Fall Cat (Original Post)
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pixellimagery
March 25, 2013
Congrats on catching the eye of Staff Favourite! :-)
You're a beautiful kitty, Tyson! :-))) Ell
You're a beautiful kitty, Tyson! :-))) Ell
ThruADiffEye
March 25, 2013
Beautiful cat! I'm waiting to receive my D5100 myself. Can't wait to snag some great shots like yours!
drakkardarkblade
March 25, 2013
Congrats, great capture. If you get a chance please check out my photos here: www.viewbug.com/member/drakkardarkblade
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DigitalDawn
March 25, 2013
Beautiful capture of your cat, the colors are beautiful, vibrant, and just really pop yet never take away from your adorable subject. Great shot and an award well deserved. I expect we will see this in the pet contest with great results.
SFalagario_photos
May 01, 2013
This is probably the best cat picture i've ever seen. I love the colours in the background, the detail on the cat and especially how well the eyes stand out. Well done.
garthurdavis
May 31, 2013
A winner for sure ! ! ! Exellent photo full of detail, color, composition with some mystery thrown in ! ! ! Fantastic addition to my Project : Nature Zoomed In ~ ~ ~ Thanks for the addition - - - the best of all your other entries ! ! ! FAVORITED & PEER RECOGNIZED ! ! !
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Location
I actually took the image in a tree in my backyard. It turned out to make the perfect location for a fall feline portrait!Time
Early afternoon, I believe. Around 1PM or so.Lighting
The lighting is 100% natural. The sun was in the perfect position to illuminate my subject as well as the golden fall leaves behind him.Equipment
I only used my D5100 and my Nikon 55-200mm f/4-5.6G ED AF-S DX Autofocus Zoom Lens.Inspiration
I never intended to take this photo, actually. I was at home, looking for something to do, and I thought to myself "I'll take my cat outside and try and get a cute photo of him". All I wanted was to take a typical cute kitty pic and be done with it. While outside, I noticed one of our trees had gorgeous large fall leaves on it. I also realized I had never seen my cat climb a tree before. I was curious, so I put him in to see what he did. I snapped quite a few photos in the meantime. It was casual, and even a little spontaneous. I didn't realize how well this photo had turned out until I looked at the images weeks later.Editing
Yes! This photo made me realize that no matter how well you take your original photo, you'll probably always need to edit it a bit. For this image, I didn't have to do much. I used the website iPiccy (because it was before I had Photoshop). I lightened up the image a bit (exposure and contrast), adjusted the temperature of the colors to a warmer feeling for fall, used the HDR effect on really low (keep it subtle) to boost clarity of the image, and then I softened up the background a bit because the HDR tool in iPiccy made it a tiny bit grainy.In my camera bag
Two camera bodies (Nikon D5100 and Nikon D7000), 55-200mm Nikon lens, 85mm micro telephoto lens, 18-55mm Nikon kit lens, and an 18-105mm Nikon kit lens. In short, it's all of my digital camera gear.Feedback
Don't set out to take a great photo. I know that sounds strange, but that's my advice to you. Some of the best photos you could ever take are unintentional. Let the photo opportunity come to you. For me, I got lucky. As soon as I placed my cat in the tree here, he got settled into a position that made him look like he was going to jump out of the tree (leaning forward, like in this photo). Just then, a flock of birds flew past overhead to distract him while I took this photo. All of the factors that make this photo great are ones that I couldn't have helped. The things around us aligned perfectly all by themselves, all I did was snap the shot.
