I'd like to say that I am a photographer with a talent for exceptional timing and a creative eye... but if I am I didn't really use it for this entry :-)
I was testing out my Bigma (50-500) and my cat happened to be sitting conveniently 20 yards away on a bench... I took a couple of shots from cover but was spotted... hence the pissed expression. (He really hates having a camera pointed at him and 80% of my shots turn out to be of the other end of him as he walks away!!)
One of three shots produced this entry and to be 100% honest it was only as I sat browsing through my weekend shots that I checked to see if I had a 'fit' to a challenge. I thought the mid-lick might qualify for stopped motion.
1/250
ISO 800
500mm
Canon 5D
Sigma 50-500
Post Processing: RAW - Photoshop CS2 - Desaturate, Tone, Square Crop, Re-size, Sharpen and Save for Web.
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I've just found out you are one of my top 3 statistically fave photographrs to date:) and I came to take a look at your portfolio. and I've been here for a while already:) I LOVE this photo!!!!
Hi All.... Thanks for the many kind words...
I'd like to say that I am a photographer with a talent for exceptional timing and a creative eye... but if I am I didn't really use it for this entry :-)
I was testing out my Bigma (50-500) and my cat happened to be sitting conveniently 20 yards away on a bench... I took a couple of shots from cover but was spotted... hence the pissed expression. (He really hates having a camera pointed at him and 80% of my shots turn out to be of the other end of him as he walks away!!)
One of three shots produced this entry and to be 100% honest it was only as I sat browsing through my weekend shots that I checked to see if I had a 'fit' to a challenge. I thought the mid-lick might qualify for stopped motion.
1/250, ISO 800, 500mm, Canon 5D, Sigma 50-500
Post Processing: RAW - Photoshop CS2 - Desaturate, Tone, Square Crop, Re-size, Sharpen and Save for Web.
Cat lovers will be all over this one! ;^) Myself included. Great detail and I like your choice to go B/W tone. How in the world did you get this shot anyway? Just wait? After feeding? Hmmm. Well, I hope this does well for you. No, it's not as high tech or as fancy as some of the light bulb or splash shots, but it's fun...so good luck.
6/7/6..7 - Good capture. Even more 'stopped motion' and little less 'blown' make this even better in my opinion, but you likely know all that. Good composition with the square crop - wish it were 640.
There are shots like this that are few and far between cat shots here on DPC. This one is AMAZING! Nothing I'd change about this at all. Well done, 10 from me.
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