Frank Critique!

[Gina]

Hi all,

Wondered if I could ask for some comments on these shots of Frank - our 8 month old kitten/cat.

Thanks in advance.

Gina







I tried to copy and paste into the attachments but it wasn't working but that could be my stupidity in understanding it!

xx

[Ian]

Re: Frank Critique!

Hi Gina,

The first and the last are my favourites, especially the first. I like the golden eyes in a sea of black fur. The middle one doesn't work for me at all - the slightly startled expression on the cat isn't appealing and it's a little too light, contrasty.

Getting the exposiure right when tackling black cats is quite tough. The camera will want to over-expose, which looks like what happened in the middle shot, but I think you have done well with the other two.

Ian

[fluffy penguin]

Re: Frank Critique!

I love the first one, that is the second photo recently I have seen done in that way. think it just stunning. will have to have a go myself

FP

[coupekid]

Re: Frank Critique!

Hi Gina,

For me I like the first one, however, it would have been nice to include his bottom jaw.

I love the way it fills the screen. As Ian said, its a pain to take a decent photo of a black cat. I recently had to have Quincy, our black cat put down, and we only have a a couple of really pleasing shots of him. Loads of snaps, but only a coupleof decent pics, because he was so difficult to photograph!

[Gina]

Re: Frank Critique!

Thanks for your comments everyone. You're right, it's not easy taking photos of black cats but I've been doing it since he was just 6 weeks old so now I know in advance how he's going to react. If the natural lighting from the windows is good, I have a sneaky trick and that is to feed him before setting up the tripod - then he couldn't care less what I'm doing.

My camera seems to have mood swings! Sometimes when I power up, no matter what I do, the images are blurred on every setting. Any advice would be appreciated. It's a Fujifilm S3500 Zoom and has taken around 5000+ shots.

Gina

p.s. Sorry to hear about Quincy coupekid. :0(

[Pops]

Re: Frank Critique!

Thanks for your comments everyone. You're right, it's not easy taking photos of black cats but I've been doing it since he was just 6 weeks old so now I know in advance how he's going to react. If the natural lighting from the windows is good, I have a sneaky trick and that is to feed him before setting up the tripod - then he couldn't care less what I'm doing.

My camera seems to have mood swings! Sometimes when I power up, no matter what I do, the images are blurred on every setting. Any advice would be appreciated. It's a Fujifilm S3500 Zoom and has taken around 5000+ shots.

Gina

p.s. Sorry to hear about Quincy coupekid. :0(

Have you checked to make sure the AF hasn't been changed to Manual Focus

[Gina]

Re: Frank Critique!

Hi Pops,

I've tried AF and manual settings but this seems to be when in low light. I just need a new DSLR!

Thanks