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The eye has it.
Posted by Marion (Nanaimo, BC, Canada) on 13 August 2008 in Animal & Insect and Portfolio.
Cleo has such beautiful eyes as you can see here. So here it is "spotlighted".
Back from our four day adventure on the West Coast of Vancouver Island. Most days were bright and beautiful. I hope you enjoy my pictures.
saeed from ahwaz, Iran
WOW! Great selection of colours! amazing work and nice idea! well done
13 Aug 2008 6:39am
e nelsonian from Pasadena, United States
amazing shot, i really like what you have done with this. the eye leaves me speechless...
13 Aug 2008 6:40am
@e nelsonian: Thank you so much.
Steve from Camdenton, United States
Such a good clean photo in b&w and the eye is fantastic.
13 Aug 2008 7:32am
Betty from New Jersey, United States
Oh, Marion... this is just excellent! Well done!
13 Aug 2008 10:19am
Lorraine from Gatineau, Canada
Like looking at a jewel, she's so beautiful, looks like my Kimmi too ;)
13 Aug 2008 11:44am
Lorraine from Gatineau, Canada
or deep coral reef, same colours I posted comment before I finished
13 Aug 2008 11:45am
Judy from Brooksville-Florida,, United States
You did a super, super job on this, Marion!
I love her natural color, but this works beautifully!
13 Aug 2008 12:52pm
@Judy: Thanks Judy. It was a fun experiment. She is kind of a pretty cat, noisy, but cute.
Tracey from White Hall, United States
Now this one I love! I think the subject is a much better choice than the flowers! The clarity in the cat's eye is striking. Well done!
13 Aug 2008 1:06pm
Chris from South Jersey, United States
Great selective coloring - really striking image. Well done....
13 Aug 2008 2:18pm
Ron from Saint Louis, United States
Stunning work, Marion ... the clarity and color in the eye are astounding! The eye looks like a picture unto itself ... life a scene from the painted desert - blue sky and burnt umber sands. I'm mesmerized by this image, Marion!
13 Aug 2008 2:35pm
@Ron: Thank you Ron for your lovely comment. Cleo's eyes are mesmerizing ...
Michael Skorulski from Cigel, Slovakia
Wonderful. Such a powerful and beautiful image, Marion.
13 Aug 2008 3:08pm
Anthony from Germany
You have realy got the hang of this Marion,what programm are you using ?
CATS RULE OK !!
13 Aug 2008 4:05pm
@Anthony: I am using Picasa2 to do it. It is a little limiting, but I thought it fun. Have to invest in Photoshop so I can do both eyes :D. thanks Anthony. Cats do rule!!
Jrask from Pasadena, United States
simply amazing work Marion, for someone who claims to have little selective color experience, this is phenomenal!! I hope you don't mind my saying either, but this is a much sharper and detailed selective color compared to your image yesterday, so well done!
13 Aug 2008 4:10pm
@Jrask: Thanks Josh for your very kind comment. I don't mind you saying that this one was sharper than yesterday's. I used my macro lens to photograph Cleo and just my carry round lens for the flowers and probably snapped it in a hurry.
Francesc B. from région parisienne, France
Great portrait, Marion... Wow... this eye ! good processing... But you forgot the second eye... Even if we see only a single eye, I miss the color on the second eye... I have a bad impression, as if Cleo was blind in one eye.
13 Aug 2008 5:28pm
@Francesc B.: I didn't do this in Photoshop, but used another program that only gives you the option of one spot to color. I know what you are saying but I assure you Cleo is not blind in her other eye. I probably should have cropped it in closer so that you could only see the one eye!!
Observing from West Cheshire, United Kingdom
Somebody is becoming quite an expert :) Lovely photo and a great idea Marion !!
13 Aug 2008 8:07pm
@Observing: Thank you Mike for those kind words. I wouldn't go as far as saying that I am even getting close to being an expert, but am trying to learn. I am going to spend a few hours with Amy and learn a few more tricks.
Namaki from Bordeaux, France
this is a beautiful picture ! the eye has extraordinary colours ... excellent job !
13 Aug 2008 9:38pm
Eric Fry from Houston, TX, United States
Great selective saturation, Marion, what an incredible eye you both have!
13 Aug 2008 10:21pm
@Eric Fry: Thank you so much Eric.
dj.tigersprout from San Bruno, CA, United States
gorgeous -- seems like you have this selective coloring down pat! you are a pro!! :)
13 Aug 2008 11:05pm
@dj.tigersprout: You are too kind, but thanks. I am going to go check out my image in the mirror to make sure my head hasn't swelled!!
Sandrine from Cincinnati, United States
WOW! amazing eye! Excellent shot and processing!
14 Aug 2008 12:42am
Gary from Cochise County, United States
That's pretty wild Marion. I don't know if you used special processing or that is just the real thing. Nice effect regardless.
14 Aug 2008 2:16am
@Gary: Thanks Gary. Special processing in that I turned everything black and white except her eye and that is the exact color of Cleo's eye. She has incredibly beautiful eyes.
Ronnie 2¢ from London, United Kingdom
As a cat-person, I often find myself wondering how the world looks to them. They love to stare at what seems to me to be nothing much at all. Makes me wonder what I'm missing! Lovely shot and process.
14 Aug 2008 9:43am
@Ronnie 2¢: I know, I just love cats and have decided if I come back as anything, which I know you don't, I will come back as a much loved and pampered cat.
Stéphane from Bruxelles, Belgium
Beautiful eye. I would like to see both of them in color, so I hope you will invest in photoshop as you said to Anthony.
By the way you could also consider Paint-Shop-Pro who is very powerful and much less expensive or The Gimp who is also very powerful and TOTALY FREE (but a bit complex in the learning phase). For your info I use Paint-Shop-Pro and of course Canon DPP for the RAW processing.
Kind Regards
14 Aug 2008 8:20pm
@Stéphane: Thanks Stephanie, I do have Paint Shop Pro and use it all the time. I love it. These last two pictures were my first attempt and I am just going to have to learn a little more. and have been getting many helpful hints from other bloggers which I really appreciate
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