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mildly annoyed kitty ready for a scratch your lens
mildly annoyed kitty ready for a scratch your lens
Melethia


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Challenge: Brown Ribbon Deja Vu (Advanced Editing VII)
Collection: Challenges 2008
Camera: Canon EOS-30D
Lens: Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0L IS
Location: Home
Date: Feb 19, 2008
Aperture: f/4.5
ISO: 400
Shutter: 1/50
Galleries: Humorous
Date Uploaded: Feb 19, 2008

 One of my favorite all time Browns is jacko's infamous (it has over 30 favs!) "angry kitty ready for a scratch your eyes". I didn't quite capture the composition of his photograph, but I did give it a shot and hopefully captured the basic essence of it. And it involved blood. Mine. A lot. Thomas plays on the back of a chair and I tease him by sticking my hand under the blankie for him to chase. But 9 times out of 9 he nails me, and his claws are mini-razor blades. So I bled all over the camera for this.

Shot with the wide angle - he's grabbing the lens in this shot - at high ISO, slowish shutter, with lamp light. Processing includes throwing a cross-process curve at it then tweaking that, unflattering selective color adjustments, a bit of motion blur (there just wasn't enough to begin with), and a good bit of oversharpened grain. I'm hoping (in a sick, perverse kinda way) for a 3-something since I can't turn this into anything excellent, but oddly enough, I really do like the shot.

Post challenge - New personal worst! And I thank Oliver for his comment about the white balance - I actually did shoot this in Tungsten (I rarely think to do that) but until I got his comment I hadn't reset the camera back to AWB.

Statistics
Place: 66 out of 73
Avg (all users): 4.1691
Avg (commenters): 4.4545
Avg (participants): 4.0256
Avg (non-participants): 4.2268
Views since voting: 1146
Views during voting: 279
Votes: 136
Comments: 24
Favorites: 1 (view)

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 02/13/2009 10:09:12 PM
Aha. I see why you might like my Pop Art Piggy. :)
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 03/31/2008 06:24:11 PM
LOL, I love the title!!!
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 03/09/2008 09:42:01 PM
Heh - I beat ya! :) Actually, this kitty is way happier than the spooked-out one in the original. Look at that sweet, sleepy face! It looks like he has a little smirky too.
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 03/01/2008 02:04:45 AM
This is heaps better than the original brown.
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 03/01/2008 12:43:36 AM
Deb, this still cracks me up. Your title is just perfect, too!
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 02/29/2008 10:20:47 AM
Oh, yes, your version is MUCH better. . .and you got ROBBED! This is GOOD!
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 02/29/2008 08:50:43 AM
Yay! I give a you 8. Hapyy a be you neighbor!!
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 02/29/2008 08:25:37 AM
You did an excellent job trying to ruin it ! I do love that kitty face :)
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 02/29/2008 07:49:21 AM
hey lady, your title a make a me laugh :)
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 02/29/2008 06:42:43 AM
Heh, very cool. I gave it an 8 during voting. Nice tribute to the original :)
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 02/29/2008 01:36:33 AM
Tired being angry, show you they noisy bigger and bigger arm the bigger the lens. (Don's lens is bigger, made giant laser from one whisker).
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
02/28/2008 06:43:16 PM
A good sense of humor develops the wonderful irony of the original.
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 02/27/2008 07:50:23 PM
looks just like the original, have a nice brown..... what can I say, OOF grainy.....
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 02/27/2008 05:04:21 PM
Too grainy for my tastes. A lot of stuff going on in the right side of the shot.
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 02/27/2008 01:38:44 PM
Looks kind of playful to me. A lot of high ISO grain.
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 02/23/2008 03:09:28 AM
Thanks for making me laugh - the addition to the title is purrfect for this photo! Not voting, but had to leave a comment here, I love it!
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 02/22/2008 06:13:54 PM
looks a little grainy IMHO. i like the border, though.
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 02/22/2008 04:45:13 PM
not sure about the grainy-ness or the type of border, but definitely an improvement over the original. I like your title and your composition - it was probably hard to get your kitty riled up like in the other photo, lol
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 02/22/2008 04:41:10 PM
'cept he doesn't look even mildly annoyed -- more mildly curious :) i think cropping out the stuff on the right would have helped focus the attention on the cat more. that green splash really just reaches out and grabs my attention
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 02/22/2008 02:35:58 PM
Too much noise to be a truly wonderful image.
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 02/22/2008 11:00:37 AM
the grain is distracting
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 02/22/2008 07:59:20 AM
This is so excellent, Deb. And the title really says it all! I want to give you a 10, but can't. I mean, I want to give you a 1, but can't.
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 02/22/2008 05:13:53 AM
if the white balance was correct this could have been a nice shot for itself, even with the noise. the similarities with the brown ribbon shot are rather sparse
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 02/22/2008 01:10:19 AM
i really like this one, although it's a bit dark and fuzzy.
i hope it does well!
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