Black cat on white snow… seeing that, I couldn’t help but think of this week’s paf theme; minimalism.
I snapped away.
For the editing, I tried out ‘poster edges’ in PS seriously for the first time, and then just added the pdpa Splash of gold texture with a colour tweak to cool it off…
I’m thinking of calling the series “Splashes of cold”… (Sorry, Bonnie – just my joke :))
I would also like to take this opportunity to apologise for my minimalism in responding to those of you who so kindly commented on my work over the past week… For personal reasons, I have found little time to spend properly appreciating your work, and for this I am sorry. It is my hope that this will not continue to be the case!
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Love the capture of blues in this gorgeous cat that I imagine is yours. Yes it does look cold, and nicely minimalist!
Thanks Jeanne; I felt that the blue blended in well… and for once it’s not actually my cat 😉 – he’s one of the stable cats where I live.
so beautiful! 🙂
Thank you! 😀
Simplicity is beautiful. Very nice entry/
Thank you! I do like to pile it on, so it’s a useful excercise to hold back sometimes…
Playing with different features and settings can produce some delightful surprises indeed. Love what you came up with.
Thanks, it’s always a wonderous experience to work with images for these challenges!
wow, you did a great job with this cat. My favourites is the first and last ones. Can´t chose between the two.
Well, simplicitly speaking, I’d have to advocate the first… 😉 Thank you!
Beautiful edits, I like the last one the best.
Thank you! Haha – that one almost didn’t make it into the post – for not being simplistic enough! Glad you like it though 🙂
Your minimalist photos are simply beautiful as is your black cat.
Each one of these is an exceptional piece of minimalist photo art, Anna. You have the magic touch!
Wow. Thanks! I’d say what I have is marvellous inspiration and help from pdpa, this challenge, and all its contributors!
And nice cats around the house 🙂
Wonderful edits. I like the cool blue snow. Valerie
Thank you Valerie – I worked quite hard on that hue!
Beautiful! Love the first and last. 🙂
Thank you! I’m intrigued by how those two seem to bee the most appealing…
My favorite is the first! What a beautiful cat as your subject. amazing art work.
Thanks Katy! It’s always a challenge to shoot a black cat, but Sotis lets me practice quite a lot… 🙂
Wonderful. Love the blue tones paired with the gorgeous black cat. Great series. I love that last shot.
Thanks Ida! I was rather pleased with the colour scheme on offer! Again, I’m interested to see how many single out the *last* picture – it’s the one that almost didn’t make it! Hm… 😉
these are beautiful.
Thanks, Ewa!
These are totally amazing! What a wonderful subject that cat is!
Thank you! He is lovely… What really draw me at first – and you can see it in two of the shots – was a wish to show the white, from snow, on the balls of his feet… that’s got to be so cold!
Wonderful photos.
Thank you, Anki-itte!
En sån söt liten rumpa!
🙂
I absolutely love your processing on these images! Wonderful.
Thanks Linda! 🙂
Love your cool black header…that alone is a minimalist shot! Thank you for dropping by my offering….I do agree it is difficult to keep up with comments and appreciation. Don’t be hard on yourself. Well your cat shot is the “cat’s meow1”
Really love the blue, and poster edges. I agree with Bonnie each photo is very interesting and stands alone. smiles: sharon
Thanks Sharon! I really do enjoy these opportunities to experiment and discover that the PAF challenges bring us!
so intriguing. I quite like this as a series and I enJOYed knowing more about how you put it all together.
it is such a lovely thing when we are awake and noticing moments like you did here. how extraordinary that in that moment you were SEEing!!
Thank you Currie! There’s a very special joy in being able to communicate a moment like that… 🙂
I love the added blue tones! Very fitting for a very “chilly” photo!
Thanks! Yes, I was really hoping that the cold would seep through… 🙂
Very nice.
Love the painterly effect.
Thanks Linda!
Love this series!
Thank you! 😀
I think that the cat walking away really makes a statement. Terrific image and beautiful work.
Thank you! I do have a kind of soft spot for that kind of shot…
I absolutely love these…the processing of the beautiful, black kitty against the snow is very striking and beautiful! Your blog is wonderful. 🙂
Thank you, Sherri! 😀
Fin tolkning och snygg texture. Ha de gott.