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Challenge: High Contrast V (Advanced Editing VII)
Collection: Cats
Camera: Nikon D700
Lens: Nikon AF-S Nikkor 28-300mm f3.5-5.6G ED VR
Location: Fairfax, VA
Date: Nov 19, 2012
Aperture: 5.6
ISO: 6400
Shutter: 1/200
Galleries: Animals
Date Uploaded: Nov 19, 2012

 I think this cat (now named Yazmin) is absolutely stunning. She appears to be a Seal Lynx Point Snow Bengal cat. Thought at first she was a Bengal/Siamese cross or something because I'd never seen a blue-eyed Bengal, but some Googling turned up this rather exotic variation on an already exotic cat breed. Learn something new every day, right?

She looks poised to move here because she was. This is not a mellow, hang out quietly kind of cat. Title is meant in the sense of a lookout, but the double meaning due to her coat pattern is kind of cute.

Oh, and she's available for adoption from the local animal shelter as of this writing. She came in as a stray, unbelievably. Bet she finds a home really fast!

PP - cropped, tonemapped in qtpfsgui (pregamma 0.697, mantiuk method, contrast mapping 0.1, saturation factor 1.029, detail factor 1), lightened all but shadows on both layers, reduced noise on tonemapped layer and merged in multiply mode, increased contrast, dodged cat face, cleaned up her eye boogers, vignette, cloned out white bar in background and burnt other bits, resized, sharpened, added border.

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Post-challenge: adopted :-) Sometimes it pays to be gorgeous.

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Sony DSLR-A580
Sony DT 18-70mm f/3.5-5.6 Aspherical ED
 11/27/2012 10:03:34 PM
Beautiful cat with great coloring. I find the blown areas slightly distracting, but still a top image. Voted earlier.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Nikon D7100
Nikon AF-S DX NIKKOR 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR II
 11/27/2012 06:14:53 PM
Best cat shot in challenge
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Nikon D750
Nikon AF-S DX Zoom Nikkor 55-200mm f/4.0-5.6G ED
 11/25/2012 01:33:03 AM
Amazing lighting.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-5DS R
Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 USM Macro
 11/24/2012 11:43:30 PM
wonderful pet shot but I think the nose is a little too burnt
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS R6
Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 L Macro IS USM
 11/21/2012 05:06:09 PM
What a beautiful pet portrait. The details really pop.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Nikon D750
Nikon AF-S Nikkor 17-35mm f/2.8D IF-ED
 11/21/2012 01:15:16 AM
I LOVE THIS CAT!!!!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
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