Black Beauty
by Albireo

Comment by outland:
This is the best I have seen so far, including mine. I like the framing and the color and sharpness. The old war horse put out to pasture.

Black Beauty
by Albireo

Comment by Anjella:
The composition works well, this would have looked great with a boost to the saturation to really seperate the main 2 tones.

Black Beauty
by Albireo

Comment by AChelton:
Nice picture, although theere is some noise in the middle of the axle... if thats what you call it lol.

Black Beauty
by Albireo

Comment by Kathryn8:
A thing of Beauty, for sure. The composition is perfection!!! Way to go!

Black Beauty
by Albireo

Comment by Brock:
great focus and cropping...love it

Charm
by Albireo

Comment by Melly8522:
Oh and I forgot, CONGRATS ON THE 3RD PLACE! I WOULD HAVE NEVER BEEN THAT GOOD!

Charm
by Albireo

Comment by Melly8522:
Very sweet! I love it and it should have won 1st place but that is my thought. I love it and I think it should have deserved a higher place. I LOVE IT!

Black Beauty
by Albireo

Comment by strags:
Great composition.

Black Beauty
by Albireo

Comment by jmsetzler:
Beautiful photo.. i'm envious :) - 10

Charm
by Albireo

Comment by Albireo:
Thanks everybody for the nice comments and criticism. This was a great Christmas gift.
I agree, the lighting could have been better and I also wish the cat looked straight in her eye, but to tell the truth, he was not very willing to pose and so I had only a few attempts :) nevertheless, we have a very affectionate relationship with him, but the thing is he decides the moments... Great thanks to my elder daughter for posing (she was willing, lol).
I did not add comments at the time of submitting, so here are the details:

Lighting is fully natural, mid afternoon, east looking window, cloudy but not overcast. I fastened a semi-transparent plastic sheet to the window to get the homogenous backdrop.
Prost processing steps, other than crop and resize were:
- Neat Image to get rid of some noise patterns in the background
- Sepia Toning
- Adjusted Brightness higher a bit

Message edited by author 2004-12-29 08:18:15.