Cats and dogs
lyndaduvallier

Cats and dogs

September 2025

The lighting on this image is divine and I love how you've used the cat in the foreground to add some depth and framing to the image. The complementary colour palette across the image is gorgeous and the lighting is spot on, with that dark background ensuring the subject pops well.

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This image has such technical mastery! The focus is so perfect, with great depth ensuring that the surrounding wrapping paper adds to the image without distracting away. The combination of the reds and the ginger on the cat and in those amber eyes works so well and the lighting is etherial and frankly, perfect.

There's so much atmosphere in this image: the bitterly cold conditions paired with those wintery, warm hues in the sky. The short focal length gives us great context of the surroundings and adds to the narrative so well, something that wouldn't be achieved with a longer lens.

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**This contest is open to photographers ranked between 251 and 1000 in this week’s <a href="https://www.photocrowd.com/photographer-community/">Leaderboard</a>.** Our two most popular pets are in the limelight again. Pictures can be of either cats, or dogs, but if you’ve managed to get these famously antagonistic animals together in the same frame then kudos!

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