That background must have been photoshopped in. No cat owner could have a piece of black cloth. Any black colored cloth brought into the house of a cat owner immediately becomes a covered-with-bright-cat-hair colored cloth. I'm pretty sure even all-black cats can manage to shed some white fur on a black cloth, it's a special skill cats have.
mpmendenhall wrote:
That background must have been photoshopped in. No cat owner could have a piece of black cloth. Any black colored cloth brought into the house of a cat owner immediately becomes a covered-with-bright-cat-hair colored cloth. I'm pretty sure even all-black cats can manage to shed some white fur on a black cloth, it's a special skill cats have.
You are very right, except for the photoshop part!
I, for the life of me, couldn't get the 85 1.8 to be sharp from 1.8-2.2. from 2.8 on it was good but I ended up selling it and will probably pick up the 1.2 instead.
I can't help feeling if the cat was in a slightly different position or I had the focus slightly forward of where it is the shot would be better. It's one of those shots (to me) that has loads of things slightly wrong with it, but I can't help liking it anyway.
I, for the life of me, couldn't get the 85 1.8 to be sharp from 1.8-2.2. from 2.8 on it was good but I ended up selling it and will probably pick up the 1.2 instead.
I have the same issue. I just picked up am 85/1.8 from Adorama. After spending 1 1/2 hours playing with the thing, including two rounds of micro-adjusting....it was still soft. I'm returning it on Monday.
This thread makes me miss my Dylan (Dylan is my cat incase you havent guessed). I have no portraits because he is impossible to take a picture of. He sees a camera and keeps his eyes shut until he knows its out of the room : / (He's all black with bright green eyes)
Here are a few of my neighbours, all shot with the 85mm f/1.2L II:
