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Macavity

Postby zafra52 on Sun Jan 20, 2013 11:58 am

Macavity's a Mystery Cat: he's called the Hidden Paw--
For he's the master criminal who can defy the Law.
He's the bafflement of Scotland Yard, the Flying Squad's despair:
For when they reach the scene of crime--Macavity's not there!

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Re: Macavity

Postby Matt. K on Sun Jan 20, 2013 3:58 pm

Whilst technically a nice shot I see 2 areas that could have improved the image...the location is scrappy and no self admiring cat should be placed into such a non complimentary scene...and second, had you dropped down on 1 knee to lower the point of view the image would have been more imposing.
Finally...what does McCavity think of the image? :D
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Postby Wink on Sun Jan 20, 2013 4:19 pm

The POV was my first thought too.
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Postby Reschsmooth on Mon Jan 21, 2013 8:09 am

Agree with the point of view comment, but I like the background - it doesn't fit the story, but it seems to suit the image.
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Re: Macavity

Postby zafra52 on Mon Jan 21, 2013 10:27 pm

Thank you for the comments. I shall consider them next time.
The subject was impassively observing what I was doing not
really trusting me. I was an unwelcome visitor and a foreigner
to boot. When he saw I was attempting a second shot, he
simply turned his back and calmly moved away as if saying
“come back once you’ve learned to use that thing”. :roll:
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