Those of you who know me know this is the beautiful Miss Emma. She's a bear to photograph, though. Bring out the camera and she'll refuse to look at you. It's very annoying! Anyway, I locked her in the bathroom with me, threw a sheer curtain over the toilet, and used my big frosted window as a giant diffused light source. May not be the best pose in the world, but it's the way she sits a lot, so it's quite indicative of this particular cat.
Post processing - duplicate layer, soft light blending mode reduced a bit. Selective color to remove black from the blues to brighten her eyes (thanks for the tip on that, Catherine). A bit of dodging and burning but not a lot. A bump is saturation both in blues and overall. Crops - tried a lot of different ones. Sharpen, resize, sharpen a bit more, save for web.
The crop I prefer:
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This is such a beautiful photo. I love how those blue eyes pop out against all the neutrally blended colors in the photo. The diffused lighting really worked well here.
And this is the shot you wanted people to talk you OUT of entering?! Poor Miss Emma would have been denied all this extra attention. Congrats on the great finish :-)
I knew that was Emma! Oh how I love it that she got to be in the challenge since you are home with her and Sir Thomas again :) This is a beautiful portrait of her, and I think she deserves an extra treat for getting such a great score here :)
Very well done, the crease to the bottom left seems to take a little away from the overall photo, BUT the texture and soft colors really make up for it!! 10
aaah, a siamese! They have a wonderful character, fantastic eyes and they are sooo crazy.....
Is it a blue-point?
Love to see so great textures, the white background works well. Well done!
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