King of the Jungle....(3 pics)

[Aussie Dave]

Comments/critiques welcomed...

http://images.fotopic.net/?iid=y7to2z&outx=600&noresize=1&nostamp=1.jpg
http://images.fotopic.net/?iid=y7to3y&outx=600&noresize=1&nostamp=1.jpg
http://images.fotopic.net/?iid=y7to31&outx=600&noresize=1&nostamp=1.jpg

[owen]

Wow, for a minute I thought you had taken a shot of my cat! lol

Here's yoda
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v198/ ... emaker.jpg



Nice shots though, that lens is great!

[Manta]

Great shots Dave.

The first doesn't do a great deal for me probably because it's the standard 'cat' photo. The second is my favourite - I love the boke and the look on the cat's face.

[Aussie Dave]

Wow, for a minute I thought you had taken a shot of my cat! lol

Here's yoda
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v198/ ... emaker.jpg



Nice shots though, that lens is great!

now that's scary.....I know cats can look very similar but that is amazing.
I love the glow in the eyes you captured !

[jethro]

like the 3rd shot has a bit of tiger about it.

[stubbsy]

Dave - all three shots are good, but the third one appeals most to me since it captures that classic half asleep don't give a $$#@$ cat attitude.

[Aussie Dave]

thanks everyone for your comments.

No critisisms ?!?

Is there anything that you think I could have done better ?

I was privileged to have a few minutes of his time before he politely stood, meowed, then walked away.....but that's nothing new.

I'm starting to really like the Sigma 70-300 APO II. Hopefully one day I will be lucky enough to join the 70-200VR group. And as for the D70, well does anything have to be said....???

[SoCal Steve]

Good first posts, Dave.
Since you've asked for some constructive criticisms, here's what I would offer up;
Re: 1st Picture: IMO (in my opinion) the depth of field is a litte too shallow, unless that was your intent. The eyes are in focus, which is, of course, the most important thing, but almost everything in front and behind are pretty soft. I also find the color to be a little flat and monotone. I'm guessing the kitty's fur actually has a much richer, colorful appearance to it. Again, just my $0.02.

Hope that you accept these comments in the spirit with which they are intended. Your framing shows that you already know your way around Photoshop or other post processing program that you're using.

I look forward to seeing more of your shots.
Cheers, Dave.

[Manta]

Again, Dave, merely in the spirit of offerening you something to work with in the future: Either the original first image or the crop you did on it severed poor kitty's left ear and chin! Apart from this, I think Steve made some good comments but, overall, they were pretty good shots anyway.

Look forward to more.

[Aussie Dave]

thanks SoCal & Simon. That's what I was looking for.

I did unfortunately cut off the chin etc... in the original pic, so no amount of PP will fix that.

When I get some more time, I might try playing with the colours in PSCS and see if I can't make those pics a little better, as suggested.

I appreciate your "honest" comments.

[Manta]

I did unfortunately cut off the chin etc... in the original pic, so no amount of PP will fix that.

Ahh, now come on Dave - where's your sense of adventure?? CS is all you need!!

[Aussie Dave]

Ahh, now come on Dave - where's your sense of adventure?? CS is all you need!!

I'm still working at making something out of nothing. I figure when I finally succeed, I can sell my D70 and just create the images from scratch in PSCS. Then I'll have the detail of a D2X with the versatility of a 8-3000mm VR lens - if not more !

[Aussie Dave]

which version do you think looks the best ?

Original Version...


Version Two...

[mudder]

G'day, great first posts...
Of the original 3, #2 does it for me... The clarity of the intense eyes looking across the frame is nicely done... Seems really sharp too. The first just misses the frame...

Of the two later ones the second with the stronger contrast grabs my eye first...

Cheers,
Mudder

[SoCal Steve]

Aussie Dave - Creating photos in Photoshop without using any camera is something Bert Monroy does all the time. I don't think anyone else can match him, though.

This is a page from one of his books on Amazon.com. Absolutely everything he does is drawn. No photo images whatsoever.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/reader/0735712468/ref=sib_dp_pt/104-8448285-5831917#reader-page