Converted to Gray Scale in Photoshop 7. Cropped out distracting elemens to the left. Played with Levels to boost contrast. Resized, and one "Sharpen".
I took this with my new Sigma 15-30mm EX ultra wide angle lens. One of the characteristics of these lenses is perspective distortion. I exagerated this effect by taking a picture at approximately 12 inches from her face. I love the DOF, perfect (IMO of course).
Another thing: This was shot at ISO 1600 ... no Neat Image used. Gotta love it.
The cat's name is Lili. I've posted 2 pics of her at DPC for challenges and they both scored pretty bad (mid 4s and low 5s). I'll probably get hammered for blown out highlights on the bottom, and also by cat haters, but that's ok. It's hangning on my wall :) I hope I get a +6.
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This looks almost like a cartoon cat. The fact that she's standing up really enhances the almost caricature look of the close/wide angle. Black and white was a good choice too. Only negative would be what looks like a chair/table frame coming out of her head, but I bet it was quite difficult getting her to cooperate for the shot. One of my favs!
Love it, Love it, Love it! But I'm a sucker for good cat shots. :) Great capture, great perspective and you did an excellent job with the tones here. Nice contrasts. I'd buy it, Nice Job!
This has got to be the most whimsical photo of a cat I've seen in ages. The background is overexposed, but overall a unique perspective. I'd like to see it in color.
Terrific cat capture, and nicechallenge interpretation. (My cat always does this when I try to shoot her; I appreciate how you've turned a problem into an opportunity!)
Damn that is nice... The white to black is perfect and very strong. And the focus on the face and eyes is absolutely perfect. I can see almost every individual hair in the focal area. And it fits the challenge well also = 8.
That is the COOLEST perspective bro. The only thing I can wrong with this shot is that the floor to the right-front of the image is a bit blown out. Awesome crisp focus of the cat's face with everything else just out of focus. A winner in my book.
I'm not normally a huge fan of cat photos -- but this is far above and beyond the typical shot. The use of a shallow depth of field on this one is just awesome. Way to go!
I like this one, the perspective is wonderful and meets the challenge theme head on. The B&W comes over very well and the shallow DOF emphasises the head specifically, even makes it seem larger than it should. Top photo (10)
LOL! This is one of the funniest shots in this challenge. Great use of DOF and the perspective/point-of-view is also excellent. And to top it off, it looks like the cat is standing on its own! 10
Love the angle on this one, very nice shallow dof, framing is good and works well in b/w. The highlight at the bottom right is a bit too much though. 7
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