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shy vs. curious. Curiousity wins. ;)
shy vs. curious. Curiousity wins. ;)
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September 03, 2018
Thanks again to all of you who liked and awarded this picture! It means a lot to me to see that people show the image and have some feeling about. Great!
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Location
This picture was taken at home. There was a heated wooden box, with a smooth and warm pillow in my parlor ... ;)Time
27 december 2011 at 06.31 pm. This kitty was born 4 weeks earlier. She awoke minutes before and this was the right time to play with her. Right before she would drink and asleep again and awoke and drink and ...Lighting
I used two mercury vapour spots. One as backlight, one in front.Equipment
7 years ago ... I used a Nikon D90 with VR 18-105mm 1:3,5-5,6G , placed on a grain pillow and two mercury vapour spots. (I never used flashlights for shooting pets or wild animals).Inspiration
The funny part is to interact with them. The job: catching visible emotions at cats little face and at her eyes.Editing
Sure. I had to adjust the white balance. ( mercury vapour spots ... terrible. ;) I had to rotate the image for some grade and decided to cut the image tighter to the face... stamps against some dust on the coat or some hairs on the pillow.In my camera bag
Nothing special. For first my Nikon D300s. And then the refurbished old D90. Which one i`ll use depends from the goal of the shooting. If it will become a risky, wet and dirty shoot, maybe with dogs in the water or mud, - i`ll use the D90 ;) Then my old kitlenses. The Nikkor 18-105 and 70-300. For portraits the AF-S Nikkor 50mm 1:1,4G. And a Sigma 17-70 1:2,8-4,5 Macro. Circular pol and greyfilters, accumulators, duct tape, pen and paper, Ibuprofen 800 ... X)Feedback
The fun to take pictures is to interact with the animal. Don´t shoot on unknown ground or with disturbing flashlight. Use natural or continuous light. You have to be on the same level like the object of desire. Stay calm, play and interact wih the animal. I often use my own fingers for it. And: take time... wait! Don´t make shootings longer than 20 - 25 minutes. You have a major effort with non-persistent actions.
