My cat taken while she played with the camera cord, so I could get close enough to her face..after about thirty shots, this was my choice. I adjusted levels to extremes of light and dark, used curves to enhance the image contrast, then used selective color and channels to get the colors I wanted for most impact, then the last thing I did was clone out a small piece of the cord at bottom right and crop the image.
Post challenge: what, can't handle the contrasts?
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Thanks for your comments on my photos... & I DO have a Brown Ribbon, so you can not top that with this photo... I am always leary to over process photos for fear they will be DQ'ed. I have to be honest with you, I did not rate this photo high (3) because I tend to vote higher for works that resemble photos... I know I am wrong, and try to be open minded, because this is a digital work of art (and it originated in a camera). I guess since I am a novice Photoshop user, that is my main hangup. If I had more experience and expertise in Photoshop, perhaps I would be more open minded to new and different techniques.... I am trying to improve with that aspect of my experience...
I have to admit, it hurt my eyes to look at this: BUT I DIDN'T CARE! I wanted to do something totally different and out of the box and wildly creative and that's what I'm proud of: myself for being willing to take a chance. thank you for the three 10s, one 9, and all the 5 to 7s..thanks for looking beyond the basics and into the wild world.
Your filtering treatment gives this feline a really wild look. While you definitely achieved high contrast, I'm just not real crazy on it. Makes me think of a blacklit poster.
This doesn't really work for me. It has interesting shapes and colours and it is recognisable. It also has an angry feel to it, but it seems too overprocessed to me. 7.
If the purple were red I think you could have pulled something pretty cool off. I think the red and purple clash too much. Contrast yes, but not in a good way.
IMO the solarized effect takes away from the shot, but that is a personal style issue. Love the eyes and whiskers.....especially those eyes - nice job.
I like the idea you had here - and I'm a big supporter of thinking outside the box - but I'm not sure this works for me. Perhaps if you changed the overall hue, because I like the crop.
While certainly high contrast, I'm afraid that this image left me a bit cold. I actually like many highly processed images, but this one didn't work for me. Sorry.
You have chosen red and magenta as your contrasting colours. Technically cyan contrasts with red and green contrasts with magenta.
However you have produced a striking pic in a unique style - not to my taste but an interesting take on the challenge, good luck
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