Billyboy

Mirror Mirror

Our kitten OJ, gazing into a make-up mirror, watched over by curious cockatiel. Bird was photographed in a local pet store and added with CS3, as was its shadow...
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Our kitten OJ, gazing into a make-up mirror, watched over by curious cockatiel. Bird was photographed in a local pet store and added with CS3, as was its shadow and the blue color on the wall. Other edits included level adjustments and a touch of soft focus.
I had to wait till OJ got totally tired before he’d sit still… in the end I had to snap my fingers to get him to open his eyes :-)

The elements, i.e. the original take of the kitten gazing into the mirror, the bird, and the additional shot of the picture on the wall to cover the original were all shot on Fuji Reala 100 ISO print film on a Canon EOS-100 SLR. The negs were scanned to digital on a Canon FS 2710 film scanner
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Feb, 2015

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This is an amazing shot. Love it!

Thanks for the love Randy, cool to see you :-)

Great job!

Many thanks for commenting !

Very interesting! Congrats!

Wow! Outstanding, I love everything about this shot. I would love this shot even if the cocktail and the photo of the kitten weren't there. The look on the kitten's face and the lighting are just wonderful!

Thanks so much for that appreciation Kelly, I`m new to Viewbug and such positive feedback makes my day :-) It was amazing working with that kitten, don`t thinkhe ever let me take a bad picture of him... alas he died very young, which is why these few images fgeaturing him in my gallery are so close to my heart. Hope your day rocks !!

Really clever - love the whole concept

Thanks Kate, this has always been one of my personal faves

Such a great shot, love it!

Cheers Marina, just won yerself a scratchy wet face lick from OJ :-)

Fantastic composition Billyboy, thanks to kellycoventry for the heads up to check you out xx

Cheers Glynis, so cool of you to stop by :-) xo

This might just be the Best Thing Ever. Superb Work. This is beyond adorable. Perfect Composition. ðŸ’–

Thanks for that, OJ was such an amazing model to work with. The bird kinda rocked too :-)

two cutie pies! excellent!

Thanks for that! Though it might have been a bit messy if I'd put them together in real life :-/

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This picture isn't only Superb Composition...
It's really of full value performance...
and you are so talented producer...
BRAVO!!!

Don't know how I missed this fabulous comment. Thanks so much for the appreciation !!

Too good.

It was pretty much down to the cat. cheers !!

Incredible composition! This is by far an all time favorite.

Wonderful image and nice light

can not help but think what the bird thinks about the cat good story

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Mirror Mirror

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