Great idea, and the selective coloring works for me. I'd like to see a bit more of the person though. As it is my eyes need to hunt a bit before finding the person. I also find the motion blur on the cat quite distracting. I would guess that bouncing your 580 off the ceiling would light the scene quite well and allow a faster shutter speed. Cranking up the ISO to 1600 might be satisfactory. Or just take a million shots until you get one where the cat doesn't move. But good luck with that. I do like your take on the subject.
froody wrote:
Great idea, and the selective coloring works for me. I'd like to see a bit more of the person though. As it is my eyes need to hunt a bit before finding the person. I also find the motion blur on the cat quite distracting. I would guess that bouncing your 580 off the ceiling would light the scene quite well and allow a faster shutter speed. Cranking up the ISO to 1600 might be satisfactory. Or just take a million shots until you get one where the cat doesn't move. But good luck with that. I do like your take on the subject.
I agree on all your points Tim............I could have done those things (the flash, show more of the person etc). I thought about it but then I would have had to wake my wife up, the cat probably would have freaked out (she's 15 years old) and i could have no image at all. I guess i didn't feel like doing a setup................yet.......I'm still thinking about that, but would probably change my take on the theme.
Thanks for the comments! Always appreciated
Peter
Peter,
Great take on this weeks assignment. I also feel that your home was not the only one to be sleeping in on this long weekend. If your cat wants to move and blur your shot, I think he/she has every right to at age 15.
Good luck,
Tom
Peter, it's very fine the way it is, and I think you made the right choice in not adding flash or any other light to the scene. However, if you ever have the moment return (it's never the same, but it might be similar), I'd suggest trying 1/8 second at f/1.8 rather than 8 seconds at f/14, and focusing on the cat's eyes. Your sleeping child might be as effective or more so when out of focus.
Photon wrote:
Peter, it's very fine the way it is, and I think you made the right choice in not adding flash or any other light to the scene. However, if you ever have the moment return (it's never the same, but it might be similar), I'd suggest trying 1/8 second at f/1.8 rather than 8 seconds at f/14, and focusing on the cat's eyes. Your sleeping child might be as effective or more so when out of focus.
Thanks for the comments Jess....always appreciated!!
Thinking along the same line......................I tried quite a few exposures and apertures, but ended up liking the best depth of field the most (the F14), putting both the cat and the sleeper in focus. When the shutter was significantly faster for a better cat capture, the sleeper was so out of focus that the effect of the picture was lost.
Too bad the cat wasn't perfectly still...........or she would have been in focus.
BTW....my sleeping child is my wife of 33 years........you just made her day
Thanks again for the comments and suggestions....I agree with you, and they're always appreciated!!!!!
Peter
Good job with a difficult setting. After several attempts to take pictures of Addie in a controlled setting, I have come to know that animals are usually uncooperative, and they force you to take candid shots on their terms, not yours.
I had pretty much the same shot in mind this week, but the cats got up when I did, and I doubt Forrest would have allowed me to post his photo with bed-head.
I like the selective color, and the cat movement is a plus in my mind. It shows that the cat is standing guard over it's master and goes with your title.
Now that's my kind of guardian - fluffy, black and evil eyed. Do you think they have that written in their contracts? Must look suitably evil, even whilst still being fluffy, to ward off would be disturbers of the peace.
Great shot. Didnt catch the cat in the thumbnail. Glad I opened it up. IMHO the way you have title it, the cat is perfect for it. The sense of motion conveyed by the cat suggests to me an alert on the move cat coming to get ya. With the color of the eyes adding to the sense of fear. And the way you have composed it the eyes are led straight to the kid being guarded. Well executed.
bouchto wrote:
Peter,
Great take on this weeks assignment. I also feel that your home was not the only one to be sleeping in on this long weekend. If your cat wants to move and blur your shot, I think he/she has every right to at age 15.
Good luck,
Tom
Thanks Tom....probably the age of the cat contributed to her stillness considering the exposure of 8 seconds
Thanks again
Peter
Good job with a difficult setting. After several attempts to take pictures of Addie in a controlled setting, I have come to know that animals are usually uncooperative, and they force you to take candid shots on their terms, not yours.
Great idea for the WA.
Robert
thanks for the comments Robert.....always appreciated. You're right about the difficult setting, and that means I've been thinking of a re-shoot for this WA with a more controlled setting (which i much prefer)..............but I'm just too darn lazy this week.
Good luck to you with your great shot this week!
Peter
I had pretty much the same shot in mind this week, but the cats got up when I did, and I doubt Forrest would have allowed me to post his photo with bed-head.
I like the selective color, and the cat movement is a plus in my mind. It shows that the cat is standing guard over it's master and goes with your title.
Gook luck in the WA.
Thanks much Jane..............my wife never woke up so the post of her 'bedhead' is my little secret. I don't think she would mind since several commenter's have referred to her as my child
now......if i only had a stuffed cat to work with............
Flibble wrote:
Now that's my kind of guardian - fluffy, black and evil eyed. Do you think they have that written in their contracts? Must look suitably evil, even whilst still being fluffy, to ward off would be disturbers of the peace.
I could do that. Got any jobs going?
Mr. Flibble,
Perhaps we could arrange some video guardian thingy (this internet is pretty amazing)
ps
the cat says hi, and hopes you keep one or 2 of her kind
gvarma wrote:
Great shot. Didnt catch the cat in the thumbnail. Glad I opened it up. IMHO the way you have title it, the cat is perfect for it. The sense of motion conveyed by the cat suggests to me an alert on the move cat coming to get ya. With the color of the eyes adding to the sense of fear. And the way you have composed it the eyes are led straight to the kid being guarded. Well executed.
Thanks Gotsy..........I think the cat was on the alert trying to figure out what i was doing with the end of a lens a foot away from her face
I'd never catch my son in this, however, my daughter is a different story, I could shoot for hours. I guess that will change as they get into their teens. Nice capture Peter.
Christian
