My last "assignment" this month is: D. Glenn Arthur Jr., "Curry" Well, for starters, I'm a "cat person", so I'm a sucker for a good feline shot like this one. The lighting is extremely effective here. I find the effect of almost total blackness on the left to be dramatic, just capturing the outline of the cat's right ear. The expression on Curry's face is fascinating. I could stare back at her for a long time - it's mesmerizing. I'm forever trying to capture such moments, and inevitably, the cat, animal, or person, moves a split second before I'm about to squeeze the shutter release - "damn, missed another one!" Well done. I wonder if the shot might be a bit more effective if the cat were a bit sharper? I'm not really criticizing here, because I might look at this shot with a sharper cat, and think that the less-sharp one works better. Just wondering. I've also got to say that the orange monochrome isn't really to my liking, but hey, that was the colour of the lighting that you were presented with. And, certainly, the positive aspects of this shot outweigh the whatever might be taken away by the colour, which is only a personal opinion, in any event. All in all, like all the other shots in this month's gallery (excluding mine, of course), a wonderful image. Other's have said it already, but the August PUG was stunning! Thanks, Glenn. regards, frank -- "The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist fears it is true." -J. Robert Oppenheimer - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
