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Bubbles – the cat…
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Just trying out my new 50 mm at 1.8 today.
They aren’t as clear, or as sharp as I’d like, but I only had a while to play! :D
because the cats head is so interesting in colouration I think the close up shot is the best.
So I like the last one best, but it needs a bit more room for the ears, chin and whiskers. #2 is nice too, looks like a model pose.
Nice use of shalllow depth of field for a dreamy look.Martin
Thanks Martin.
I was aiming to get the shallowest DoF possible. I’m really looking for that head coming out of nothing look. Not easy with a cat that has better things to do! :D
The light wasn’t great either, not to mention the background and the white balance…its a work in progress…As for the shots themselves, the second would be my favourite. I was looking for more eye contact though.
The last is great, but it isn’t sharp enough. She moved towards the camera at the last second, cutting off her ears and chin.Part of the problem is my reluctance to push the ISO over 400.
My end goal is to do with the cat what I did with chicks, but a bigger animal brings bigger problems.
Yeah the superglue work better on chicks than cats.
I’m not sure what camera you have, but I use “noiseware professional”, recommended by Wonkafan. Its is very good.
I have a canon 400D and it allows me to easily go to 800 but I don’t do such clinical studio shots where noise may be most apparent.I tried on 2 occasions to shoot cats in the street this weekend. I tried to take a cat but it just ran between my legs looking for attention, impossible to photograph;
and on the other occasion the cats on the street just ignored me and would not look at the camera.
Good luck!Well I have a Fuji S5 pro, so I’m quite sure with the right lighting it could easily handle the noise. But unfortunately I don’t have the cash or space to shell out for a complete home studio!
The problem of course is the background. I found on experimenting with the chicks that printing out a pure white background is hard. Any noise just screams out.
As for the cat, trying to keep her attention is impossible. Trying to keep her anywhere near a background is impossible. She’s too fast and too uninterested with whats going on.
Course once I get the cat done I’m moving onto the dog…not making things easy on myself!
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