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Two Cats on Someone's Porch in Chicago – Black & White Version (2011-11-05 14-20-09_01)

Two Cats on Someone’s Porch in Chicago – Black & White Version (2011-11-05 14-20-09_01)

The photo was taken in my neighborhood in Chicago, Illinois (Edgewater neighborhood).

I used a Panasonic DMC-FZ50 camera to take the photo. Editing was done in Luminar Flex. I used the Develop filter to increase the shadows, blacks and clarity. Next I added the Accent AI and Polarizing filters and used the Advanced Contrast filter to increase the contrast in the highlights and shadows. Next I converted to black and white fine tuning it and used the Denoise filter to reduce the noise. Lastly I cropped the image.

Photo © 2011 Gary J. Sibio. All rights reserved.

#cats #pets #felines #mammals #animals #porches #blackandwhite #monochrome #Luminar

  • Do you prefer dogs or cats?

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Written by Gary J Sibio

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  1. No. I won’t enter contests because doing so usually turns over the rights to the photo to the people running the contest. I’ve tried putting some of my photos on FineArtAmerica or mugmug but have never sold anything. I just do it because I enjoy photography.

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  2. Come on, you can’t ask me to choose between dogs or cats.
    It’s like asking if I prefer pizza or spaghetti carbonara. It’s an impossible choice. ?
    Jokes aside, that’s one marvelous photo! ?
    Great composition, looks like the cats were posing for the shoot, and black and white is just the perfect filter for it. ?

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    • Thanks, Sharon. We had a dog and a cat simultaneously once and the cat just hid out in my daughters’ room. It didn’t like the dog much even though the dog never bothered it.

    • We used to have cats because the places we lived in didn’t allow dogs. When we finally bought our own place, we got a dog. My wife and I both prefer them to cats.