alternate, color version of my entry in the Feb '08 Free Study
deliberate manual defocus, not cropped
friend's kitty :)
Didn't have time to work up this color version before submitting to the challenge; now that I've had a few days to look at it, I find I have a preference for this version over the b/w, although I still very much like both.
I can understand why it would be difficult to choose. I prefer the b/w because there is no color to distract from the shadow play - the desaturation helps to accent the abstract. Still, very nice, either way.