Ice Cat (Variations)

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What technical feedback would you like if any?

any

What artistic feedback would you like if any?

any

Pertinent technical details or techniques:

Tieton River ice last February. Canon 5D mkiv; 70/200 at 120; WB auto; 1/400th’ 500 ISO; 9.0; spot. Original no PP.

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What an interesting find Jim. It amazing what shapes mother nature can create in ice. I definitely see the cat. While I love the cat shape, I’m having a hard time getting past the out of focus boulder in the LRC of the horizontal version. It’s too bad that the cat was so close to this boulder, I downloaded this and played with crop and even CAF, but could not do better than your vertical version here.

Since I had a relatively snowless but at times, cold winter, I played with a lot of ice abstracts myself. For my personal taste, I found myself gravitating towards cooler WB, to create more of a winter feeling, similar to your second horizontal image.

3

Jim: Great find that brought a smile to my face this morning. Can’t add much to what Ed said but a very enjoyable image. >=))>

4

I would echo the comments above and I also prefer the cooler presentation. The OOF is not that big a deal to me, but it does pull my eye just a bit. Burn it a bit more?

5

Hey Jim,
I’m really loving the fitting title of this post. I find that the boulder in the LRC is drawing nearly all of my attention away from the cat in the ice. But, I love the portrait version of this is both color and black and white. I can’t decide which I like better but both are better than the landscape versions for sure. Great find and fun post!

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Thank you for your comments. The lower right is certainly a problem, but I couldn’t think of a way to handle it other than the last two images.

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I like your last presentation best Jim since the contrast makes the cat stand out best.

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Eva, Thank you for commenting. I tend to like it, too.

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Jim,

Love it! And not afraid to say that this is my favorite kind of cat! :innocent:

Great find! I like the original with some modifications. Slight crop off the right for clean up and I think it could use a little more contrast.

My favorite of the series is #3, with the color vertical version. You nailed it with that one!

Lon

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Thank you, Lon. Much appreciated.