Author Topic: Essence of a cat (Read 2755 times)

Harald · « **on:** May 30, 2016, 14:19:06 »

Also an alien would now know what a cat is....

Airy · « **Reply #1 on:** May 30, 2016, 14:34:10 »

"I'm looking through you", say the semi-closed eyes...

Jakov Minić · « **Reply #2 on:** May 30, 2016, 15:12:09 »

the essential mood created by the shallow depth of filed. nice!

John Geerts · « **Reply #3 on:** May 30, 2016, 18:22:56 »

That's a beauty, Harald. Works great.

Peter McLennan · « **Reply #4 on:** May 30, 2016, 19:14:48 »

Hamish, the Imperator

Phone camera.

elsa hoffmann · « **Reply #5 on:** May 30, 2016, 21:12:03 »

Harald - I see you posted the photo in the "critique" section - and I have therefor looked at it as such.

The composition is totally wrong - what I mean by this, is that the cat is a half a cat. If you photographed in Landscape format instead of portrait orientation, you would have had the whole cat in. If you didn.t want the whole cat in - you could have gone with a much closer crop of the face. Not much of the background adds value to the image.
The cat is a tad dark - I would have lifted the shadows a bit and accentuated the contrast.
It also appears if you focussed in front of the cat - and not on the eyes/face. Focus point should be in the eyes.
I assume this is your cat - if so - lets see what you can do

pluton · « **Reply #6 on:** June 02, 2016, 17:54:04 »

Harald, I agree with Elsa that a "landscape" orientation probably would have served the shot better, but disagree that the eyes must be in focus. Usually, it works out better if the eyes are in focus, but not always.
Peter: ha ha.... I was going to comment on the amazing extreme depth of field in your shot, but then scrolled to see it was shot with a tiny sensor-size camera.

ColinM · « **Reply #7 on:** June 02, 2016, 18:20:10 »

Quote from: Peter McLennan on May 30, 2016, 19:14:48

Hamish, the Imperator.

Just got to love those paws

Peter McLennan · « **Reply #8 on:** June 02, 2016, 19:04:09 »

Quote from: ColinM on June 02, 2016, 18:20:10

Just got to love those paws

Heh. He does have big feet. Here he is on his very first day at his new home.

zuglufttier · « **Reply #9 on:** June 02, 2016, 20:23:09 »

Quote from: elsa hoffmann on May 30, 2016, 21:12:03

I assume this is your cat - if so - lets see what you can do

It is! He even owns another one which looks pretty much the same. So he's able to do cat stacking.

But on to the critique! Next time, try to hold the camera at the same height as the cat's head and don't shoot from above. Also try to make the composition more interesting by moving the main subject away from the middle of the picture. But that's easier said than done with cats that tend to move here and then. Also using the 50/1.2 might might add some difficulty

Harald · « **Reply #10 on:** June 02, 2016, 21:32:22 »

Hi,

thank you for your critique. With my daughter our both cats are my main photo targets.

I will try to use your hints.

Harald

Harald · « **Reply #11 on:** June 08, 2016, 20:29:58 »

Another try...

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