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May 04, 2008
Llama of Death and Orange Marmalade
No, it's not the name of a some crazy new band, but maybe it should be. I mean, we had prunes of the electric persuasion and alarm clocks of strawberry, not to mention ponies of stone and a million other things. Why not the Llama of Death and Orange Marmalade. If anyone decides to cop the name, please acknowledge my part in all of it. And make the music decent. That's all I ask.
Little Dude on Friday night. He was playing a game on the computer. Standard kit lens (18-55mm). Flash was adjusted for lower burst and more natural tones.
LD calls this his Llama of Death hand. I don't know why. It caused serious bouts of giggles though. You know, the sort that go on forever for absolutely no reason. Maybe it was the name. Just after this shot, I got chastised for causing him to mess up on his game. Silly me.
You get to decide which you like better: is it Rex au naturel or Rex after I've played with the color? Poor cat only wanted to nap, but I insisted on shooting and disturbing his sleep. He tolerates me only because he knows I'll go home eventually.
After two or three shots, Rex decided to turn his back on me, thinking I'd leave him alone. Not so much. I simply went to the other side of the chair upon which he was perched and proceeded to shoot. But only this one frame. Again, which do you prefer? The natural light or the color manipulation? This time around, the manipulated colors are reminiscent of cross-processing of the 60s. A little retro look for a little retro kitty.
Posted by Da Goddess at May 4, 2008 01:38 PM
Comments
I vote for the cat's natural look overall. But I can accept that the first one could use enhancement to avoid a washed-out look. In the second one I think you overdid it. I think he's reflecting too much green from the fabric.
Posted by: LGD at May 4, 2008 05:25 PM
I like the natural light best myself, but I love to try some of the different effects every now and again just to see what flies with folks. On flickr, it seems like the heavily processed shots get better play so I figured I'd test the waters here. After all, you're the ones whose opinions matter most.
Posted by: Da Goddess at May 4, 2008 10:50 PM