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Challenge: Soft Focus II (Basic Editing III)
Camera: Canon PowerShot A80
Location: My backyard
Date: Aug 20, 2006
Aperture: 2.8
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/125
Galleries: Snapshot, Animals
Date Uploaded: Aug 21, 2006

 My loverly kitty finally makes her first debut(appearance)! This is Luna, who I'm sure you'll all be seeing much more of in the future. I love taking pictures of her because of her beautiful eyes (yes, they're real)and her tolerence for me with a camera in her face. I know entering cats in here is kinda risky, especially if the voters don't like cat pics...like me.

I have definitely been waiting for a challenge like this because I got to use my favorite editing tool called "soft glow." I don't have photoshop, so I didn't use gausemer blur, or whatever it's called, nor did I use nylon like many people were suggesting. Nope, just a good old fashion snapshot, then brought down brightness, brought up color and contrast, then added my soft glow...and poof! There you have it. I think some people may critisize that it looks blurry or they don't like the composition, but hey it's better than what I was GOING to enter...a flower.
(what was I thinking??)

Statistics
Place: 161 out of 252
Avg (all users): 5.0308
Avg (commenters): 5.9000
Avg (participants): 5.0000
Avg (non-participants): 5.0438
Views since voting: 946
Views during voting: 347
Votes: 227
Comments: 10
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Canon EOS-5D Mark II
Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0 L IS
 08/29/2006 01:27:41 AM
stunning blue eyes!
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Canon EOS-300D Rebel
Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II
 08/29/2006 12:22:56 AM
Your lucky I don't vote down for titles... ;-)
TC
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-20D
Canon EF 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM
 08/25/2006 11:08:31 AM
What a sweetheart! 7
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Sony DSC-H1
 08/25/2006 09:49:25 AM
That is a fat cat. The expression is great but I don't know about the background, it's not very appealing to me.
Nikon D810
Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 24-70mm f/2.8G ED
 08/25/2006 12:51:16 AM
SOft focus produces a nice glow. Nice job. Comp is intereesting and eyes are great color.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT
Quantaray AF 70-300mm f/4.0-5.6 LD Tele-Macro for Canon
 08/24/2006 10:40:51 AM
beautiful eyes, must have some siamese somewhere.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-10D
Canon EF 70-200mm f/4.0 L USM
 08/23/2006 02:14:51 PM
this shot is too blurry...could be sharper...Just Kidding!!

Wonderful eyes on the cat. The right hand side of the body is a bit blown.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-40D
Canon EF-S 10-22mm f/3.5-4.5 USM
 08/23/2006 10:05:00 AM
I think animals are a good choice of subject for soft focus, this is a nice picture, the blue in the eyes is lovely and I think you have just the right amount of softness :o)
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Nikon D70s
Nikon AF Zoom-Nikkor 70-300mm f/4.0-5.6G
 08/23/2006 08:43:56 AM
hee hee heee
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon PowerShot A610
 08/23/2006 06:13:51 AM
wow!! those are some wickid eyes!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
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