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Fred
Started February 27, 2011 @ 7:55pm by April
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April
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| Fred | February 27, 2011 @ 7:55pm | I just found this board! What fun.
Catnip on a scratching pad moved into a patch of sunlight enticed Fred to pose for a session.
 Fred by asiegfried, on Flickr Lumix DMC-FZ40; f4 @ 1/80sec, ISO 160 (handheld);
Focal length: 43.5mm (241mm EFL) Fred by asiegfried, on Flickr Lumix DMC-FZ40; f4 @ 1/30sec, ISO 400 (handheld);
Focal length: 43.5mm (241mm EFL)
April (PPY)
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"Seeing something you never saw before, that was always there but you were blind to it."—AG |
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RickT
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| February 27, 2011 @ 10:08pm | I love your lighting, April. In the first, I'd swear Fred was smiling. In the second, he looks like one of those self-satisfied burghers in a Dutch painting from the 1600s. Thank Fred for me.
RickT
Boulder, Colorado
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GregFied
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| February 28, 2011 @ 5:20am | Excellent observations, Rick! Fred is definitely wearing an expression of "King of the Castle!" His coloring is amazing...especially the green in his eyes. He has a "regal" air about him.
I'm in agreement with Rick about the lighting, as well. The sun coming in from the side lights him beautifully. He almost looks as though he has a lion's mane in the first shot.
PPY-definitely!
"The very best you can hope for is ... I get over my need to be completely objective and instead take the time to create a photograph that makes you see, and feel, the scene the way I saw it." -David duChemin
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Flo
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| February 28, 2011 @ 8:35am | What a beautiful cat! Fred is indeed regal and I love those green eyes! I also love the dramatic lighting.
In the first image, I like that his left eye is mostly shadowed - has he just awakened or is he about to take a nap - if only that camera toting human would go away, lol.
Did you flip the 2nd image horizontally? I like that he seems to be looking towards the right - I have a "right-looking bias" - don't know why, tho. In this image he seems to exemplify that feline serenity common to all cat species.
Flo - PPY
"May we live in peace without weeping. May our joy outline the lives we touch without ceasing. And may our love fill the world, angel wings beating." aziza
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JPetty
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| February 28, 2011 @ 9:44am | Beautiful cat. I'm glad someone else named their cat Fred. Yours look more like a sweet old Fred rather than the Fred E. Krueger that ours is.
Again, wonderful capture.
Janet
Go ahead and play with the images. I would ask that when you post them on other sites (such as Flikr, Photobucket, etc.) that you credit my photography. I would do the same for you! Other than that, I'm E Z T D B W. |
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April
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| March 1, 2011 @ 7:26pm |
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...he looks like one of those self-satisfied burghers in a Dutch painting from the 1600s. |
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::laugh:: I'd not thought of it, but that is such a perfect association, Rick!
He was definitely a sweet prince, very serene, and I'm delighted that comes across for you each in these photographs.
Flo, I think I did flip the second for the reasons you mention.
As for the lighting... One morning it caught my eye as he lounged on his perch. For several days at about the same time I moved that into the sun for a photo session. After just a few days, the angle of sunlight and timing had changed so much the opportunity was gone!
April (PPY)
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Just the other day (a photoblog)
"Seeing something you never saw before, that was always there but you were blind to it."—AG |
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Eric
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| March 2, 2011 @ 12:02am | Oooooo...gesture, light, and color. It's all here. A Jay Maisel worthy image indeed!
Eric
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"Inspiration is for amateurs; the rest of us just show up and get to work...All the best ideas come out of the process; they come out of the work itself." --Chuck Close |
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assignment
Community Assignment #53
Picture Window
Due Date: September 16, 2011 |
Have you heard about the Backyard Shots Photography Guide "Street Portraiture with CraigTanner"?
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