Weekly Theme: Tribute to Dave Phillips

[Jackie Schuknecht]

Dave was big on photographing cats, his own and some ferals. He was a master at Dynamic Auto Painter. I worked quite a while on getting this using Portraitist. There is quite a few settings, a detail mask, a blur mask (which I used for the BG) and sliders which influence the hue of the colour palette you use. I didn't mask the eyes back in, which I usually do, but darkened the pupils. Dave, would have done a much better job than me, but it took me about ten tries before I tweaked the program and got it to do what I wanted. This is a friend's cat.

[Dennis Bishop]

I like what you've done. The orange tones are very nice. I like the softness of the image, and your choice of darkening the pupils instead of masking the eyes back in gives them just enough detail without compromising the softness. It's beautiful.

[Diane Miller]

I know this cat! In fact, I know three copies of this cat! Well done!!

[Hazel Grant]

the softness is a good app. I'm not a "cat person" but like this one. Seems soft and loving and reminds me of a couple of Dave's animal portraits.

[Anita Bower]

Beautiful work. I love the softness of the image and color. I like the eyes as they are. They stand out nicely while fitting in with the softness of the image. I smile when I look at it.

[Paul Lagasi]

Well done Jackie, nice theme subject....Dave did love his animals.

[Cheryl Slechta]

Great cat image for Dave - he loved his cats I like the DAP treatment and the softness of the image.

[Randall Farhy]

Nicely done Jackie- Your processing, most notably the treatment of the eyes, enhances the stare of the cat and grabs the viewer's attention. Good choice of color palette as the tones are very natural for an orange tabby. The format fits the crop and subject's head angle well, resulting in a fitting tribute image.

[LinzRiverBalmer]

Nice.... Cats are hard.... Your friend will love it.

i would just bring back the full black to the pupils.