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Copyright ©2008, Mike McMullen
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A stolen moment of feline self awareness.

My second session as a studio photographer. Shot at ISO 800 to introduce grain.

Camera at 45 deg from mirror. 500w flood @ 3200k 45 deg camera left. 500w flood @ 3200k 45 deg camera right. Three 50w quartz halogen spots on a track overhead.

These are providing the catchlights in the cat's (Cotton) eyes.

A backdrop was angled at 30 degrees to created partial darkness to partial light gradiation.

Test shots were taken to check lighting w/o Cotton.

Needless to say the hard part was getting the subject to hit his mark.

When he did I fired 12 shots in continous mode.

Studio work is challenging - so much control but so much work to get what you want! I trully appreciate pro studio photographers

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Uploaded: 07-Apr-2008 03:27 CEST
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Camera: Olympus E510
Exposure time: 1/250
Aperture: f/2.8
Focal length: 50mm/100mm
Lens: Zuiko f-2.0 50mm Macro Lens
Focusing method: Spot
ISO: 800
White balance: Manual(One Touch)
Flash: no
Image format: RAW
Processing applied: Cropped, Platinum toned, sharpening
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Image resized to: 704x822

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very beautiful image. Cute cat.

Rina Kupfer at 06:34 CEST on 07-Apr-2008 [Reply]

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Once again an amazing job!!!

Gillian Simpson at 16:02 CEST on 07-Apr-2008 [Reply]

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Nice Job

Denny G.

Denny Giacobe at 22:54 CEST on 07-Apr-2008 [Reply]

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Thanks so much Rina! :-)

Mike McMullen at 18:49 CEST on 08-Apr-2008 [Reply]

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Thanks so much Adrie!

Mike McMullen at 18:54 CEST on 08-Apr-2008 [Reply]

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Thanks so much Gillian! :-)

Mike McMullen at 18:56 CEST on 08-Apr-2008 [Reply]

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Thanks so much Denny! :-)

Mike McMullen at 19:01 CEST on 08-Apr-2008 [Reply]

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Mike, I like this cute shot. You captured a very interesting moment. Lighting is good, except highlights in eyes. IMHO, three highlights in one eye are confusing.
Best,

Lee W at 05:55 CEST on 10-Apr-2008 [Reply]

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Lee W wrote:
> Mike, I like this cute shot. You captured a very interesting moment. Lighting is good, except
> highlights in eyes. IMHO, three highlights in one eye are confusing.
> Best,
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Thanks for the kind feedback Lee. When I do prints at full size I am going to remove a highlight two.

Again thanks!

Mike

Mike McMullen at 04:27 CEST on 12-Apr-2008 [Reply]