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03/14/2006 12:23:51 PM |
| I'm not a big cat fan, but this shot is nice. Terrific focus on Coco and I really like the composition. The only thing that bothers me a bit is the way the "high keyed" white couch seems to cut off portions of him - making him almost look cut & pasted in spots. Once you figure out that it's a couch it makes sense. Still great shot. |
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11/04/2005 11:13:25 PM |
| Cute cat, he has pretty cool eyes. Very difficult subject to photograph, I know my dad has an all black dog and I have no good pictures of him. They just confuse our TTL meters. I think the natural light suggestion is good, go all manual and use your spot meter setting, and meter on something middle grey in the near vicinty. I don't think the white background works very well, it makes the cat look like it was cut out with scissors. |
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11/04/2005 10:44:29 PM |
This is a tough subject. From what I can see (unless there was extensive post processing done already) your highlights are overexposed while your cat is underexposed. that would tell me that the contrast range is just too much for the camera to handle. Just as film has a 3-5 stop range of exposure for negative and 1-3 stop range for positive films, digital also has a range...and you have surpassed it.
It appears that your lighting setup here has a large difference in exposure from the front of the cat to what is falling on the background. (and is largly backlit) You may want to try a more "flat" even lighting. I would also try shooting the cat (not literally!) on a more greyish background and see how you do.
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11/04/2005 08:54:42 PM |
I'm a big black cat fan, have lived with two.
I think the shot is just too contrasty for my tastes
Not to be too harsh, but he's pretty much a black blur on a blown background. I think because the pillow does intrude at his leg, I want more background, more context. Also I'm really uncertain about his bells and whistles. Hope this helps. |
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11/04/2005 08:36:06 PM |
Hi rikki, overall I like this pic, but to me there should be a bit more light on the front of the cat to bring out his lines better, as to me the chin blends right into his chest, with no discernable line between. Also the white couch? on the cats left side leaves a bit of distracting color, maybe the lighting was just a bit off on this? Of course, this is just my opinion, as we all know!!
Jacque |
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