OMG!!! First Game Cam pic ever. Huge Funny thread
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OMG!!!!
That's one BIG kitty!!!!
That's one BIG kitty!!!!
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What a great thread!
In spite of the location in my profile, I am not a city-slicker (well, until recently). I am a professional wild-life artist and I have to say it is so funny to hear everyone analyzing the angles and such (which we artists would call POV), which is something I do for a living. Actually, I think the OP did a fairly good job taking the two pics from the same distance away and almost the same height, it just looks like the game cam was set up slightly crooked.
When I broke out my mad Photoshopping skills (
) and started playing with layers, opacity, and rotating, I found the two images lined up fairly well. Here is an image where I lined up the landmarks of the chair, tree, rocks and such and then played with filters and opacity so you can see both images (sort of). I really did get everything to line up just about exactly - chair, reeds, rocks in the pond, fence, etc.
I don't know about the rest of you, but I'd be scared if domestic kitties that size were running around!
I won't hazard an I.D., but I'll let the rest of you come to your own conclusions.
Just a note from someone who has done animal animations. There is something we call the "squash and stretch." It is amazing how small and chunky a large lean animal can look when it is crouched or or bunched up. Here is a reference I use for my illustration students, by the famous animal animator, Hultgren. I don't have his cat one readily available on my computer, but this one gives you the idea.
In spite of the location in my profile, I am not a city-slicker (well, until recently). I am a professional wild-life artist and I have to say it is so funny to hear everyone analyzing the angles and such (which we artists would call POV), which is something I do for a living. Actually, I think the OP did a fairly good job taking the two pics from the same distance away and almost the same height, it just looks like the game cam was set up slightly crooked.
When I broke out my mad Photoshopping skills (
I don't know about the rest of you, but I'd be scared if domestic kitties that size were running around!
Just a note from someone who has done animal animations. There is something we call the "squash and stretch." It is amazing how small and chunky a large lean animal can look when it is crouched or or bunched up. Here is a reference I use for my illustration students, by the famous animal animator, Hultgren. I don't have his cat one readily available on my computer, but this one gives you the idea.
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Great work, but really those two cats placed over each other are not that much different in size, and that can be accounted for in their respective distance from the camera. (and one side view and one at a slightly different angle)
I still say domestic cat, in fact even more so now. I'm very close to saying its the exact same cat!
Great work, but really those two cats placed over each other are not that much different in size, and that can be accounted for in their respective distance from the camera. (and one side view and one at a slightly different angle)
I still say domestic cat, in fact even more so now. I'm very close to saying its the exact same cat!
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Windrider, That's some mad skills
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It's a digital photo, so it can be embiggened in any photo editing program. I already did this and posted it way upthread:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?pid=3154759#p3154759
Click the thumbnail below for an even bigger embiggenment:
[URL]https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/34165_bigkittybig.jpg[/URL]
ty,i missed that somewhere along the line,
It's a digital photo, so it can be embiggened in any photo editing program. I already did this and posted it way upthread:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?pid=3154759#p3154759
Click the thumbnail below for an even bigger embiggenment:
[URL]https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/34165_bigkittybig.jpg[/URL]
ty,i missed that somewhere along the line,
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Um....
It was quite apparent, after lining up the photos, that the OP was quite clever and knew her backyard very well. She posed her orange kitty on the very same rock the night visitor was stepping onto. Sorry that that is not very apparent in my mosh-up, but it was clear to me when I fade the opacity of the layers in and out in PhotoShop. So the two are equidistant from the camera in my composite.
Further, both animals are seen in a three-quarters view - one towards the camera, one away from the camera. So that can't be used as an excuse for one looking much bigger. In fact, it is the night cat that is facing away from the camera and should look slightly smaller than it actually is (at least its head end) and the orange kitty's head should be closer and look bigger.
Looks to me like the orange kitty only comes up to the turn of the shoulder of the night visitor. Maybe not big enough for a cougar (I'll let others decide), but certainly too big for even the biggest domestic cat.
Um....
It was quite apparent, after lining up the photos, that the OP was quite clever and knew her backyard very well. She posed her orange kitty on the very same rock the night visitor was stepping onto. Sorry that that is not very apparent in my mosh-up, but it was clear to me when I fade the opacity of the layers in and out in PhotoShop. So the two are equidistant from the camera in my composite.
Further, both animals are seen in a three-quarters view - one towards the camera, one away from the camera. So that can't be used as an excuse for one looking much bigger. In fact, it is the night cat that is facing away from the camera and should look slightly smaller than it actually is (at least its head end) and the orange kitty's head should be closer and look bigger.
Looks to me like the orange kitty only comes up to the turn of the shoulder of the night visitor. Maybe not big enough for a cougar (I'll let others decide), but certainly too big for even the biggest domestic cat.
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Um....
It was quite apparent, after lining up the photos, that the OP was quite clever and knew her backyard very well. She posed her orange kitty on the very same rock the night visitor was stepping onto. Sorry that that is not very apparent in my mosh-up, but it was clear to me when I fade the opacity of the layers in and out in PhotoShop. So the two are equidistant from the camera in my composite.
Further, both animals are seen in a three-quarters view - one towards the camera, one away from the camera. So that can't be used as an excuse for one looking much bigger. In fact, it is the night cat that is facing away from the camera and should look slightly smaller than it actually is (at least its head end) and the orange kitty's head should be closer and look bigger.
Looks to me like the orange kitty only comes up to the turn of the shoulder of the night visitor. Maybe not big enough for a cougar (I'll let others decide), but certainly too big for even the biggest domestic cat.
That's how I read it too. After seeing where the B&W night visitor was, she fed her house cat at as close to the same spot as where she could. When Windrider made the overlay of the two shots, by making the B&W one more transparent, it shows the orange of the house moggie as being around half the size of the B&W night shot. That's how I see it.
Um....
It was quite apparent, after lining up the photos, that the OP was quite clever and knew her backyard very well. She posed her orange kitty on the very same rock the night visitor was stepping onto. Sorry that that is not very apparent in my mosh-up, but it was clear to me when I fade the opacity of the layers in and out in PhotoShop. So the two are equidistant from the camera in my composite.
Further, both animals are seen in a three-quarters view - one towards the camera, one away from the camera. So that can't be used as an excuse for one looking much bigger. In fact, it is the night cat that is facing away from the camera and should look slightly smaller than it actually is (at least its head end) and the orange kitty's head should be closer and look bigger.
Looks to me like the orange kitty only comes up to the turn of the shoulder of the night visitor. Maybe not big enough for a cougar (I'll let others decide), but certainly too big for even the biggest domestic cat.
That's how I read it too. After seeing where the B&W night visitor was, she fed her house cat at as close to the same spot as where she could. When Windrider made the overlay of the two shots, by making the B&W one more transparent, it shows the orange of the house moggie as being around half the size of the B&W night shot. That's how I see it.
Its a mystery!!!
I love mysteries!
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