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07/03/2003 11:50:32 PM |
Greetings from the Critique Club!...
COMPOSITION... Well, I know the frustrations of shooting animals (photograohically)... they hardly want to pose for you... but say this cat could follow direction properly, I would propose to have the cat a little off centered... if it is looking into the frame as it is here, then the cat should be to the left looking inwards... since the cat is looking up, then I would bring the cat's head slightly into the lower left hand corner.. Right now the photo has a snaphotty feel that imparts on the viewer that the cat was just quickly centered into the frame and the shutter was pressed...if you find its hard to position the cat and still not have enough time to take the picture before the cat runs away to play, you can always crop an image like the one above so that the cat's head falls in the frame the way you want it...
TECHNIQUE... I like the fact the fur manages to stick out... the captured texture makes this photo fit the challenge well... technically though, the photo suffers from a lack of focus... I'm not sure why...could the cat have been moving? did you exceed the minimum focus distance required by your camera? The cat's eyes also stand out a bit too much... the flash is causing this and lighting the subject with some nice, diffuse, controlled light could make a world of difference... |
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06/26/2003 02:12:36 PM |
| I like how the lighting makes the eyes shine and how it serves to subtly define the cat's body. Oddly, the low key lighting doesn't create or heighten the tone or mood of the photograph. Perhaps a different perspective or point of view would help. |
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06/25/2003 08:18:09 PM |
| Great shot! Just enough highlights to see the whole subject. |
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06/23/2003 06:26:04 PM |
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06/23/2003 01:41:14 PM |
| great shot. love the eyes...good luck. |
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06/20/2003 10:14:05 PM |
| low key imo needs to have side or back lighting. The use of flash masks the fast this was to be low key. It does fit the black on black however. |
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06/20/2003 03:44:07 PM |
| this more or less feels like a snapshot to me. the lighting is pretty flat and doesn't offer much contrast on the cat's hair. overall i just don't find the image very interesting. 4. |
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06/20/2003 06:57:52 AM |
| What a gorgeous creature, and an imagitive capture! Incredible that you managed to get some definition out of the fur as well. Imho, it falls slightly outside of the challenge, but I am going to give it a 9 anyway, because the exposure of shots like this is so #/¤#/&¤ difficult. |
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06/20/2003 02:11:45 AM |
| good job with the cat! just dont let it cross my path:) |
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