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Ristyz


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Challenge: Square Crop (Advanced Editing IV)
Camera: Canon EOS-10D
Lens: Canon EF 28-105mm f/3.5-4.5 II USM
Location: Local Vet Clinic
Date: Mar 3, 2006
Aperture: 6.3
ISO: 400
Shutter: 1/160
Galleries: Emotive, Animals
Date Uploaded: Mar 4, 2006

 Cropped, layers for burning & highlighting, saturation, slight gaussian Blur on cat's fur, flipped horizontal, USM, SFW

Took my horse to the vet for a spring check up, while there the Clinic Cat came to show us his good deed.....then it got away.

Statistics
Place: 124 out of 369
Avg (all users): 5.7358
Avg (commenters): 7.1250
Avg (participants): 5.6031
Avg (non-participants): 5.9506
Views since voting: 1817
Views during voting: 410
Votes: 212
Comments: 33
Favorites: 3 (view)

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 01/16/2007 08:00:41 PM
Square crop definately suits the crop of this image.....
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 03/26/2006 06:58:20 PM
I gave this a 9. Excellent opportunity capture. Conjures a variety of mixed 'thoughts' but the bottom line is: it's genuine and captures reality. The pipe? - didn't bother me too much, in fact added a 'back alley' type feel to the shot in my opinion. Without it, still good, but not the same feel. The square framing was excellent and composition near perfect. A 'once off' shot. Taking the liberty of adding to my Favorites. Colors are also complementary and even more ironic, is where this was taken.
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 03/26/2006 12:40:20 PM
What a interesting mix of beauty and subject matter that can be hard to stomach. I'm betting a lot of voters had trouble getting past that. A photo as technically well done as this should of scored much higher.
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 03/14/2006 06:07:36 AM
Way under-rated in the final voting. It's a brilliant photo.
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 03/13/2006 07:50:39 AM
I have to agree with the other post voting commentors. This shot should have scored much higher. Great color, composition and tells a story. Very well done regardless of what the voters thought.
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 03/13/2006 01:57:20 AM
Interesting scoring on this one, I think a lot of people underestimate the difficulty of this capture, especially from the DOF standpoint! Love the rich tones, works well as a square.
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 03/13/2006 01:27:19 AM
How this image gets this many votes below a five is beyond me. Keep up the quality of these shots, the scores will come. I was sure this would top twenty at least.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
03/12/2006 10:38:31 PM
amazing capture, dynamic composition. 10.
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 03/12/2006 04:48:27 PM
good capture, very well processed, At first I didn't like the pipe line on the right edge, but it does give some balance and greater sense of place. The expression in the cat's eyes and the perfect framing of the bird's wings and feet pointing to the corners of the frame make this a top ribbon contender.
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 03/12/2006 11:50:46 AM
I would imagine a few peeps won't like this shot? Certainly not something you'll witness often (especially with your cam in tow). Well done and good luck.
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 03/11/2006 04:23:47 PM
awww crul facts of nature!
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 03/10/2006 10:06:57 PM
wow - what a capture! 9
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 03/10/2006 12:37:04 PM
intresting. the blur filter gives a dreamy effect belied by the subject matter. nice colour too.
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 03/09/2006 12:29:10 PM
How on earth did you catch this? It's brilliant.
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 03/09/2006 07:24:58 AM
Unique capture; A cats got to eat! But heck, the pipe is distracting; I'd like to see more of that great peach stucco background. But I know, you can't go back in time; and neither can mr. pidgeon. good luck!
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 03/09/2006 04:53:32 AM
Exciting and nice tones. Pity about the plumbing.
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 03/09/2006 03:56:32 AM
Hope the bird is ok .. what a snot of a cat .. but praise her anyway ... lucky you were there to catch the shot. I think a little more play around contrast and brights would have done a bit more for the shot itself.
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 03/08/2006 08:11:41 AM
well, good catch ... :-)
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 03/07/2006 11:05:51 PM
Definitely gets your attention!
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 03/07/2006 10:07:13 PM
Fantastic picture, Rikki. ;-) I like how the cat is in mid-stride. The pigeon seems still alive (was it?). Come to think of it, I never realised cats went for pigeons.
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 03/07/2006 08:13:33 PM
Interesting...True Nature of the Feline
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 03/07/2006 06:09:22 PM
Such a fantastic capture!
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 03/07/2006 01:37:29 PM
Naughty pussycat! No matter how us humans see this, the cat has a wild instinct to hunt and there you go..caught!
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 03/07/2006 10:42:39 AM
wow
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 03/07/2006 09:57:35 AM
dammnnnn. did the pigeon survive?
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 03/07/2006 03:12:50 AM
Impressive capture of moment. Nice color. Light is not helping you much here.
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 03/06/2006 10:59:19 PM
I would have given you a 10 had the saturation been a little stronger.

8.
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 03/06/2006 10:36:51 PM
What a shot! The cat has a great sinister look on his face.
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 03/06/2006 06:18:25 PM
WOW..!!! No kidding caught! Great capture
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 03/06/2006 05:59:55 PM
good moment!!!
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 03/06/2006 05:04:34 PM
Yikes! And you caught them both. Colors are spectacular yet natural.
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 03/06/2006 11:53:57 AM
That's bound to get some reaction. It definitely stirs some emotion in me. Compositionally: Lots of nice diagonals serve to emphasize the movement and unease created by the subjects. The pipe is a bit distracting and the rear foot of cat looks a little "chopped". However, it's hard to criticise considering how difficult it must have been to get a cat and bird to pose. Color, exposure and focus are great.
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 03/06/2006 06:57:45 AM
where's the rspca? eeek, mean cat, mean cat, put that bird down!
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