Intense
by Refocused

Comment by gerdagrice:
Very aptly titled! Striking image with great black and white tones.

Intense
by Refocused

Comment by david_c:
Actually, she looks bored. I like your off-centre crop and the detail. Sharpening animal fur is tricky, innit?

Intense
by Refocused

Comment by Nuzzer:
Cats are always a favourite of mine, nice detail in the fur, the eyes seem "wrong" somehow

Intense
by Refocused

Comment by EBJones:
Very sharp, with great detail throughout. I especially like the detail in the eyes. Your processing and the B&W conversion work really well here.

Intense
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Comment by photokariangel:
those are some intense eyes! love the kittty. and b/w is perfect for such an INTENSE shot

Dentistry
by Refocused

Comment by K3Master:
Following up on my comment:

I expected this to do way better. One of two 8s I gave in the challenge.
Congrats on finishing over 6 though. This would look fantastic as an 11x14 behind your receptionist!

Dentistry
by Refocused

Comment by Yo_Spiff:
Hurts just looking at that thing! Grat pic though. I like how you caught the fine spray.

Dentistry
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Comment by Mark-A:
Nice detail and lighting - fits challenge well.

Dentistry
by Refocused

Comment by one2one:
grrr

Dentistry
by Refocused

Comment by K3Master:
Hands down the best photo of a dentist's tool I've ever seen. The color play with the gold/brass and the silver/pewter metal is gorgeous. The only dock I have is the fact that the background has been rendered a bit blocky because of whatever smoothing/blurring you've done, I would guess to combat noise? It looks like similar things I've done with neat-image like programs...

Still, that's a minor quibble really, as the main subject jumps out too much to really dock too much for the background. (although I'd be more inclined to give a 9 if it was smoother)