This is an Oriental Shorthair. What will they do next!?
There is a lot of extreme breeding but this is not an example. This is the result of simple photoshopping. I wanted to see if it was as easy as I thought it would be and it was.
I chose a photo by Helmi of a cat that already had a very long neck. The longest I had seen as it happens. I created three portions and spliced them together then concealed the joins by cloning (copying an unblemished part and placing that across the defective part) and publishing at a lowish resolution. Here are the parts:
Here is the original:
This handsome cat illustrates a page on the different head shapes of cats. The peculiar part of this exercise is that I think this cat has the world’s longest neck without photoshopping ๐
Better. Repeating pixel patterns are one of the first things people look for when they suspect fakery.
Thanks Sarah. Thankfully I am not that good at it. I’d rather not be too good because I prefer the old fashioned way ๐ Straight photography.
What about this? I smoothed out the blocks with the impressionist tool.
Sorry, but I spotted the digital manipulation right away. Look at the blocks of pixels on the background either side of the neck – dead giveaway. One way to make it more believable is to set your selection tool to a circle and randomly disrupt the repeating patterns.
Yes – fingers crossed nobody takes this idea literally. Money would be the only motivation I’m sure. And maybe prestige in the cat fancy.
lol – yes I agree the original is pretty freaky anyway.
I think I should make a cup of valerian tea with one of the boyz teabags if they will spare me one, so if you never hear from me again I’ve floated off to gaga land maybe never to return lol If I do get back I’ll let you know what it tastes like ๐