Cut it out!

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For this assignment, we were supposed to pick a picture that we had taken from unit 1 and crop out anything extra in the background. I chose this picture because I really like the lighting on my cat, Jinx. The only light in the room was coming from a window. I really like how the soft light from the window falls across him, I think that it really accentuates the curves of his body and the colors in his fur. The shadows really add an interesting dimension to the picture. I used Picasa to crop the photo. I felt like there was too much extra stuff in the background. I didn't want to crop it any smaller though because I wanted to keep some of the colors from the pillows in the picture, I think it helps to brighten the picture. I think by cropping this picture it simplified it and made it a better picture.