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Emilia in the window
Emilia in the window
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Challenge: Pet Portrait (Advanced Editing IV*)
Camera: Fujifilm FinePix S7000
Location: Akureyri, Iceland
Date: Apr 3, 2005
Aperture: f/2.8
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/480
Galleries: Animals
Date Uploaded: Apr 3, 2005

 My cat likes sitting in the window and watch over the neighbourhood. Sometimes it is like a decoration with the flowers. Worked on levels, contrast and color, cropped, resized and framed.

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Canon EOS-5D Mark II
Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0 L IS
 04/17/2005 10:24:24 AM
Hello from the critique Club :)

First look at the photo doesn't really say its a portrait as I am distracted by the other elements in this photo. For one, the right third of the photo is predominantly occupied by blown-out outdoors which serves no purpose.

A portrait should be such that it draws the attention of the viewer to the subject and let it be distracted. From your description, you wanted to portray her nature about looking out the window, but even in this case, donot let the window steal the show, it can be a part, but just a minimal part, for reference only and the major part should be yout cat.

This is one quick and dirty fix trying to remove some of the distracting elements from the photo


If you have any questions please feel free to pm me
thanks,
Gaurawa
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
Canon EOS-5D Mark III
Canon EF 17-40mm f/4.0 L USM
 04/10/2005 09:43:05 PM
Too much stuff in window detracts from Emilia's portrait...I think if the plant in middle was moved, it would focus attention on your cat.
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Canon EOS-20D
Canon EF 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM
 04/09/2005 12:59:54 AM
Attractive and alert. great colors. Bumping up.
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Google Pixel 2
 04/08/2005 12:25:17 PM
Emilia is beautiful! What a lovely expression on her face. This has the potential to be a great shot with just a few adjustments. A tighter crop on the right, removing the harsh light from the window and most of the plant, cloning out the black bar between her ears and that spot above her right ear and just a slight adjustment to the levels or curves would probably make this shot really stand out more. As is a 5 :)
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Nikon D200
Nikon AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 18-70mm f/3.5-4.5G IF-ED
 04/05/2005 03:16:30 PM
What big green eyes you have :)
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