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Chat Couche'
Chat Couche'
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Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Camera: Nikon D80
Lens: Nikon AF Nikkor 50mm f/1.4D
Location: Polvadera, NM
Date: Nov 1, 2009
Aperture: f/3.2
ISO: 1000
Shutter: 1/30
Galleries: Animals, Overlays
Date Uploaded: Dec 3, 2009

Viewed: 466
Comments: 7
Favorites: 1 (view)

 Title hopefully means 'cat reclining', I used google for the translation because I don't do french :-)

More Frost...I used a horrendously bad image for this one -- out of focus, blown out, cluttered -- but I love the challenge of turning a crappy image into something interesting. Hopefully I did so here, I was going for the antique look.
Processing:
Paint over the cluttered background (pretty sloppily since I'd be adding an overlay)
Paint in eyes to make them brighter, more colored and more even
Add overlay below, first in hard light mode, then the frame only part in normal mode
Create new layer out of everything and use Nik Color Efex Pro tonal contrast

I used this new overlay I just posted

original crappy image


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 12/05/2009 11:37:34 PM
Amazing transformation! The cat was perfect for this, very Victorian.
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 12/04/2009 07:37:43 PM
Well, hats off to you. You did a brilliant job of making the ordinary extraordinary. This looks fantastic.
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 12/04/2009 12:55:04 PM
I love this so much. Anything with kitties and an overlay can't be half bad.
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 12/03/2009 10:38:53 PM
Yet again I'm totally impressed by how you've turned a throwaway snapshot into a really interesting art piece. I bow to your postprocessing prowess ;)
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 12/03/2009 02:23:56 PM
Great to see the original, you would never guess what it started as from the final version. Well done.
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 12/03/2009 02:01:52 PM
This is wonderful. You could make note cards with this.
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 12/03/2009 01:53:18 PM
This has a really authentic feel to it. I think the affect the healing brush gave adds to the overall result
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