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Mr. Majestic
Mr. Majestic
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Challenge: Pet Portrait II (Advanced Editing V*)
Camera: Canon EOS-20D
Lens: Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L USM
Location: Living room
Date: Dec 9, 2006
Aperture: f/3.5
ISO: 1600
Shutter: 1/100
Galleries: Animals, Black and White
Date Uploaded: Dec 9, 2006

 Nothing extraordinary, but I think it's a good solid pet portrait. I purposely softened it up a bit, but I'm sure a few voters may find it too soft (or worse yet, think it's out of focus), but I liked the softer appeal of the fur with the whole image. Binky here is actually a female cat, but she was looking pretty majestic in the image, so the title just seemed to work.

The afternoon light was hitting her just right as she was sitting on the couch. I converted to B&W, did some vignetting in RAW, used a Classic Soft filter in CS2, some burning here and there and voila.

Statistics
Place: 120 out of 378
Avg (all users): 5.8594
Avg (commenters): 6.7143
Avg (participants): 5.5528
Avg (non-participants): 6.1587
Views since voting: 945
Views during voting: 339
Votes: 249
Comments: 9
Favorites: 0

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 12/21/2006 12:06:09 PM
Great cat portrait, not stiff and posed looking. Natural and you've caught the cat gaze perfectly. I like the softened effect.
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 12/21/2006 12:07:22 AM
Binky. Oh, yes. I know Binky. (Well, not your Binky, but then...that inscrutable look is pure Everycat, isn't it.) I really like the treatment you gave this image. I would also have been delighted to see what Binky looks like in real life.

I'm looking forward to seeing you, your wife and your family on another SF GTG one of these days!

Take care. And thanks for your nice words about my For Sale entry...
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
12/17/2006 09:43:18 PM
Wow, look at that commanding stare! Now that is where you want to keep your viewer's attention hypnotized on! Don't be afraid to get closer to your subject, zoom in to so that his face fills the frame. As this composition sits now, I think that all the space surrounding the cat's face just takes attention away from the strong focal point of the image - that commanding stare which holds emotion and interest. Bring the viewer closer to your subject and it would move this composition out of the 'good' category' into the above average exceptional category.
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 12/17/2006 01:45:40 PM
Nice black and white. You've captured that typical "haughty" cat look. Well done.
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 12/15/2006 07:54:17 AM
7 - Nice portrait of Mr Majestic. Toning works well, A fraction more 'pop' around Mr Majestic's face and/or focal area a little wider, to include a little more face, eyes especially, make this even better in my opinion. A frame may have really set this off and given it more of an edge, not sure.
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 12/13/2006 11:25:01 PM
This shot looks great in black and white. I really like the off-center placement of the cat's head in the composition. The tone range is very nice and focus looks great.
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 12/13/2006 02:42:35 PM
Great B&W shot.
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 12/13/2006 11:02:50 AM
really nice light, my only thoght is the line in the background sort of cuts your cat in half if you were a wee bit lower that line would likely have disappeared.
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 12/13/2006 09:34:51 AM
Nice shot. I'd like a tighter crop and sharpen a little but this is a good entry.
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