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28 Comments |
karendinan
 
karendinan May 05, 2016
What a beautiful creature.
Kathey PRO+
 
Kathey May 08, 2016
Absolutely LOVE this photo!
JDLifeshots
 
JDLifeshots May 08, 2016
Awesome capture! Congrats.
stephaniestevens
 
stephaniestevens May 09, 2016
Gorgeous cat!! This photo makes me want one.
Hippiechic
 
Hippiechic June 04, 2016
Wow what a stunning photo and stunning cat , what breed is this , just gorgeous !!
robertsijka
robertsijka June 26, 2016
Thank you, this is Maine Coon
Pam54x
 
Pam54x June 25, 2016
Adorable
allanloose
 
allanloose June 26, 2016
Magnificent feline
Stellasview
 
Stellasview December 31, 2016
Gorgeous!
janetredknap
 
janetredknap March 06, 2017
Amazing how you capture such good photos. I wish my cats would be so obedient
Marciento
 
Marciento April 09, 2017
Pi?kne kot
Pamelabole PRO
 
Pamelabole April 23, 2017
Awwww ...... adorable!! Congrats on being a contest finalist!!!!
: )
Me-myself-I PRO
 
Me-myself-I April 25, 2017
Love this .. what a great expression on the cats face .
sasi_cyborg
 
sasi_cyborg April 27, 2017
great job
Nbuhler2
 
Nbuhler2 June 07, 2017
Awe! Adorable but fierce !
F_Rosado_CMP_2016
 
F_Rosado_CMP_2016 September 29, 2017
He/she have that face that reads, what kind of trouble I can create? Kudos for this amazing capture.
chuckrickman
 
chuckrickman March 23, 2018
Truly awesome.
leitins
 
leitins April 27, 2018
Beautiful
dkoch28
 
dkoch28 August 06, 2018
Precious
LoveAglowPhotography
 
LoveAglowPhotography August 31, 2018
Magnificant!!
debbiereynoldswinn
 
debbiereynoldswinn August 31, 2018
Oh my goodness! This little baby is absolutely precious. What a perfect capture.
EverydayLivingMoments
 
EverydayLivingMoments September 01, 2018
What character!
AdirahsEyes
 
AdirahsEyes September 01, 2018
What a look! One of a kind 4 sure
polynator
 
polynator September 03, 2018
A symbol of perfection. Great photo!
BabZz
 
BabZz September 05, 2018
Fantastic cat
Proud_Quad_Wife
 
Proud_Quad_Wife September 05, 2018
Wonderful photo
leshiaburton
 
leshiaburton September 07, 2018
What a cutie. Love the ears n fluff
kele
 
kele November 20, 2018
Gorgeous capture!
laurentmounif
 
laurentmounif November 01, 2019
Gorgeous Maine Coon

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Behind The Lens

Location

90% of my photos are taken in my home studio, this photo too. I like to have control over everything, that's why the studio is my favorite place to work.

Time

I generally work with cats, mostly with my own. Probably most people know that cats are animals most active after dusk. That is why very often I start a photo session around midnight and finish at 4 - 5am.

Lighting

Generally, in my portraits and use Butterfly Lighting with two types of modifier depending on the effect I want to achieve. For soft light I use 90 cm octagon softbox or if I want more dramatic, edgy light I use beauty dish. This photo was taken with softbox. I always use modeling lamp, the cat's eye is more interesting for me. Pupils are decreasing and shows the whole universe contained in the iris of the eye. I believe also that with modeling light the flash is less harmful for very sensitive cat's eyes.

Equipment

I use Nikon D800 with Nikkor lens 16-35mm 1.4G ED. I love to go a little wide in my portraits, it gives me more room to maneuver and very natural look. I use High Speed Sync Studio Flash with 300W modeling lamp.

Inspiration

This may trivial answer but my inspiration was a cat itself. Look at him, is a little masterpiece of Mother Nature. This is innocent and defiant look at the same time push you to immediately take him and hug with all your love. I think that's why people love pictures of animals, looking at them wake up most wonderfully feelings in us, we often forget this feelings on a daily basis.

Editing

Of course, first, a base such as sharpening, color correction and cleaning. With cat you have hairs everywhere, it is so small thing and so destructive. Then I'm working on my interpretation, I work a lot with layers cloning and blending them to achieve my specific look.

In my camera bag

I don't use bag often, I usually work in the studio. But if I have to go somewhere I take with me my lenses 16-35mm 1.4, 50mm prime 1,4 and 105 macro 2.8. Two speedlights with umbrellas. A few extra batteries and memory cards.

Feedback

Be patient and keep it simple. Working with animals is not easy, you have your idea about session and they have their own completely different idea. Sometimes you have to wait a very long time until the two sides meet in the same place. If you are the most talented and creative photographer and you don't have enough patience to spend a couple of hours for a single image, success is a big question mark. Keep it simple, cat is a cat and don't need to become someone else to look great one the picture. Try to discover his personality more then make it through the complicated environment. And clean the hairs from your photo, always.

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