I was trying to get a backlit shot, just don't quite understand that and I wanted to use this cat in a photo. His name is Rex and he's a ten year old orange tabby sphinx.
I cropped, resized, despeckled, unsharp mask, Contrast, and added a border. I couldn't figure out how to get rid of that glare on the lens. Any advice?
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The cat's face is completely blacked out! A white reflector (cardboard or cloth, for instance) to reflect some light back would make this a charming picture. Cropping out the boxes and paper on the right-hand side would also bring out the cat's beauty. There's nothing wrong with a tall, narrow picture if that's what best displays your subject.
Technical: the composition is good, the backlighting on the ears is great, what ever kind of lines those are on the left of the photo is kind of distracting, could be a little sharper!
Creativity: creative in the sake that there is something else besides just the cat, some people might call it clutter...but i think it's ok
Personal Opinion: great job on capturing the cat...i like it!
Score: 5
Having the blinds/frame directly behind the cat unfortunately breaks the line of its head. I do like the backlighting to bring out the ears, and to gently outline the cat's body. Do try to get this one again - it's a beautiful cat.
Nice concept, but there is a hot spot running through the bottom third of the screen, and it is very distracting. The photo also seems too busy, with too many objects in the frame.
Love the back-lighting coming through the ears! I think the centered composition works well, without the vertical window post in the background would have been even better. But the reflection in the glass is very distracting, I would definitely have edited it out.
it's nice to see the cat silhouetted, but it looks more like a bad exposure...had you changed your settings and perhaps moved to a better position (to erradicate the window, this migh have worked better...6
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