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Enlarge Pic, Tilt Head, Enjoy

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Subject: My girlfriend's mother's cat, "Charlie."
Camera: Nikon D70.
Location: Home.
Date Taken: 04/24/11.

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:star::star::star::star-empty::star-empty: Overall
:star::star::star-empty::star-empty::star-empty: Vision
:star::star::star-half::star-empty::star-empty: Originality
:star::star::star::star-half::star-empty: Technique
:star::star::star::star::star-empty: Impact

Let me start by saying that I almost never even full-view photographs that use domesticated animals as the focal point or model. When I'm done writing this I can assure you that this will be one of very few photos in my "favorites" collection that has a house pet as the object of interest in the photo.

The color is what originally grabbed my eye. The green in the background grabbed me the first time you had submissions in the gallery but I passed over it, I felt compelled to look at fullview and saw that you requested a critique, so why not.

Unlike many other photographs of animals, this one grabbed my attention and I actually like it, so there will be few criticisms if any.

<img src="e.deviantart.net/emoticons/b/b…" width="10" height="10" alt=":bulletred:" title="Bullet; Red"/> The color
    The way the colors mesh together is awesome, and I think the green in the background really gives it a spark of life. Combined with the orangey/reddish brown of the wood horizontal and then down in the photograph to the grays/browns and whites of Charlie and the pink nose just completes it.


<img src="e.deviantart.net/emoticons/b/b…" width="10" height="10" alt=":bulletred:" title="Bullet; Red"/> The line
    From above Charlie's eyebrows to his whiskers to the horizontal and vertical wooden beams in the backrgound, line has a pretty important impact in this photo, in my opinion. The repetition of line at the face in the whiskers breaks up the texture and color of the fur and adds a nice subtle touch of contrast and at the same time leads the eye up to the horizontal wooden beam. The eye follows the beam and instantly captures the green and the vertical support breaks up the greenish background into two parts almost at the middle of the photograph, which is a nice touch.


While contrast or repetition of shapes isn't so powerful in this photo, that's the beautiful thing about color-photography. Contrast isn't completely necessary, but there's still enough, especially in the white fur around the face to help Charlie's expression grasp the viewer.

Vision: The only reason I gave 2 stars for vision is because, like I said, I'm not a fan of animal (or even human model photography). I don't personally believe that it takes very much vision to capture a cat doing what it does best, being a cat. No disrespect. But the fact that he didnt get up and run away and actually kind of posed is super neat.

Originality: It's a picture of a house-cat. A GOOD picture of a house-cat, albeit, but still a picture of a house cat. Personally I think that very few photographs people submit are original, but domesticated house-pets just make kodak-moments way too easy to come-by.

Technique: I don't know how the hell you got this capture, and I highly doubt it was planned, but everything seems to come together in your favor. If the photo has been edited at all, I don't know, it honestly doesn't matter to me. It's the final product, and I love it. <img src="e.deviantart.net/emoticons/t/t…" width="15" height="15" alt=":thumbsup:" title="Thumbs Up"/>

Impact: Impact. Impact is definitely what's getting this photo my <img src="e.deviantart.net/emoticons/p/p…" width="15" height="16" alt=":+fav:" title="+fav"/>. It's not one thing in particular. It's not the color, it's not the line, or the "rule of thirds"(Which I vaguely remember from school), it's not the contrast or the field of view, it's not the pose or the emotion or the depth.. It's all of it. It all comes together for some reason, and I personally think this is one heck of a photo. Well done. <img src="e.deviantart.net/emoticons/t/t…" width="15" height="15" alt=":thumbsup:" title="Thumbs Up"/>