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Kitty Poseur
Kitty Poseur
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Challenge: Miniature (Basic Editing I)
Camera: HP PhotoSmart 320
Location: my living room in Lansing, MI
Date: Jul 29, 2004
Galleries: Humorous, Animals
Date Uploaded: Jul 30, 2004

 Our awesome snowshoe siamese, Bruce. I swear, I've never done a "cat" pic on here before :-) My wife suggested it because she had the little siamese cat figure, so I thought I'd humor her, and was happy with the result. She got a lot of laughs watching me crawl around on the floor trying to convince Bruce to "pose" for me. hehehe
Took a lot of shots to get that one.

lighting was the room overheads and a halogen lamp

in photoshop, i adjusted levels, brightness and contrast just a little, and then tried (something new I just taught myself,yay!) I gaussian blurred a layer real heavy, then brought the opacity way down on it, then hit it with a little usm
I felt this gave it a softer look without being actually all blurry. I'm sure it is not a top contender, but my hopes are for my personal best. I feel that I got away from the "snapshot" look for maybe the first time. I don't think it's too bad for my camera.

thanks for checking out my pic :-D

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 Comments Made During the Challenge
Nokia 7650 Phone Cam
 08/10/2004 09:11:51 AM
cute cat! blurry object in front needs to be less blurry....
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Canon EOS-300D Rebel
 08/09/2004 08:45:13 PM
seems out of focus
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Nikon D850
Nikon AF-S VR Zoom-Nikkor 200-400mm f/4.0G IF-ED
 08/09/2004 08:30:54 PM
Could be improved by bringing the foreground into focus. Maybe put the subjects in a different setting.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Nikon Coolpix 5700
 08/07/2004 02:14:40 PM
Meowwwwwww!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Panasonic Lumix DMC-TZ1
 08/07/2004 10:39:03 AM
Blurry and I don't like the background and carpet colors
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon PowerShot S50
 08/07/2004 09:21:12 AM
I would have preferred focus on the miniature cat. 5.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Sony DSLR-A550
Sony DT 18-70mm f/3.5-5.6 Aspherical ED
 08/06/2004 06:21:34 AM
nice idea, I think the toy should be sharp and the cat not I think it would work better that way
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Olympus C-770UZ
 08/06/2004 12:41:10 AM
Would have been much better if with proper depth-of-field
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-50D
Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0 L IS
 08/05/2004 10:36:19 PM
I think a little more depth of field would be good here.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Olympus C-720UZ
 08/05/2004 09:39:45 AM
I like it better if the miniature was focus...
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Nikon D70s
Nikon AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 18-70mm f/3.5-4.5G IF-ED
 08/05/2004 02:23:23 AM
did you sneeze on your lense or was there a small brush fire nearby that caused the haze
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Nikon D70
 08/04/2004 09:41:58 AM
Good idea, good composition, but needs more depth of field to get both cats in focus.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-20D
Canon EF 80-200mm f/2.8 L
 08/04/2004 01:23:40 AM
Focus should probably be on the miniature, as that's what this challenge was about.
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