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09/14/2006 06:17:22 AM |
I think this is a very strong picture, the use of black & white has drawn out a lot of detail in the fur and the eyes that many cat images are lacking.
Compositionally I like the 'in your face' view we have, it not only allows for great close up detail but it gives the animal a nice attitude or semblance of personality. I do have to agree with a previous commenter about the ears though. The cut off nature definitely makes me wish I could see them in their entirety, that said I think it would be better to crop it so they weren't in the picture at all. The reason being as they really aren't the focus of this image - at least not anything I find myself interested in looking at - that's market is cornered by the fabulous eyes.
Speaking of the eyes, I am so glad in this particular case you resisted doing a selective desaturation. It would be very tempting with those huge eyes being so well-defined to want to highlight them even more by keeping their color in. While, when done well this *could* create a spectacular attention grabber, there is the equal possibility that'll come across as cliche and forced. Instead, the eyes are clear, they have a nice catchlight in them and their details are exceptional with the crispness both in focus and that B&W helps to provide.
The focus here is wonderful, just what is needed in a shot this close range. The whiskers and short hairs are nicely accentuated and of course the eyes look great - not just the inner part but I actually find myself even more facinated by the rim of the eye, almost looks like it has eyeliner on!
The lighting here is okay - it does the job of lighting the more important aspects of the cat's face, but again I have to agree with a previous commenter about it causing some unfortunate reflection and blowout of the white forehead area. With cats being notoriously hard to work with I'm not sure it'd be feasible to have set up a more diffuse light to capture this shot with. I also don't know if there's really a way to tone down the white on the forehead without potentially making it look strange in relation to the rest of the image.
Great job on this lovely cat portrait, it may be a subject folks like to talk down but you've done a lot with this image and I don't think it'd be fair to lump it in with the truly snapshot cat photos out there. I'm surprised it didn't do better in the challenge. |
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09/07/2006 10:52:09 PM |
| Great focus on the eyes! I think I'd either crop tighter to completely leave out the ears, or looser to include all of them. Halfway leaves me wanting to see all of them, and distracts from those eyes. |
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09/07/2006 06:12:15 PM |
| I'm a big cat fan! Great picture!!!! Love the black and white 10 |
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09/06/2006 01:03:31 PM |
| looks like someone I know L()L very human features here. |
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09/05/2006 09:49:23 AM |
| wahoa...look at that cat! what happened to his bottom lip though...did it disappear? intertsing contrast! 8 |
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09/03/2006 08:10:08 PM |
| Nice portrait -- isolating from the BG works well for me ... |
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09/03/2006 11:32:26 AM |
| Great focus and crop, like it in black and white. 8 |
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09/02/2006 09:30:00 PM |
| very cool and edgy perspective. 8 |
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09/02/2006 04:08:13 AM |
| Good texture on the cat close-up and a twinkle in the eyes. Small amount of distracting reflection / overexposure up front. |
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