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...as if graven in bas relief upon the white surface, the figure of a gigantic cat...The Black Cat
...as if graven in bas relief upon the white surface, the figure of a gigantic cat...The Black Cat
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Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Edgar Allan Poe (Expert Editing)
Collection: 2011 Challenges
Camera: Canon PowerShot A700
Lens: Nikon AF Nikkor 50mm f/1.8D
Location: Chateau Snaffles
Date: Nov 3, 2011
Aperture: f1.8
ISO: 400
Shutter: 1/250
Galleries: Animals, Horror
Date Uploaded: Nov 3, 2011

 Galena was my Black Cat. And no she did not have an eye gouged out, nor was she hung from a tree, for this challenge. If anything she was waddling around after the shoot from all the treats I gave her during all the shoots we did this afternoon. She's a trooper!

After trying to catch her in a suitable mid-air posture, I gave up and got a cloth. I spread it out on the floor and got her to bat at a favourite toy. The trick was to try and get her stretched out as much as possible to give a distinctive cat form.

Shot handheld while standing on a hassock while dangling the toy over Galena's head. Used Ray's 40D and his 50 mm f1.8.

The main trick was to get the exposure right. Galena is a creamy colour with points and the background was black. So yes I did use invert and desat at some point!

pp: RAW-TIFF ah hell I'm not listing everything I did. Lots of it, is all I can say but only with one capture.

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Aww, very disappointed this image didn't do better. But I am afraid some voters thought I had shot a dead cat, or simply didn't know the story well enough to realize that in this scene,it is only the impression of a cat's body upon the wall. Yeah, it's the body of the black cat, but had it made mention of that I would have done the processing differently so Galena would have come out black.

Ah well. That'll learn me to enter expert editing challenges!!

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AuthorThread
 11/10/2011 08:31:46 PM
One of my favourites in the challenge. The face is so human-like, it's scary. Thanks.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
11/10/2011 05:07:31 PM
marvelous effect. I hope this isn't just a picture of someone else's art.
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 11/10/2011 04:17:32 PM
A cat flattened in a book. Like.
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 11/04/2011 06:32:53 PM
Ha! Nice.
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