A Cat and a Parachute.... For C&C

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A Cat and a Parachute.... For C&C

Postby surenj on Sat Oct 28, 2006 7:44 pm

A certain member has requested that I post some original work instead of commenting on others...

Here goes..

Neighbourhood Cat
ISO 1600 with very low available light

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Port Stephens (bit of beach that wasn't polluted by the 4WD)
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Comments criticisms are much appreciated. Thanks!
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Postby Yi-P on Sat Oct 28, 2006 7:47 pm

Images not showing up....
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Postby stubbsy on Sat Oct 28, 2006 8:00 pm

I really like the second shot in all respects bar one - I think it's a little TOO soft. Otherwise great work (and about time we saw a pic from you :wink: )
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Postby daniel_r on Sat Oct 28, 2006 8:48 pm

The images aren't showing up in the post either -

this is being displayed for me:
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However, copying the image address and opening it in a new window seems to work.

#2 - I like it, but feel it could do with a little less softness in the foreground as well - I seem to be hunting across the image to find the focal point.
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Postby Geoff on Sat Oct 28, 2006 10:03 pm

No images for me either, and why is the 'certain member' name-less? :)
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Postby Oneputt on Sun Oct 29, 2006 8:09 am

surenj what was the reference to pollution and 4WD? Would you care to explain.

Images no show here as well.
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Postby Pa on Sun Oct 29, 2006 8:27 am

i like your cat image surenj.
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Postby Mitchell on Sun Oct 29, 2006 10:57 am

I think I'm the nameless one... Suren just needed a bit of a push to post something! :D

Depth of field works well in both - although I agree that the second is possibly a bit soft. Keep them coming!!
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Postby obzelite on Mon Oct 30, 2006 1:15 am

is it just me or are the footprints flanked by tires ruts?
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Postby surenj on Thu Nov 02, 2006 6:56 pm

I think the 'tire ruts' were just natural... Some of the port stephens beaches are a bit 'polluted' by 4 wheel drives in my opinion.

I did soften the first photo with a gradient perhaps went too far... :)

Sorry if the pictures couldn't be displayed for some people. I am yet to find a good service for photos on the web. Unfortunately google doesn't work well with hotlinks and Flickr doesn't agree with my firewall ;)

Thanks for all your critique...
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