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Beardedmonkey
03-09-2007, 09:57
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1334/1311150292_0da8aed6cb.jpg

My first photo post! (hope I've done it right!) Its a pic of our new bundles of curtain-climbing, sofa-clawing joy!

It was taken while playing around with my new 50mm 1.8 lens. I was really struggling to get it to focus properly (something to do with their dark fur?), this is the best I managed. Any advice on how to deal with this?

Any other advice would be gratefully received too!

Thanks

BM
oldgit
03-09-2007, 10:05
Takes a while to figure outh which bit belongs to which cat.

Yes it will be hard to focus on a dark object. It's equally hard to focus on a light object. Focussing works on edges or contrast regions. It should however lock onto the eyes splendidily.

You should probably use a slightly darker background then there isnt so much contrast / dynamic range to cope with. That will let you expose the cats correctly an not lose them in the darkness or blow the highlights.
KeriAnn
03-09-2007, 10:06
I love it :D
Ewan
03-09-2007, 16:32
:agree:

Great pic! Also would love to see some close-ups of their eyes :)
minimeeze
03-09-2007, 18:39
Awww :love: Please keep practising and posting more of these adorable little cuties. As oldgit said, a darker background may help as there won't be such a difficult contrast between the black and white then.
moomike
04-09-2007, 00:16
:agree: Very cute kittens too :thumbs:
Chuckurbarla
04-09-2007, 05:33
They're really cute and it's a good photo too, love the pose. Black fur doesn't reflect light very well at all, as said a darker background will help.
Ewan
04-09-2007, 10:01
A darker background won't help the pic though IMO - I like the way they contrast with the sofa/chair thingy.
Beardedmonkey
04-09-2007, 12:39
:agree:

Great pic! Also would love to see some close-ups of their eyes :)

I'll see what I can do, but getting the little blighters to hold still for more than a few seconds at a time is tough going! :)

Thanks for the responses everyone. :thumbs:

I'll have to see if I can get them to pose in front of a dark background and see how I get on.

BM
Richard T
05-09-2007, 12:42
nice shot

good luck with trying to pose them!