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Postby owen on Thu Apr 27, 2006 12:20 pm

Hi guys. I'm putting this up for review now that I can. I got quite a few low votes so I'm just wondering whether this was because of the love/hate issue with cats or whether there are some suggestions about how to improve the photo.

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http://www.dslrusers.com/viewtopic.php?t=16719.

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Postby Glen on Thu Apr 27, 2006 12:39 pm

Owen, I gave this my top score (5), more because of the technical merit of the image, I can take or leave cats. Getting a low score is not a negative, no vote at all is a negative with the new system. I like the image a lot.
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Postby owen on Thu Apr 27, 2006 12:48 pm

Thanks Glen. I didn't mean to imply I wasn't satisfied with the lower votes, I just thought it might be an indication of some improvements that could be made to the image. Hence why I am now here :)

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Edit: thanks also for the vote :)
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Postby optogamut on Thu Apr 27, 2006 12:55 pm

Hi, I'm new to the site so didn't see the comp. For my tastes I'd like a bit more light on the cat, however I know that's a trade on the mood of the image too. Also, if you could move the cat to the right a bit and open up a bit of negative space on the left I think that would be good.
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Postby owen on Thu Apr 27, 2006 12:57 pm

Thanks mate. I will do a recrop later tonight and see how it turns out :)

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Postby stubbsy on Thu Apr 27, 2006 1:53 pm

Owen I gave this my top vote too. I'd have liked a little more light, but then you'd have had problems with the background.
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Postby Laurie on Thu Apr 27, 2006 2:10 pm

i like the photo. very nice. and the angle makes the cat seem even more in power.

nice shot
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Postby PiroStitch on Thu Apr 27, 2006 2:13 pm

I didn't find anything wrong with this photo technically and it was in my top 3 votes.

For me, it was more subject matter as it didn't really interest me, the portrait held more interest for me.
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Postby owen on Thu Apr 27, 2006 2:47 pm

Thanks for the comments guys. I'll try a recrop and also adjusting the curves again to try and make it a bit lighter.

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Postby owen on Thu Apr 27, 2006 10:57 pm

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What do you guys think, better? I gave him more vibrant eyes and a brighter nose too.
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Postby optogamut on Thu Apr 27, 2006 11:09 pm

yeah, the colour and lighting looks good. I'd still like to see him moved over a bit, so he kinda looks into the space...
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Postby owen on Thu Apr 27, 2006 11:35 pm

Thanks mate. I didn't want to cut off his whiskers, but I might add more black space over to the left.

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