Great photo, but please tell us how do you calculate the amount of black.

Thanks

This is a excellent photo of a sweet animal.!!

Gorgeous photo and thanks for the lesson on how to calculate the amount of black.

Congrats Geo, beautiful.

Well done my friend - congratulations!

cool! Congrats!

Congrats on 1st and 2nd!

This is really sharp and clear...sharp as a whisker, the off center composition works and the chiaoroscuro effect divine. Congrats to you...well done.

Fascinating. How do you achieve that effect? Food coloring? Colored lights?
Please reveal the secrets. I would love to learn how to do this.

Glad to tell.... I use a piece of glass that I have spray painted black on the underside. This gives me a black "background" with a smooth glossy top. I point the camera at a specific point... I use something for focus and leave it on manual focus. I put a small amount of milk (sometimes thickened with something) and add drops of food coloring. Then I release a drop of milk into the food colored milk and hope for the best.

Wonderful capture

Smoooooooch. Thank you.

Congrats Still.

Awww thank you.

I like what you did, those headlights work well. After all we say photography is all about "painting with light" and you show this well. I think that child is very hardy to be outside in that blizzard with just a t-shirt! Nice movement here and we can really engage with the image. Also,that off centered compositional style suits the "movement" feel. Brrrr, nice!

Have you tried changing this to b/w high contrast? I think you could have a lot of fun with this photograph in filters as well...try the "stamp" filter if you have one, just to give you an abstraction.

Any filter at all. I think this photo would lend itself to some good manipulation, it is a goood shot with minimal colour palette. Just a suggestion for you....to play with during these cold winter months!

Dear Heart,

I am new here so do not enter any contests after speaking with me because I may guide you incorrectly. This is just advice for you to do at home. Take the photo, go into photoshop, go up to "ARTISTIC" filter and choose anyone and monkey with that photo until something comes out that you really like. There is something our teachers in photography used to say "try to bring the photo a touch above normal" try to make it better somehow, not ordinary...it's just about creativity and listening to your artistic angel sitting there on your shoulder. Most importantly have fun.

Sincerely,

Still26