Lucky cat shot

[simpo two]

At last! Pure luck; when I pressed the shutter her mouth was closed. The flash could have done a bit more though.



Any more good cat shots out there?

[getcarter]

nice!

[srider]

I instinctively panned with him as he started running, comes from shooting cars most of the time

>> Edited by srider on Wednesday 7th January 14:47

[Big_M]

I like this one of a shaved pussy.



Not one I took of course.

[luca brazzi]

srider said:

I instinctively panned with him as he started running, comes from shooting cars most of the time

No piccie....

Simpo - GREAT picture, the perfect moment. Will post something up this evening of a rather larger pussycat - Big Fred (my moggie)
LB

[srider]

luca brazzi said:

srider said: I instinctively panned with him as he started running, comes from shooting cars most of the time No piccie.... Simpo - GREAT picture, the perfect moment. Will post something up this evening of a rather larger pussycat - Big Fred (my moggie) LB

bizzarely, pic worked in preview, anyway fixed now. Stupid Pbase....

[DustyC]

Simpo and srider. Great pics and gorgeous cat srider.

I'll have to get my photos out the loft to dig out my champion lucky pussy shot!

(I seem to have lost loads of photos when I moved. Hoping they are all in a box in the loft somewhere).

[srider]

DustyC said:

Simpo and srider. Great pics and gorgeous cat srider.

Thanks. He's a Bengal if anyone's interested. His great great great great great grandfather was an Asian Leopard cat!

This is my other (Heinz 57) cat, Dizzy.

[Marshy]

Just got her to look up at me as I took the shot.

[chim_girl]

Marshy, was it in my imagination, didn't you post one of your cats face earlier? It has vanished, I thought it was a good photo, I can never get my cats eyes to look anything other than scary!

[Graham.J]

My sister's cat hiding in the plants by our pond from the summer sun this year.

[Trefor]

[pic] http://trefor_jones1.users.btopenworld.com/Pictures/Tommy/Shedster.gif [/pic]

OK, so why can't I get images to show?

[chim_girl]

If you quote my post it will be able to see the text format I used to get the pic to show.

Oh and Marshy, sorry a case of mistaken identity!

[Podie]

I expected to find a picture of a cat called "lucky" which in a strange ironic twist of fate, had been shot...

PH never ceases to surprise me..

[srider]

chim_girl said:

Marshy, was it in my imagination, didn't you post one of your cats face earlier? It has vanished, I thought it was a good photo, I can never get my cats eyes to look anything other than scary!

Scary like this you mean?

[chim_girl]

Blimey, good photo!

[simpo two]

srider said:

I instinctively panned with him as he started running, comes from shooting cars most of the time

Aha, I can see it now - nice shot and very nice cat - Bengals are cool. Trouble is when I was looking for Rumpuss the cat rescue place didn't have any posh breeds - just boot-faced cats with ears like old bus tickets!

[chim_girl]

ok, can someone explain 'panning' to me please? I know that you're talking about moving the camera not giving the cat a good pasting!

Edited to add, Gorgeous Bengal.

>> Edited by chim_girl on Wednesday 7th January 18:13

[simpo two]

chim_girl said:

ok, can someone explain 'panning' to me please? I know that you're talking about moving the camera not giving the cat a good pasting!

You got the answer already! Panning just means moving the camera to keep up with a moving subject, so the subject stays roughly sharp and the background blurs. The amount of blur you get is controlled by the shutter speed - eg with cars you can freeze the motion dead (which can look unnatural) or use a slower shutter speed - maybe 1/125 - to get the wheels blurred. Easy!

(You're not related to Cosmos by any chance?)

Edited 'cos I typed blue instead of blur :sigh:
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>> Edited by simpo two on Wednesday 7th January 18:29

[chim_girl]

Ah, thought as much, thanks for the explanation. Not that I'll ever need it, my two moggies are hard pressed to walk to their food bowls.

I get my new camera tomorrow!!!