This is AMAZING PHOTO, the border is perfect IMO, actually every single
detail is great. I personally hate when people are analyzing photo in
pieces. LOVE IT!!!
I love this shot and I think that the border with its strong lines enhances the feeling of entrapment in the shot.
I love the how the face imerges from the darkness within.
I just read the Critique Club's evaluation of your photo here.
I don't agree on the border. I think the border helps this photo with keeping the viewers eye from roaming outside the photo. The bars naturally lead the viewers eyes around the photo and the border keeps your eye from leaving. I also don't think the photo is over sharpened. Animal fur unfortunately looks over sharpened when there is a higher amount of contrast like there is between the cats eyes. There are no signs, that I can see, that much sharpening has been done. You don't see that halo around the whiskers or between the eye and eyelid that over sharpening would produce. I agree with the rest. Great shot, with a good challenge placement for a pet shot.
First, the technical side. Centralised shots are often panned but this works well. The DOF is spot on with the bars of the cage nicely out of focus and the cat sharp on the eye. B&W works well with this, but I think the border is a little distracting.
Composition: Centre subject has to be strong, and this is, the eye is drawn to the eye of the cat which seems to state imprisonment. I am not a great lover of Borders and would prefer to see this shot without a border.
Overall: I didn't really like this at first glance, it was just another pet closeup. Then I started looking deeper and there is a sadness reflected by the B&W. Maybe a tad oversharpened, but a powerful image that is reflected in the score. A well constructed photo that I fear has been down voted cos it is B&W and of a pet. A good shot and worthy of its position.
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