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Challenge: Baby Animals (Advanced Editing VII*)
Camera: Nikon D300s
Lens: Nikon AF-S Zoom-Nikkor 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6G IF-ED VR
Location: West Coast Game Park Safari - Bandon, Oregon
Date: Aug 2, 2010
Aperture: f/5.6
ISO: 1000
Shutter: 1/320sec
Galleries: Nature, Animals
Date Uploaded: Aug 8, 2010

 Taken 12/29/09

Baby Spotted Leopard - There was two of these little guys and we actually got to hold both of them. They were just like big domestic cats as far as attitude. One thing that I wasn't expecting was the texture of their fur. Their spots are a different coarseness than the rest, so you can actually feel their spots.

Lightroom
Bumped exposure a tad
Reduced Black Clipping

Photoshop CS5
Topaz Denoise
Topaz Adjust
Dodged kitty's white fur
Selective color to take some yellow out of the reds
Selective color to increase blacks
Resize
Sharpen
Resize
Sharpening tool on face and ear
Last minute cloning to take out a thumb in the lower right and a distracting zipper on the upper left pink jacket. Also cloned out a tiny bit of text on the black jacket.
Save
Came back and threw in some cyan to chill the magenta.
Saved again!

Statistics
Place: 62 out of 138
Avg (all users): 5.9211
Avg (commenters): 9.0000
Avg (participants): 5.7302
Avg (non-participants): 6.0562
Views since voting: 1175
Views during voting: 296
Votes: 152
Comments: 4
Favorites: 1 (view)

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 Comments Made During the Challenge
08/15/2010 05:14:43 PM
Many photos can make you Oooh and Aaaaah at the cuteness. But only few can make you FEEL the photo. That is what this photo does for me. I don't just see, but FEEL the tenderness of the moment, and it is powerful.
Fantastic job! 10 (and the only one I have given so far)
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 08/09/2010 06:58:25 PM
This is a really well done shot and I think will do quite well. My only complaint would be that I find the brighter colors on the left and in the bottle distracting from the main subject. I like the way you were able to focus on the eye and really bring out the reflections and emotion in it while giving a soft fuzzy OOF feel to the fur.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 08/09/2010 11:24:54 AM
Delightful! 9
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 08/09/2010 06:40:55 AM
I want one!!!! There seems to be a yellowish cast though.
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