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Challenge: Edgar Allan Poe (Expert Editing)
Camera: Canon PowerShot A700
Lens: Nikon AF Nikkor 50mm f/1.8D
Location: Chateau Snaffles
Date: Nov 3, 2011
Aperture: f1.8
ISO: 400
Shutter: 1/250
Galleries: Animals, Horror
Date Uploaded: Nov 3, 2011
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Galena was my Black Cat. And no she did not have an eye gouged out, nor was she hung from a tree, for this challenge. If anything she was waddling around after the shoot from all the treats I gave her during all the shoots we did this afternoon. She's a trooper!
After trying to catch her in a suitable mid-air posture, I gave up and got a cloth. I spread it out on the floor and got her to bat at a favourite toy. The trick was to try and get her stretched out as much as possible to give a distinctive cat form.
Shot handheld while standing on a hassock while dangling the toy over Galena's head. Used Ray's 40D and his 50 mm f1.8.
The main trick was to get the exposure right. Galena is a creamy colour with points and the background was black. So yes I did use invert and desat at some point!
pp: RAW-TIFF ah hell I'm not listing everything I did. Lots of it, is all I can say but only with one capture.
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Aww, very disappointed this image didn't do better. But I am afraid some voters thought I had shot a dead cat, or simply didn't know the story well enough to realize that in this scene,it is only the impression of a cat's body upon the wall. Yeah, it's the body of the black cat, but had it made mention of that I would have done the processing differently so Galena would have come out black.
Ah well. That'll learn me to enter expert editing challenges!!
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11/11/2011 01:31:46 AM |
| One of my favourites in the challenge. The face is so human-like, it's scary. Thanks. |
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11/10/2011 10:07:31 PM |
| marvelous effect. I hope this isn't just a picture of someone else's art. |
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11/10/2011 09:17:32 PM |
| A cat flattened in a book. Like. |
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11/04/2011 10:32:53 PM |
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