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Challenge: Yellow III (Advanced Editing IV)
Camera: Canon EOS-20D
Lens: Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0 L IS
Location: Taronga Zoo, Sydney, Australia
Date: Apr 1, 2006
Aperture: f/4
Shutter: 1/40
Galleries: Nature, Animals
Date Uploaded: Apr 1, 2006

 I remembered this leopard on a previous visit to the zoo and I thought it would be a bit different from lemons, plastic ducks and yellow fruit and veg. I am still climbing a very steep photographic learning curve.

Camera RAW - AE4; Crop; Resize; Levels; USM; Burn; Gaussian Blur; Saturation.

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Canon EOS-D60
Canon EF 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM
 04/05/2006 03:31:49 PM
I'm not sure if you used neatimage or if this is a fake cat. He looks too smooth to be real, like maybe something from an amusement park or something.
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Google Pixel 2
 04/03/2006 09:05:18 PM
Oh man, he's not real! I'm so bummed! I was hoping this was a real kitty! I love these guys! You tricked me! :)

Nice use of the desaturation for the shot, bringing my attention to the cat and keeping it there but the desaturation seems to have affected the colors on the cat as well, the colors seem a bit muted and dull. Also if there was any other way you could have come from the other side so you could see the cat's face I would have loved that, they have such beautiful faces. As is a 5
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