Curve adjust. Screened laer of just the cat. 16% Hi-pass overlay layer of just the cat. Some spot cloning to remove the camera tripod. USM. Then a highly sharpened clouds layer blended in vivid light mode at about 20% to bring out some lines and textures. It also made the gold a little more "gold". I don't know why.
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The proof, as they say, is in the pudding! Clever execution and overall well composed here.
Suggestion for improvement: the green tree 'branch' is somewhat subdued. A quick hue/saturation adjustment to adjust the saturation of the green channel would give this image more pop and match the excellent saturation in the rest of the photograph.
Overall a very refreshingly creative entry. Well done.
I love this picture! It is so funny. I sat and laughed at it for several minutes because it is so true. I don't have cats but my daughter does and this has happened many times. One time the cat shot out from the center of the tree. Well done!
I truly do like this photo. The DOF, the clarity and the guilty looking culprit were riveting. I gave this one of my highest scores and do believe it will be with the leaders when tabulation is completed.
I was going to try doing this with our cats but I didn't even try - my husband said it couldn't be done. And what a great job YOU have done! The cat has the perfect expression on its face,and the reflections of the tree in the ornament are good, and I don't see you or the camera in there. This must have been quite difficult to achieve. Congratulations!
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