Urban Wasteland
by mycelium

Comment by bkvel:
excellent photo

odalisque kitty
by mycelium

Comment by mycelium:

Originally posted by sfalice: Damon! While I (er) stand by my remarks made during the competition, I was delighted to see there were several schools of thought on those toes of yours... Hope you gave that gorgeous cat a good belly rub after you took his picture. Alice

Hahah. Yes, my toes were not very popular. When I saw your comment, I giggled a bit to myself over the effects that anonymity during voting can have. But I like this picture, even if it finished in the 10th percentile!!!!!

The kitty is well loved on a frequent basis, so don't worry about that :) Thanks for commenting!

odalisque kitty
by mycelium

Comment by sfalice:
Damon! While I (er) stand by my remarks made during the competition, I was delighted to see there were several schools of thought on those toes of yours...

Hope you gave that gorgeous cat a good belly rub after you took his picture.

Alice

odalisque kitty
by mycelium

Comment by ergo:
Unique perspective. I like a lot the details (cracking ground, dried roots/grass). But I do think the image would benefit from a bit more sharpness on the cat itself.

what eating rocks will get you
by mycelium

Comment by CorySmith:
why didnt this place higher?!!!??!?!

what eating rocks will get you
by mycelium

Comment by mycelium:

Originally posted by goodman: this is great, think it would have scored higher with the voters if it had been black/white. just guessing

you could be right. this is definitely not the sort of thing that DPC voters tend to smile on.

I think you're right that it would have been less unappealing in B/W... but then again, it would never be beautiful. I think the yellows enhance the sort of nasty ghoulish effect... and since this picture couldn't be pretty if it tried, I figured I might as well go for the strongest impact possible (even if not a pleasant one).

odalisque kitty
by mycelium

Comment by Bear_Music:
This certainly is the strangest image in the challenge. You get bravery points just for including some not-especially-beautiful feet in a beauty challenge :-) I'm torn on this one, because the image is very appealing to me in an offbeat way, but it hardly seems to address the challenge. On the other hand, who am I to judge what's beautiful? The picture brings me back, and back again, so I'm gonna bump it up, and wish you the best :-)

This from the man that entered a raindrop as a self-portrait, remember...

what eating rocks will get you
by mycelium

Comment by whiteroom:
this is great, think it would have scored higher
with the voters if it had been black/white.
just guessing

odalisque kitty
by mycelium

Comment by Catherine_B:
Your title made me pull out the dictionary and I learned a new word! Great title and great shot too. Captures the cat and is made much more interesting by adding your feet. Overall a good job (7)

odalisque kitty
by mycelium

Comment by ladyhawk22:
Good crisp clear image!! I have to say I find the feet a bit distracting...but what a cute cat!! Lighting looks good on this shot and the colors look good too.