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Midday Nap by Timothy Andes
Sunday, 19th April 2009

Midday Nap

by Timothy Andes

There is beauty in simplicity and I often aim for less. It was a sunny day at the zoo and this Caracal made it that much nicer.
Equipment: Nikon D60
Timothy Andes
Hello, I'm an American student currently studying Mandarin in Beijing, China.

Midday Nap by Timothy Andes was photo of the day on Sunday, 19th April 2009. It is tagged . You can leave a comment below.

16 Comments

Douglas

19th April 2009 at 4:59 am

Really DIG the sphinx-like “pose”. Way to zoom in and crop the image just right.. . nothing unessential.. just form & texture at its best!

19th April 2009 at 9:46 am

Lovely pose; pity about the blue wall.

Su

19th April 2009 at 10:11 am

The blue wall doent do it for me either, sorry.

19th April 2009 at 12:10 pm

There’s an over-all blue hue to this shot which Im not that keen on to be honest.

19th April 2009 at 3:02 pm

I like the shot but i would have given it more light so that the image speaks out more. I like the contrasting blue but keep it slight.

19th April 2009 at 5:30 pm

Great Ears!

MATE

19th April 2009 at 10:57 pm

Lovely use of the blue backround, which brings out the focus so much clearer, and the contrast between the beige and blue DOES work. Good Job!

MATE

19th April 2009 at 10:59 pm

The innocence also is what really captured my attention, lovely!

Victoria Hollie

20th April 2009 at 1:44 am

The blue wall overshadows your subject. All else is excellent.

Annie

20th April 2009 at 2:10 am

Beautiful. The image is so lovely and peaceful, nothing else matters. Anything else is beyond control and doesn’t change the beauty of the subject or the shot. Well done.

Anurag

20th April 2009 at 6:21 am

Sorry to be critical Timothy, but I sincerely do feel that the composition could have been improved, though I am not aware of the ground situation and the possible constraints in framing. Regarding the blue wall You can use photoshop to warm up the cat, which will bring an element of color contrast and balance out the blue. Congratulations on POTD neverthless!!
Cheers!

Mandy Kilpatrick

20th April 2009 at 7:53 am

The luminous blue of the wall reminds me of the glow of the television set – which some house cats just love to lay in front of. I am not familiar with this particular type of feline, but the pose reminds me of a housecat in fron of the TV. In that way I think it is very unique, taking something so exotic and making it look so familiar, even a little “campy”. Cool photo the same way a John Waters film is cool: pushed to its limits until it resembles something else entirely!!

Renee

5th August 2009 at 2:23 pm

well i like this shot and think its GREAT! :)

28th September 2009 at 7:10 am

He is cute.

Su

19th April 2010 at 11:10 am

The Blue wall certainly caused a debate.

renee

20th April 2010 at 3:07 pm

still a great shot.

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