a black & white cat
- Thread starter Peter Blake
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Lesley Jones
Otherwise know as Zooey
I really like this Peter. I don't bother with rules, but regardless, the cat pretty much follows the rule of thirds. I bet the histogram is interesting - either piled up near the left or right hand sides. The walls lead your eye in and those floor tiles are so dramatic with the black in between. The cat seems to fit perfectly with the strong markings and yet is also at odds with the non-cat friendly surroundings. This is one I would have framed on a prominent wall 
Pete Askew
Admin
Now you see it, now you don't. Great treatment Peter. I like this a lot too.
Beth Carter
Well-Known Member
great find, i like the contrast.
Peter Blake
Well-Known Member
I really like this Peter. I don't bother with rules, but regardless, the cat pretty much follows the rule of thirds. I bet the histogram is interesting - either piled up near the left or right hand sides. The walls lead your eye in and those floor tiles are so dramatic with the black in between. The cat seems to fit perfectly with the strong markings and yet is also at odds with the non-cat friendly surroundings. This is one I would have framed on a prominent wall
what's a histogram?
Lesley Jones
Otherwise know as Zooey
A histogram looks like a graph and shows the spread of tones across your image. I'm no expert, but I believe it should have 255 tones with pure black on the left and pure white on the right. The height the graph reaches for a particular tone shows how many pixels there are. There are no right or wrong histograms in my humble opinion, but most rise in the middle and taper down gradually at both ends. If your histogram doesn't touch either side it could mean the image lacks contrast and it's possible to move the sliders so they just touch the graph and the image has an instant contrast boost.
I commented about yours because I would imagine it dips in the middle and rises at either end. Not necessarily clipped and not wrong. Think of it as the fingerprint of an image
I commented about yours because I would imagine it dips in the middle and rises at either end. Not necessarily clipped and not wrong. Think of it as the fingerprint of an image
Brian Moore
Moderator
Beautiful image, Peter. I love the high contrast treatment.
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