Cats The Requisite Cat (Kitty) Photo thread

[rparmar]

Lovely shots IVN. Out of curiosity, what lens are you using?

 

[IVN]

Lovely shots IVN. Out of curiosity, what lens are you using?

Thank you Robin. Over the last two weeks I've been using the Pana 25/1.4 and Oly 45/1.8. Check out the links in my signature, those lead to flickr sets with photos taken with said gear.

 

[Richkaz]

The last few weeks have seen the arrival of a mint used Sigma DP2 ( original non Merrill ) and a visiting neighbours cat. She is a friendly and very chatty
little dark tortoiseshell ( apparently they are almost exclusively female ). I thought I would test the Sigma's focusing to see if was as slow as critics say.
My other camera is a small sensor Samsung EX1 - it must have set a high standard when it was introduced and is still a very capable machine.
My problem with picturing the playful little cat was that she refuses to look into the lens and is always on the move.

These were my first efforts

I think she was a kitten when I first asked the Sigma to find focus . Eventually ---------- I got these







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I then found a way to picture her face on.
She likes to jump up on garden seat and sit next to me. Shooting with the Samsung would have been quite easy as I would have used the fast focusing and articulated screen as a framing guide.
The Sigma isn't blessed with either - but it's got it where it counts ( if you can nail it )
I tried doing a selfie ! holding the DP2 at arms length in the general direction of me and the tortie
I then cropped myself out and these are about as near to a face on shot that I could muster. This camera doesn't really need a zoom lens because the sensor allows considerable cropping.
What's that crawling up her left eye ?



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[robertmwilliams]

Shot with an X-E1 and Minolta Rokkor-X PF 50mm f/1.7

Midnight 1 by Robert M. Williams, on Flickr

 

[biglouis]

A neighbour's cat Jeffrey - he's not fat, he's just big boned. GH-2, Lumix 100-300.

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[BBW]

Rich

These were my first efforts

I think she was a kitten when I first asked the Sigma to find focus . Eventually ---------- I got these

- you and then Louis, you

A neighbour's cat Jeffrey - he's not fat, he's just big boned.

both made me laugh...while I enjoyed your cat photos.

 

[TraamisVOS]

A neighbour's cat Jeffrey - he's not fat, he's just big boned. GH-2, Lumix 100-300.

He's fluffy furred!

 

[kyteflyer]

Tom and I haven't been in the Fuji forum (much less the cat thread) since this time last year. Slack me!


Tom OOF par Sue Wotton, on ipernity


Contemplation par Sue Wotton, on ipernity

 

[sometimesido]

Wednesday:

Wednesday - Pet me please? by biskitsorange, on Flickr

Jelly:

That's the spot human...that's it.... by biskitsorange, on Flickr

Phoenix:

Phoenix - pet me? by biskitsorange, on Flickr

Liger:

Liger "the puppy" by biskitsorange, on Flickr

First two with X20, second two with x-a1

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[BBW]

Sue, it's good to see you and Tom here again!

And welcome to you and yours, sometimesido - that's quite a cute array of cats you've got there!

 

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[croutt]

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[croutt]

35 1.4

 

[kyteflyer]

This was a lucky accident. I've had so many failures lately I have all but given up photographing Tom. I nearly caught him sound asleep on the back of the chair but I had not silenced the X100, the settings were completely wrong, and he startled, and stared at me. OH well, better than nothing.

 

[Lili]

Hi Tom!

 

[Lili]

Jade Kitty
Nokia 808

 

[IVN]

 

[greyelm]

My neighbour's cat puzzled by the sudden arrival of a stray golf ball from the nearby golf course.

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[IVN]