grim
by shoelessaj

Comment by colorcarnival:
I can see that it is a black cat but on my monitor, it looks very dark and a lot of detail is lost. It would be interesting to see what this photo looks like a little lighter.

grim
by shoelessaj

Comment by TheStick:
Excellent shot. Great composition!

grim
by shoelessaj

Comment by timfythetoo:
I really like images like this. While maybe not a ribbon winner in this challenge it is still strong. Bumping up to 8 and adding to my faves.

grim
by shoelessaj

Comment by tnun:
Like the idea. Too dark on my screen?

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by shoelessaj

Comment by sfalice:
You took a chance with this black on black portrait.
To me, in any event, it worked. The modeling is just
lovely on this cat.
Unfortunately, you may be at the mercy of monitors that
are not perfectly calibrated. I hope not.

grim
by shoelessaj

Comment by pamelasue:
very dark ... but I like what you've done ... really creative crop ...

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by shoelessaj

Comment by CNovack:
I can make out very few details of the face. I can barely see the nose, there is no eye (I am going to assume that this is a sleeping cat) and the head is vaguely outlined by the sheen of the hairs picking up the lighting. Mayhap it might be that the monitor calibration is the culprit or upping the gamma or brightness & contrast might help the cat be more visible. Having a black cat on a black background is very challenging because you don't have contrasting colors. Thus lighting becomes very important. Mayhap you needed a stronger light or another light to illuminate the left half of the cat's face seen here so that the viewer could greater appreciate the features of this sleeping cat.

grim
by shoelessaj

Comment by joycedonado:
Ohhh. 'Like
my milky :)
Good luck. :) An 8. :)

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Comment by J-Me:
Really artsy shot! Love the composition. I'm wondering if since this was an advanced editing challenge, if you could have selected the head, copied and pasted it onto a separate layer and just sort of lightened that portion a bit and played with the saturation, or perhaps, color, it might have brought the face out a bit more??? The way it sits now, it seems to blend in so much that you really have to look to see the separations. I like your view on this shot though. Really artsy look. Would make a GREAT painting!!!

grim
by shoelessaj

Comment by Younger:
Sorry, I have no idea what this is. It is too dark on my monitor.