Formal Portrait of Linus, Jan. 2004, Nikon D100, 50mm f1.8, 1/60 f3.5
People who know me know that I love cats. This opportunity presented itself when Linus struck an uncharacteristically formal pose. Linus is a big guy, but his owners are proud of his brilliant blue eyes. I got down and laid flat on my stomach to get this shot from ground level.
-- Warren
posted by Warren T. at 7:23 AM
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My Questions for this shot:
I normally don't like to center my subject like I did here, but in this case, I felt that centering was okay because of how his tail and legs were positioned. What do you think about this?
Also, I feel that the objects in the background are okay. They are not in sharp focus, and are dimmer than the main subject. They establish that Linus is at home in his environment. Do you agree with this? Or should I have blurred and/or darkened the background a little.
By the way, the on-camera flash worked well for this shot. It wasn't overpowering, and I was able to get a little backlighting on his fur.
-- Warren
I was lying on my stomach waiting for Linus to look directly at the camera for about 3 or 5 minutes. He's a calm and mellow guy so he doesn't move that quickly.
I was expecting to do some photoshop work to remove the typical flamethrower reflections from his eyes, but it didn't happen. I think there was enough ambient light in the room to keep his pupils small (luckily). Plus, D100's built in flash is small and the flash was not very strong.
-- Warren
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