauty for the Gray challenge earlier. Focus is wonderful - I love all the lovely details and textures we see on Mr. Kitty. And I absolutely love the natural 'halo' lighting that beautifully outlines the fur/shape of the head. The composition has strong potential to move out of the slightly above average and into the exceptional category if you correct a few flaws. First off there is some odd reflections off of Mr. Kitty's eyes. It looks like it may be a reflection of the room. Could a slightly higher angle or different angle removed those reflections? The reflections detract and distract attention away from those beautiful amber eyes. Next, having Mr. Kitty on the couch with that a design may have entered an element that competes for attention. The design adds shapes and textures not to mention a similar hue that tends to take some focus off the cat. If we just had to work with the image as is I would crop this to a straight head and front torso shot for two reasons. One it would eliminate much of that completing textured background. Second it would give your cat more of the spotlight by bringing us even closer to your main subject. If you want to keep more of the backdrop in the shot then my only suggestion would to be to change the angle such that you only have the back of the couch as the backdrop rather than back and armrest. That way it would be more of a solid 'wall' rather than something that has dimension of corners that show light and shadow. The only drawback to this course of action is that you may loose that lovely halo lighting which is one strong point of this photo.
(BTW you don't happen to be a fan of the Babylon 5 universe...Mr. Kitty was one characters pet in one of the spinoff shows) |
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02/16/2009 11:48:15 PM |
WHat a beautiful loking cat.
I adore the yellow eyes .
The uniform greyness of the image gives the impression of a selective desaturation
The back lighting coming from over the shoulder creates a great outline around the head.
Only negative thing I could say would be that the bunched up blanket doesn't really suit a portrait image so well.
Nice angle in that you have got down to the cats level, and the crop works well.
Focus looks good and sharp on the eyes. |
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02/15/2009 05:48:01 PM |
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02/15/2009 02:03:10 PM |
| great use of b/w, works well here. Like the comp. 7 |
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02/15/2009 11:32:52 AM |
| Great use of natural colors to set off those lovely eyes! |
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02/14/2009 11:43:52 AM |
| nice shot, the eyes are great 7 |
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02/12/2009 05:39:19 AM |
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02/11/2009 05:23:17 AM |
| That is a fantastic name. We have a cat named Kitty, but Mr. Kitty Kitty takes the cake. Great shot, too. |
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02/11/2009 05:13:47 AM |
| I like this very much. The eye color may be overdone by a notch, but it works for me. 8 |
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02/11/2009 03:00:33 AM |
| This might be better if you push up the contrast a bit. |
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