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Shreek the Third
Uploaded on: September 5, 2008
This is one of the cats at the Humane Society that I took photos of. This little guy needs a good home.
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Kaitlynmarie says,
awww his name should be halloween with those orange eyes! You did an excelent job selecting the background to really enhance them :)
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RandyP says,
Don’t feel qualified to critiques yet, but being an X Harley-Davidson Dealer love the colors. Orange and black is my favorite colors.
Nice job….
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shrinkpictures has offered this critique,
The exposure was spot on with this shot. Shooting either black or white fur is always fun! You have managed to retain some detail in most of the fur and especially in the face area which is important.
Your choice of an 18mm focal length has given a bit of a “distorted look” and while that can be a nice artistic shot which fortunately worked out OK in this photo a longer focal length would be preferred. A short focal length is usually used to exaggerate features and used in a more candid situation. From your title and description, I am assuming that this was more of an advertising “please pick me and take me home” photo.
The heavy crease where the backdrop meets the floor grabs my attention. It might be better to hang your backdrop and leave it curved so that the background does not dominate the subject in any way.
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Lover1969 says,
Shrinkpictures, thanks for the tip on the muslin drop cloth. I agree, I could have eliminated that crease better.
Thanks everyone for your comments. I hope this little guy finds a good home and soon.
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imagecreation says,
Would you just put him in a box and ship him to me?
Thank you!
Tim
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JuliaB has offered this critique,
LOL, I LOVE this. I’m a cat girl, just love cats! This guy is soooo cute!
Oh, and the photo; While I can agree that a more traditional lens might have been preferred for a straight on, non-humorous portrait I have to say that the slight wide angle distortion just makes this little guy even cuter.
The crease does indeed distract a bit, but its straight and in lower portion of the frame, so you minimized the distraction. As far as the exposure goes, I see you used center-weighted, which with all the bright color background causing the black cat to go just a bit under exposed. Perhaps next time try spot metering, or close down the center-weighted to the smallest center for the D40.
I truly think you are going to be extremely successful as a pet photographer. I visited your photo album and you have a bunch of really great photos in there. I was showing some of your dog photos to Lisa, John’s wife, and since she is a dog lover she really like them. I told her how far you’ve come by being a member here, and when I tried to show her some of your earlier work I couldn’t find any.
I really hope this little kitten finds a good home. I would just hate to think of the alternatives.
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Lover1969 says,
Tim, I sure wish that I could. I will do everything in my power to see that this guy gets a good home!!!
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Lover1969 says,
Julia, the only reason I got better at my photography was because of XtremeCamera. Everybody here has been wonderful. I get honest feedback and great advice on how to improve my photos and also how to use my camera to it’s full potential.
Ok, I do need some advice on which lens that I should be using. I just purchased the 18mm lens and I have to admit that I love it. It enables me to have room in my lens because I don’t have room in my studio. I was using the 55mm lens for awhile but I was still having room issues. I have also shot with my 105mm lens. It is a great lens but I’m very limited on space. The most that I can get is an animals head shot. Of course, now that I’m shooting smaller animals (kittens, cats, and small dogs) I may have better results using the 105mm lens. What is your opinion on the lens that I should be using?
What I really want is the Nikon D300. I’m saving my money for that camera.
Julia, I’ll try using spot metering during next Friday’s photo shoot at the Humane Society. I’m their photographer now. :-)
Julia, I deleted all of my old photos because I wanted a new start. I hated my earlier photos. I do still have them on my PC though. I’m glad that my work has improved but I still have a long way to go. I just love what I’m doing!!
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imagecreation has offered this critique,
When shooting in manual mode with studio strobes, it does not matter what you have your camera’s meter set to for a pattern, your not using the meter; there really is no way to meter strobes with the meter in a camera. Nothing beats a good incident meter for this.
Connie, just remember, the D300 won’t make you a better photographer, it will only give you a better quality image for larger prints. In fact, if we took the exact same photo with the exact same lens, on with the D40 and one with the D300 and made an 8×10 print of each, you would never know the difference unless you were at an ISO above 400.
Lens selection: the focal length of 105mm is really the ideal magnification for portrait work in the 35mm format (150mm in medium format). The lens factor of your camera really does not matter in this, the lens is still 105mm (even though on the camera, it’s crops to what is equal to about 157mm). But if you can stay at atleast 50mm when shooting, you should be good. Another great focal length for portraits is 85mm, the Nikon 85mm 1.8 (or 1.4 if you want to shell out the cash) is a great lens for portraits.
Tim
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Lover1969 says,
Tim, thank you for the wonderful advice! I’ll check into that 85mm lens. Thanks for letting me know that I really don’t need the D300. My husband said the same thing. He said it’s not the camera that makes the photo, it is the photographer.
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imagecreation says,
My above critique was suppose to be a comment, I forgot to change that!
“It’s the photographer, not the camera” Not so true in the digital world, you need a quality camera that is able to produce a quality image, if the chip is garbage, even the best photographer won’t be able to turn out a great image.
The D40, D60, D80 and even the new D90 are not built for the rugged demands of the professional photographer; their shutters are not built to take the volume of actuations as the higher end cameras, nor are their bodies as ruggedly built with alloy frames and weather sealing.
That said, till your are going at it big time, I would stick with the D40 and I would keep your eyes out for a good deal on a second D40, or even a D40x as you really should have a backup body. But one step at a time, get your business income rolling.
Tim
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Lover1969 says,
So what you are really saying is that I will need to buy the D300 one day? ;-) I really want that camera. I do see what you are saying though. Thanks.
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imagecreation says,
Maybe by the time your ready, it will be the D400 ;)
OR, maybe full frame will be your thing and it will be the D700 or D3.
Tim