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Babyface (rat)
Just thought I'd aim for ultra cute - with pinky tones and soft focus 
I think it's adorable anyway! 
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I think it's adorable anyway! xx
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Very nice - normally I'd say that it would be nice to keep the eyes in focus rather than the nose - or use a deeper dof to retain focus on both but this works really well as it is.
The splay (is that a word) of the whiskers and the symetry make for a really good almost abstract shot.
The splay (is that a word) of the whiskers and the symetry make for a really good almost abstract shot.
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Wow, I just opened the bigger version, I nearly fell backwards 
. Very cute
. Very cute
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Hehe! It is huge!
Thanks Phil - appreciate the opinion! I normally focus on the eyes, and in fact, I should have a couple of the same baby where they eyes were the focus, but I was going for the same thing as I have in my avatar (which of course, is too small to tell properly) - where the nose area is the more in focus. I don't think it's quite right, but I was pleased with the result anyway. There's much to improve on here, but generally, I like the feel of the shot
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Thanks Phil - appreciate the opinion!
I normally focus on the eyes, and in fact, I should have a couple of the same baby where they eyes were the focus, but I was going for the same thing as I have in my avatar (which of course, is too small to tell properly) - where the nose area is the more in focus. I don't think it's quite right, but I was pleased with the result anyway. There's much to improve on here, but generally, I like the feel of the shot xx
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I think that is a really nice picture. It's really cute and many people would immediatly warm to it. I do though think it could be improved with a bit of PP (unless it is my monitor). I feel the white could be a cleaner white and all the tones run back from that. At the moment I also think the eye is drawn up and out over the top, the brightest parts of the image. You need to keep us looking. Might be just a crop or a play with dampening down the tones. Thanks for posting.
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Thanks BC - very helpful, when I can edit stuff properly I'll have another go!
I'm not sure what you mean about cleaner white? I deliberately made it pinkier in tones - so it's not a white balance error, or your screen - the actual rat is a sort of yellowy colour, but I was experimenting, and thinking about how to get rats to look adorable, even to people that hate them, and thought pink has soft, cuddly connotations!
I agree with the eye being led away though, I wonder if a slight vignette might draw the eye in to the centre a bit more?
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I'm not sure what you mean about cleaner white? I deliberately made it pinkier in tones - so it's not a white balance error, or your screen
- the actual rat is a sort of yellowy colour, but I was experimenting, and thinking about how to get rats to look adorable, even to people that hate them, and thought pink has soft, cuddly connotations! I agree with the eye being led away though, I wonder if a slight vignette might draw the eye in to the centre a bit more?
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I think its great, works really well especially with the whiskers.
