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Cat Eye Blue II
Copyright ©2008, Mike McMullen
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Cotton strikes a classic Hollywood portrait pose and flashes his baby blues.

An impromptu portrait, I noticed Cotton laying in the sunlight from the setting sun coming through the french doors acting as a backlight and "fur" light.

Cotton was laying next to a 5 inch reflector with a 250w @3200K lamp on a mini-boom.

I turned it on and used it as a key light.

I then turned on a home made soft box and set it 45 degrees camera right.

I did this to provide a little fill and to make Cotton's pupils get smaller to show his irises.

When I saw how his eyes glowed after that I about peed myself trying to to get back to my camera and position to take a shot!!! :-)

Fortunately he seemed fascinated by the soft box and kept staring at it. That let me get several shots.

Enjoy!

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Uploaded: 17-Mar-2008 17:26 CET
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Camera: Olympus E510
Exposure time: 1/160
Aperture: f/2.5
Focal length: 50mm/100mm
Lens: Zuiko f-2.0 50mm Macro Lens
Focusing method: Spot
ISO: 100
White balance: Auto
Flash: no
Image format: RAW
Processing applied: Color balanced and sharpened.
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Image resized to: 726x725

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Wow. That's just awesome!

His eyes are such a lovely, lovely shade of blue there. And that little glow on his right ear makes it looks so warm.

I want to smooch him. :D

Gillian Simpson at 20:38 CET on 17-Mar-2008 [Reply]

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Thanks so much Gillian! :-)

He's not so fond of smooches. I know from personal experience. Belly rubs on the other hand are the best!!! I'll give himone for you! ;-)

Thanks again!

Mike McMullen at 20:44 CET on 17-Mar-2008 [Reply]

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That is real nice Mike.

Richard Ociepka at 02:03 CET on 18-Mar-2008 [Reply]

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Thanks so much Dick! :-)

Mike McMullen at 03:23 CET on 18-Mar-2008 [Reply]

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Thank you so much Joyce! The 50mm lens is a treat to use! :-)

Mike McMullen at 03:24 CET on 18-Mar-2008 [Reply]

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Thanks so much for your comment, Adrie!

To answer your question on sharpness, please see the following technical review of this wonderful lens:

http://www.wrotniak.net/photo/43/zd-50m.html

My experience is that the sharpness remains constant across aperature settings.

Enjoy!

Mike McMullen at 14:12 CET on 18-Mar-2008 [Reply]

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WOW amazing!!!

Rina Kupfer at 02:24 CET on 19-Mar-2008 [Reply]

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Thanks so much Rina! :-)

Mike McMullen at 14:06 CET on 19-Mar-2008 [Reply]

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WOW this picture is gorgeussss amazing i have no more words for this picture the eyes are just fantastic great job!!!!

Shany K. at 19:27 CET on 20-Mar-2008 [Reply]

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The best animal shot I've seen in a long time.
Great

Bob Anderson at 19:51 CET on 20-Mar-2008 [Reply]

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Thanks so much Shany! The camera likes Cotton. :-)

Mike McMullen at 19:57 CET on 20-Mar-2008 [Reply]

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Thanks so much Bob! I lucked out with Cotton being mellow and not moving much! :-)

Mike McMullen at 19:58 CET on 20-Mar-2008 [Reply]

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Thanks so much Gillian!!! :-)

Mike McMullen at 23:42 CET on 24-Mar-2008 [Reply]