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pretty cats all in a row
pretty cats all in a row
cgino


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Camera: Nikon D80
Lens: Nikon AF-S Zoom-Nikkor 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6G IF-ED VR
Location: Polvadera, NM
Date: Dec 21, 2008
Aperture: 4/6.3
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/250
Galleries: Candid, Animals
Date Uploaded: Dec 21, 2008

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Comments: 14
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 This is Skittles, Ojay and Cyrus. It took me about 20 shots to finally get them positioned in the frame as best as I could and looking the same way. Cats are not always the most cooperative models, and much patience is necessary :-)
And actually, I think they were looking at a dog roaming free in the next yard over. They have to be careful; around here, free-roaming dogs are likely to rip a cat apart if they can catch one.

Processing:
Color Efex Pro tonal contrast; mask out everything but Ojay and combine with original
Copy Ojay's eye, increase saturation a bit
Copy copy of Ojay's eye, set to screen, opacity 60%, dodge catchlight
Color Efex Pro Reflector effects, 45% opacity
Combine all below -- I found a GREAT keyboard shortcut that saves me SO much time since I blend layers a lot! "CTRL + ALT + SHIFT + e" creates a new layer composed of all of the visible layers below.
Copy this layer to a new image, convert to B&W with channel mixer, change to grayscale, then convert to duotone PANTONE 9120 U, copy this back into orignal image and set opacity to 35% (to bring down the color a bit)
Resize
Unsharp mask
Border made by doing a black stroke inside of 5 pixels, then increasing canvas size by 40 pixels each dimension with white as background

Original:


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Canon EOS-5D Mark II
Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 L Macro IS USM
 12/31/2008 03:18:54 PM
Nice lineup, I like your placement of focus.
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Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark III
Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0 L IS
 12/23/2008 02:27:16 PM
I like the choice of DOF/focus in this one. And I am amazed you got three of them looking the same direction at the same time. I also like how all three are very differently marked, too. Nice set! :-)
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Nikon D70
Nikon AF Zoom-Nikkor 28-105mm f/3.5-4.5D
 12/22/2008 11:08:39 PM
Great focus on the middle cat - I would love to know what they are all staring so intently at! Yes, much patience is needed - unless they are sleeping!
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Canon EOS-7D
Canon EF-S 60mm f/2.8 Macro USM
 12/22/2008 08:43:00 AM
Amazing u got the 3 of them.. I have a hard enuf time with one..
Great job!!
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Nikon Z8
Nikon NIKKOR Z 28-400mm f/4-8
 12/22/2008 08:09:19 AM
Great shot; I know how hard it is to get one animal to cooperate in a scene so I am VERY impressed by three, and cats at that!
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Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark III
OM System 90mm f/3.5 Macro IS PRO M.Zuiko Digital ED
 12/21/2008 07:18:13 PM
WOW . i cant believe you actually got these cats to pose for you .. that's amazing .. its great how just the middle one is in focus ... another brilliant cat shot .. :)
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Nikon D7000
Nikon AF-S DX 18-105 f/3.5-5.6 ED VR
 12/21/2008 07:00:46 PM
Lovely focus on the central cat. All your lovely cat pics make me want one, but they give me asthma.
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 12/21/2008 06:04:22 PM
A line of cats, cute.
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Canon EOS-1D Mark III
Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 L Macro IS USM
 12/21/2008 05:47:16 PM
Kitty Day???? You've gotta be kidding me! LMAO
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Canon PowerShot ELPH 330 HS
 12/21/2008 02:32:56 PM
Originally posted by Jutilda:
YAY it's kitty day.


NO, kitty day is the 25th ;)
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Canon EOS-D60
Canon EF 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM
 12/21/2008 01:34:36 PM
I know what you did, you opened a can of tuna and stuck it over there for them to look at! LOL! Wonderful dof! Love the blend of colors!
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Canon EOS-7D
Sigma 17-70mm f/2.8-4.5 DC Macro for Canon
 12/21/2008 01:23:13 PM
YAY it's kitty day.
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Sony Alpha a6000
Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0 L IS
 12/21/2008 01:01:39 PM
You must have a LOT of patience !!! very cool cat image.
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Canon EOS-400D Rebel XTi
Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6
 12/21/2008 11:49:05 AM
Excellent DOF on this one. I love how the cats are all focused on something off to the left, but the one in the middle's cocked an ear at you, as if to say "I know what you're up to, lady." Hehehe,
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