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[w349]

Cute cats. Here are ours fighting (playing) in the garden this morning. Black cats do pose a dynamic range problem...

[ahab1372]

Cute cats. Here are ours fighting (playing) in the garden this morning. Black cats do pose a dynamic range problem...

I really like this shot. Did you do anything in PP to bring out the black?

Arnt

[w349]

I really like this shot. Did you do anything in PP to bring out the black?

Thank you! And yes I did. I shot in raw and ramped up the exposure and set the blacks to 0 (I probably did some other stuff too, but those were the most important) to give the black cat some sort of discernible texture, this resulted in the rest of the image becoming overexposed and washed out. I then opened the image as a smart object (hold Alt in Adobe camera raw), made a copy via smart object, then re-opened the copy in camera raw and adjusted it the way I wanted it. I rasterized both layers and then used a mask to lightly brush shadow detail into the black cat.

It sounds like a lot of effort for very little visible effect... and you'd be right! But black fur is such a pain to shoot.

[ahab1372]

It sounds like a lot of effort for very little visible effect... and you'd be right! But black fur is such a pain to shoot.

Especially right next to white fur, in the bright sun!

[Steve U]

Great cat shots, I'll break the flow and add, my svelte athletic whippet Bindi, who is seen here striking a pose after being forced to go swimming again.
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Bindi_12 by Steve's Life, on Flickr[/img]
Thanks for viewing.

[w349]

Tail between the legs... I thought dogs were meant to like swimming??

[Steve U]

There is stregnth in number when a kitten is cruising for trouble, but you still have to sleep with one eye open.
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Iggy sandwich by Steve's Life, on Flickr[/img]
Thanks for viewing.

[ddt0725]

Adorable, Steve!! Hmmm, I see just enough of an empty space right in the middle of the back for Bo!

[Kombi]

from today's walk

EOS REBEL T2i
ISO 320
Exposure 1/100 sec
Aperture 4.0
Focal Length 65mm
Lens 55-250mm f/4-23

[Steve U]

Great shot Kombi it looks wild but cute too.