By the Lake
by zolika13

Comment by posthumous:
I imagine this will ribbon unless the voters are blind, which has been known to happen. not sure how you even did this.

The Choir
by zolika13

Comment by zolika13:
Happy to see that some people enjoyed the photo! :)

Unfortunately I only had about 20 minutes for after-processing, and in those 20 minutes I also had to learn how to focus stack pictures in Photoshop lol

Apart from the yellow cast, I'm pretty happy with the photo. I kept the cans, will try to find a better composition / setup.

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The idea is not mine, btw. If you're curious, just google "beer cans singing" :)

The Choir
by zolika13

Comment by grahamgator:
Hilarious!

By the Lake
by zolika13

Comment by ELLIPS:
Different and original, the composition highlights the model well, even though she is far away. The mood is very special and quite sublime.

By the Lake
by zolika13

Comment by bjoern:
I wonder how you created that light effect.

The Choir
by zolika13

Comment by kasaba:
:-)

The Choir
by zolika13

Comment by roz:
oh how clever .. this is bloody brilliant . !! .. of course it took me a second or two to notice the choir but when i did this became a thing of absolute wonderfulness .. so so good . :)
def ribbon material .. :)

The Choir
by zolika13

Comment by tanguera:
Funniest thing I've seen in a long time. Kudos for concept and imagination. I think this would have "popped" a bit more without the yellow color cast.

Riding the Rainbow
by zolika13

Comment by SandyP:
This. Is PERFECTION! I bet the owner of this classic car would love this hanging on their wall! Congratulations!!!

The kitty approves
by zolika13

Comment by zolika13:
Thanks guys!

This project was so much fun and such a struggle at the same time!
All those who ever tried to take a photo of a cat, know that the real challenge here is simply the fact that you're dealing with a cat :)

Cats don't care. One moment they're in the most photogenic pose you can ever imagine, but by the time you pull out a camera, they're carelessly walking away and the moment is gone.
You can't tell them to sit in a particular place and stay still until you find a good angle and create some kind of lighting, compose, crop (because it's minimal) and press the shutter button. Also you can't ask them to be patient until you try 20 more times, because most photos will just not turn out the way you want them to be.

This is how I ended up crouching by the couch for like 30 minutes with a reading lamp in my left hand, constantly looking for a decent angle for lighting, phone in my right hand following the cat's head and trying to compose a shot, while psst-psst-ing the entire time and gently poking her to turn the way I need her to be... As I said, a lot of fun :)

When this photo finally happened, I jumped up and screamed of joy and ran to my wife to share the picture with her. We both loved it!

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Once again, thanks for the comments and looking forward to the next fun challenge!

Message edited by author 2022-04-16 12:18:02.