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Smithers
Smithers
riley


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Best of 2006 (Advanced Editing V*)
Camera: Canon EOS-20D
Lens: Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II
Location: Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Date: Sep 21, 2006
Aperture: 5.6
ISO: 320
Shutter: 1/50 sec
Galleries: Portraiture, Animals
Date Uploaded: Jan 9, 2007

 Our new cat 'Smithers'. We adopted him from our daughter, and he is about 10 years old. He has a lot of personality and is always into something.
This was taken on our living room couch with the afternoon sun light coming in the windows. I took several pictures that day and liked this one the best.
Cropped, resized, adjusted color, added small border, neat image and a bit of sharpen. I might have done more editing but didn't take note as I had no plans to enter into a challenge.
I could not enter into the Pet Challange because it was not taken in the correct time frame.

Statistics
Place: 226 out of 712
Avg (all users): 6.0597
Avg (commenters): 7.1071
Avg (participants): 5.9886
Avg (non-participants): 6.2727
Views since voting: 978
Views during voting: 440
Votes: 352
Comments: 28
Favorites: 3 (view)

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 Comments Made During the Challenge
01/25/2007 02:01:21 AM
excellent work, all the way around.
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 01/22/2007 07:27:55 PM
Great color, texture, softness and detail all combined into a great photo. Well done!
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 01/22/2007 05:33:00 PM
Great colors & tones. The lighting here works real well.
Only dig on this is the lack of detail from what looks like too much noise reduction.
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 01/21/2007 08:36:53 PM
Good focus and textures here...
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 01/21/2007 12:02:55 AM
I love the back lighting.. Makes this seem heavenly..
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 01/20/2007 01:22:32 PM
Purrrrrrfectly soft! Sweet!
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 01/19/2007 09:32:59 PM
A little overdone with the NI?
 01/19/2007 08:07:11 PM
Lovely cat. Photo is a bit soft.
 01/19/2007 05:36:39 PM
Wonderful color, back lighting is so nice here.
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 01/18/2007 07:15:13 PM
Hi Smithers - what a great cat name! Nice clean shot and lovely DOF. I love the light play on his ear & side of head. Back to bump you up to 8.
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 01/17/2007 11:14:36 AM
The glow of light is gorgeous, and the eye captured perfectly. Nicely composed within the frame, too.
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 01/16/2007 10:44:16 AM
nice pet portrait
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 01/16/2007 08:47:57 AM
Nice work in post.

Smithers is smooth.
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 01/16/2007 06:51:17 AM
what a beautiful cat! what is he looking at?
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 01/15/2007 02:43:52 PM
well done
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 01/14/2007 03:53:18 PM
Nicely done. I really like the lighting and clarity. Great job. Good Luck.
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 01/14/2007 06:25:30 AM
I love the colour and lighting in this...my only neg is the blanket...I wish it was just a solid board of blue (like a card)...apart from that, wonderful
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 01/14/2007 05:06:01 AM
exxxccccelllent!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 01/14/2007 02:30:31 AM
Great character study, love the fur and eye colors
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 01/13/2007 09:42:48 PM
Gorgeous lighting, well done.
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 01/13/2007 11:24:15 AM
Nice colours and light
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 01/13/2007 01:59:38 AM
Ohmygoodness! I thought I'd been about as blown away by cat photos as I could possibly get in the Pet challenge -- but this takes "blown away" to a new level. How did you GET that amazing 3-dimensional effect! I swear Smithers is in the room with me now! Wow! FanTASTIC photography! I hope the voters are still loving cats because this one deserves top honors!
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 01/13/2007 12:52:45 AM
This is an awesome pet portrait. The lighting is perfect and the detail is such that I feel like I can reach right in and pet the kitty.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 01/12/2007 10:39:58 PM
Beautiful portrait of this cat. Love the softness of color and texture.
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 01/12/2007 02:28:58 PM
I love pet pics, normally they don't fly all that great on this site. Think this is a very cute closeup, definitely shows the sometimes "snootiness" of cats, lol. cute pic
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 01/12/2007 02:05:30 PM
pretty cat. nice soft feel to this. Pet's usually don't do well here. Good luck!
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 01/12/2007 10:34:17 AM
Usually I do not like all the shots of house cats very much. But yours is the first exeption! The cat is really beautiful and you where able, to show that beauty in your photo. Thanks für sharing and good luck for the challenge!
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 01/12/2007 02:16:59 AM
I love the lighting and the sharp focus fading into the background, lovely crop, great picture! 10
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