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The Evil Eye
The Evil Eye
ecdillon


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Darkness (Basic Editing III)
Camera: Sony DSC-S85
Location: San Diego
Date: Jun 14, 2005
Aperture: 8
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/200
Galleries: Animals, Macro
Date Uploaded: Jun 14, 2005

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Statistics
Place: 51 out of 373
Avg (all users): 5.7896
Avg (commenters): 7.5000
Avg (participants): 5.5000
Avg (non-participants): 5.9945
Views since voting: 1141
Views during voting: 449
Votes: 309
Comments: 18
Favorites: 2 (view)


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04/17/2007 03:29:17 PM
Cool! I know from experience myself how difficult it is to photograph black-furred animals: either the details of the fur become very harsh or washed out, or the details are completely lost in a black void. But I think you've captured the fur details perfectly here! It would be cool if the cat's eyes were a little wider open (although it certainly does make the cat look evil!) But, having a cat myself, I know how difficult models they can be!
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
06/21/2005 04:09:50 PM
a very good shot of cat's eye.....I don't see any evil
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06/21/2005 09:48:06 AM
Black cats fit a dark theme for this challenge. General photographic qualiity and clarity is good and the closeup composition is fine. Lighting is OK.

This woud be wrong but many viewers will see this as an attempt to slip a pet picture into the challenge and vote it lower.

There are a lot of white specks, particularly around the right eye, that will detract from the composition as will the out-of-place hair on the right near the whiskers. This image would score higher if those items could have been cleaned off.

The image shows some digitalization 'jaggie' effects on the cat's whiskers. The reflection of the flash in the cat's right eye is a slight distraction.

Overall this is a well framed macro composition.
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06/21/2005 05:50:59 AM
yes the black cat ! that's what DARKNESS is all about. nice close up also 7
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06/21/2005 04:33:08 AM
i think this is one of the best in this challenge. congratulations
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06/20/2005 09:46:24 PM
What a lovely guy. Great texture and definition.
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06/19/2005 10:12:18 PM
Great black. Nice detail in the texture. The flash in the cats left eye is unfortunate, but hard to avoid.
Here is how I broke down my score.
Content: 2/4
Composition: 1/2
Color/Light: 2/2
Clarity: 2/2
Total:7/10
Keep up the good work.
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06/19/2005 06:30:55 PM
Beautiful macro !
I wish you good luck !
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06/19/2005 10:59:49 AM
love the eyes but would have preferred closer crop on those alone. whiskers and nose detract
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06/19/2005 05:25:25 AM
Absolutely love it. Darkess well conveyed.
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06/18/2005 02:27:29 AM
Given your tiitle, I was surprised that there was so much more to the image when I scrolled down. You could have easily cropped out the bottom half of the image and it might have resulted in an even more haunting image. Still a lovely image either way though.
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06/17/2005 03:57:00 AM
The sort of image that causes nightmares. Well done.
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06/16/2005 03:35:07 PM
Thought I'd seen enough cats, but this one is excellent. The twinkle in the eye really makes it.
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06/16/2005 07:42:06 AM
Did you pull his tail to get this PO'd look from him?!?! Great shot! 10
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06/15/2005 04:48:49 PM
Such a wicked little kitty! Love the gleam in his eye and the smile!
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06/15/2005 02:04:42 PM
Lovely - what a shot. I think the title is just right for the picture. Well done
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06/15/2005 01:01:16 PM
wow
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06/15/2005 01:58:32 AM
Excellent capture. Straight to my favourites. Good luck.
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