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Challenge: Shallow DOF II (Basic Editing III)
Camera: Olympus E-300 EVOLT
Lens: Olympus 50mm f/2.0 Macro ED Zuiko Digital
Location: living room of my house
Date: Dec 14, 2005
Aperture: f2.8
ISO: 400
Shutter: 1/250 sec
Date Uploaded: Dec 17, 2005

One of my cats again, sorry...taken while the cat looked out the window into the full moon but I did use a light, low and on the left...I liked this effect with the wide aperture...cropped, levels, hue/saturation, unsharp mask, treat for cat.

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Place: 307 out of 346
Avg (all users): 4.5075
Avg (commenters): 5.7500
Avg (participants): 4.3644
Avg (non-participants): 4.6216
Views since voting: 706
Views during voting: 358
Votes: 266
Comments: 8
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12/27/2005 01:48:47 AM
Wow of a cat photo.........
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12/26/2005 11:21:44 AM
I really like this shot, but I don't see much in the way of shallow DOF. 5
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12/22/2005 07:43:11 PM
DOF not very apparent in this image. I think allowing more a bit more light in the background would've helped.
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12/22/2005 12:42:42 AM
the lighting throws me here it is lighter under the cats chin but if it was true moon light it would be lighter on the face with a shadow upon the chin and under fur of the cat.....sorry i over think things..but don't ignor your lighting please cause this is a fine shot but for that small detail...really light is your image with out light there would be no photography or digital imaging or anything of that nature...so don't ignor it. i can make or break a photo...in this case it just shows that the photo was staged, not a bad thing but if it was not your intent to show the staged nature of the shot then do your math...i gess that the best way to put it....

if it is real moon light then try to make that the only light in the image or at least the predominit light scorse...so the viewer doesn't doubt the photos validity...

the noise level is reasonable and doesn't distract and the smoothness of neat image of a gaussain blur apea to be there but not in any overwhelming way so over all it is a nice shot and i wish u luck....btw the 3 light spots in the cats eyes also are odd when talking about moonlight which when it is high in the sky is primarly ambaint...and when full and lower in the sky would show as a very large reflection or flar in the cats eye...like i said GL 7
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12/21/2005 05:55:48 PM
Not exactly shallow DOF but an awesome picture!
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12/21/2005 03:08:28 PM
So deep... Never seen a pic of a cat with such a deep sight... Uhm.
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12/21/2005 11:42:45 AM
I do not like the lighting. sorry - 4
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12/21/2005 02:35:42 AM
Love the photo I just don't think their is enough depth of field
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