"Artistic Scully"

Cats are great subjects, not just for drawing, but also for attempts at "artsy" photography. Below are some photos I took of Scully. Hw as sitting on the window sill, looking out at the snow. It was already almost dark outside, so the pictures didn't turn out too well. Instead of discarding them, I decided to play around with them a little, and the results can be seen below!

The first picture was a little blurry, with Scully moving his head while the photo was taken. I used a black-and-white filter, and the circular frame to draw additional to Scully.

The next photo was taken from a greater distance, but I used the same techniques, attempting to capture the mood of the scene, with black and white the dominant colors - black cat, white snow, and the fading light of the late afternoon. 

Below, the main problem was the lamp that can be seen in the background. It used to be obscured by Scully's body, but since he (and I) moved, it created this bright flare in the picture. This suggested a new, warmer theme for the picture. I also "smudged" the picture, making it even more blurry. The blur, the warm color and the bright light create an atmosphere very different from that in the first two pictures.

Picture number four suffers from the same bright spot in the background, but since I manipulated the "exposure time", and reduced the color saturation, the entire scene appears colder, but in a almost sterile way. 

The next picture is simply a more extreme version of photo four, but with Scully having moved to the edge instead of the center, the brightness becomes even more intense, almost reminiscent of summer heat.

Next, I reverted to the black-and white theme, but with increased saturation and a more pronounced frame. The bright flare is almost hidden by Scully again, but hints of it can be seen in the background. 

With the center of the photo no longer occupied by Scully, but instead by the lamp again, I returned to warmer colors, but this time with a much more pronounced blur and extreme "exposure time". The effect is almost that of an immensely hot fire in the distance, the heat smoothing hard edges and adding this unreal glow. 

Below an example of a very strong blur, it almost looks like fog or mist is softening all the edges and corners in the background, but Scully is hardly affected. The strong sepia coloring of the picture creates an atmosphere that almost resembles that of a storm about to break loose, the yellow light oftentimes associated with hail.

Lastly, my favorite photo, simply because of the way Scully positioned himself, his head turned away from the window, looking downwards. The light in the background adds an almost mythical quality.

All in all it was interesting to see how mediocre pictures can be turned into an interesting "artsy" experiment, using simple tools. And of course it is further proof of Scully's great talent as the subject of all kinds of "art"!