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04/07/2013 12:18:37 AM · #1
A Girl and Her Cat

Just seemed an internet thing to do, what with cats being the main reason we even have an internet... :-)
04/07/2013 02:18:30 AM · #2
Beauty. That cat is a real Weimaraner.
04/07/2013 04:34:49 AM · #3
general consensus..... most of those images scream silver efex pro to me, waddya'll think? just for discussion's sake.
04/07/2013 05:59:26 AM · #4
Originally posted by Melethia:

what with cats being the main reason we even have an internet... :-)


Think that should read "only reason" Thanks very for that and a happy Sunday to you.
04/07/2013 09:04:18 AM · #5
Wonderful and beautiful series.
04/07/2013 09:11:59 AM · #6
Aww, that was delightful. Thanks, Melethia.
04/07/2013 10:11:05 AM · #7
Love it...and such a squishably cute cat! Thanks for sharing!
04/07/2013 10:32:02 AM · #8
Delightful post! Thanks!
04/07/2013 01:03:27 PM · #9
Just wonderful. I especially like the one of the cat in the box with the girl lying on it. And yes, Tiny, the internet was originally invented for us to share cat pictures and videos.
04/07/2013 02:47:28 PM · #10
Originally posted by tanguera:

Just wonderful. I especially like the one of the cat in the box with the girl lying on it. And yes, Tiny, the internet was originally invented for us to share cat pictures and videos.

i can't let this sort of inaccuracy stand. the Internet was invented by the military to create a decentralized network impervious to foreign attack.

The world wide web was invented to share cat pictures and videos.
04/07/2013 03:03:45 PM · #11
My cat can't read or paint. I feel like such a failure.

04/07/2013 03:05:58 PM · #12
Originally posted by posthumous:

i can't let this sort of inaccuracy stand. the Internet was invented by the military to create a decentralized network impervious to foreign attack.

The world wide web was invented to share cat pictures and videos.


Such a stickler for detail... ok fine. But cats took over the internet as well, so it wasn't all that impervious....
04/07/2013 05:36:55 PM · #13
Just gorgeous...love that.
04/07/2013 06:58:26 PM · #14
Thank you for sharing that Melethia. Just gorgeous.
04/07/2013 07:25:58 PM · #15
I thought I'd posted here yesterday. Wonderful series. Weimaraner cat indeed :-)
04/07/2013 11:45:46 PM · #16
That is a bloody big cat! I did enjoy that viewing experience - makes me wish I'd've done the same with my kids when they were younger. Wouldn't quite have the same effect now.
04/08/2013 10:09:26 PM · #17
Originally posted by mrchhas:

general consensus..... most of those images scream silver efex pro to me, waddya'll think? just for discussion's sake.


It makes no difference to me what B&W treatment the pictures got but the series has no appeal for me since they look to be contrived composites.
04/08/2013 10:54:14 PM · #18
anyone care to take that up? I did wonder here and there...
04/09/2013 01:12:21 AM · #19
I agree with Olyuzi. I enjoyed looking at the first couple but then it became clear hat they were very cleverly done composites and the series immediately lost its appeal. Without that genuine connection between cat and child it became meaningless.
04/09/2013 01:51:49 AM · #20
Originally posted by tnun:

anyone care to take that up? I did wonder here and there...


I totally agree. They are composites, and not up to Gyaban's standard. Ruined it for me as well.
04/09/2013 08:31:10 AM · #21
Originally posted by Cory:

Originally posted by tnun:

anyone care to take that up? I did wonder here and there...


I totally agree. They are composites, and not up to Gyaban's standard. Ruined it for me as well.

Composites? Dang, and they were so wonderful.
Guess I'll have to go look at them again (and again)
to make sure those smiles they evoked
were for genuine realism.
:(
04/09/2013 08:50:56 AM · #22
For those of you who say that these being composites "ruined" it for you, why?

I assume that all of you edit your photos in the computer. Do you make them more mundane?

Does the idea that the sunset wasn't really that color also "ruin" it for you? or the thought that there were powerlines running through that otherwise pristine landscape also "ruin" the photo for you?

Do Gyaban's composites hold up for you only because they are so fantastical? If he made a realistic composite, would that also be "ruined"?

What happened to simply accepting an artist's execution of his vision for what it is and not requiring it to be a documented reality?

Message edited by author 2013-04-09 08:52:49.
04/09/2013 09:54:26 AM · #23
you guys are a hoot
04/09/2013 11:10:56 AM · #24
Originally posted by Spork99:

For those of you who say that these being composites "ruined" it for you, why?

I assume that all of you edit your photos in the computer. Do you make them more mundane?

Does the idea that the sunset wasn't really that color also "ruin" it for you? or the thought that there were powerlines running through that otherwise pristine landscape also "ruin" the photo for you?

Do Gyaban's composites hold up for you only because they are so fantastical? If he made a realistic composite, would that also be "ruined"?

What happened to simply accepting an artist's execution of his vision for what it is and not requiring it to be a documented reality?


I explained why in my post.
04/09/2013 11:26:16 AM · #25
Originally posted by SaraR:

Originally posted by Spork99:

For those of you who say that these being composites "ruined" it for you, why?

I assume that all of you edit your photos in the computer. Do you make them more mundane?

Does the idea that the sunset wasn't really that color also "ruin" it for you? or the thought that there were powerlines running through that otherwise pristine landscape also "ruin" the photo for you?

Do Gyaban's composites hold up for you only because they are so fantastical? If he made a realistic composite, would that also be "ruined"?

What happened to simply accepting an artist's execution of his vision for what it is and not requiring it to be a documented reality?


I explained why in my post.


Kinda.

The connection you refer to being made meaningless was, in part or in total, created by the compositing, but for almost all photos (save perhaps straight, uncropped photojournalism), the feeling and/or effect is created by some manner of editing, be it a boost of saturation, HDR, cropping, spot editing or even compositing elements between photos. Why are these different?

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