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Dougie in fall
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- Michael Kelly Contact Michael Kelly Michael Kelly's Gallery |
Lisa a very good looking kitty, but the photo does not work well for me. The most important area of the face and eyes is in shadow while all of the bright areas pull my eye away. I think a fill flash might have worked well here or just a bit different lighting situation.
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Jeff E Jensen |
I agree with Mike's assessment, not the strongest image as it is.
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Beth Spencer |
Very cute cat, but I agree too much of the face is in the bright area and competing for the main focus.
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Peter W. Marks |
Not working me either Lisa I'm afraid and I'm a two-moggie person.
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lisa anderson |
Thanks for the comments. Does anyone have any ideas for something I could try with editing? I did lighten up his eyes but not enough. What's a two-moggie person, Peter?
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Peter W. Marks |
"Moggie" is the Brit slang for a cat, particularly non-pedigree ones; rather in the way that mongrel dogs are referred to as 'mutts". I have a short haired calico and a short haired dark tabby hence I am a two-moggie person!. I was surprised when I came over here that even adults refer to cats as "kitties", Back in the UK no person over about 7yrs old would use that expression. I will leave it to the experts to suggest how you might improve the image Lisa but I suspect that those already blown out spots of light would need some fairly drastic cloning and masking so that on another layer you could make levels adjustments to just Dougie.
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Stephen Shoff |
I suppose, Lisa, that you were wanting the soft focus effect for the cat, but that is part of what's not working for me. It looks like you took this picture through something. You might try a little more contrast and sharpening on the cat's face. That might help your primary subject compete with the highlights.
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- Rita K. Connell Contact Rita K. Connell Rita K. Connell's Gallery |
what a cute picture Dougie, I agree that it needs more contrast added, I play around with it a little and this is what I did. I first clone out almost all of the white around his right side of his head which helped with the distraction and then I gave it a contrast adjustment and last I gave it a level adjustment pulling both side to the middle. I think you have to play with that to your own liking. I use the saturation tool on his eyes. I forget Lisa what do you use for editing your images.
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lisa anderson |
Thanks for teaching me a new word, Peter.
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