Kitten pics(beginner)

[Cutee83]

I USED A CANNON XTI REBEL TO SHOOT THESE PICS...PLEASE LET ME KNOW WHAT YOU THINK

http://i327.photobucket.com/albums/k442/Cutee83/Booger6.jpg

http://i327.photobucket.com/albums/k442/Cutee83/Booger5.jpg

http://i327.photobucket.com/albums/k442/Cutee83/Booger4.jpg

http://i327.photobucket.com/albums/k442/Cutee83/Booger3.jpg

http://i327.photobucket.com/albums/k442/Cutee83/Booger2.jpg

http://i327.photobucket.com/albums/k442/Cutee83/Booger.jpg

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I like the mood in all the images. The composition is great too. The one thing I notice, especially images that clearly show the kittens eyes, they appear slightly oof. Not sure if this is due to some post processing or not. If you sharpen the eyes a bit the images would most certainly pop more. All in all, well done.

[Cutee83]

thank you....yeah for some reason the kittens eyes were still "fuzzy" even after I tried to sharpen in photoshop....although it was hard to take pics of the kitten not moving lol...he's a rambunctious little one

[Scottes]

One thing you can do is called Creative Sharpening, a process that selectively sharpens only the areas you wan to sharpen. I did something quite fast here, and a little exaggerated, to show the difference.

After on the left, the original on the right.
http://www.itsanadventure.com/postimages/Cutee83-Booger3-cs.jpg

As you can see, the eyes and nose are much sharper, but the rest is identical to your original. It helps.

For more info about Creative Sharpening, see Pete's tutorial here:
http://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthread.php?t=294935


A good creative sharpening process would have sharpened the kitten a little, the whiskers and nose a little more, and the eyes would have been sharpened even more - all while leaving everything else at it's original level of sharpness. Extensive creative sharpening like this requires a bit of work - which can be made much easier with a good sharpening plugin.

For the comparison above, I "cheated" with a quick method: I sharpened the entire pic, then used Photoshop's History Eraser and selectively "undid" the sharpening everywhere except the eyes and nose. This method is fast, but is not recommended because you have very little control or fine-tuning. But it's an easy way to play with it to see if you like the results.