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 This is our cat, Eowyn. She loves to sleep on the arm of the couch in our family room. I managed to capture this shot one evening and just got lucky. As a novice starting out in the field I was pleased with this photo.
 
 
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 Quiet and peaceful! Nice lighting.
 
 
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 absolutely cute! Sometimes I think my family has more cat pics than family pics!
 
 
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 Thanks John - I think that is the first cat picture in the forum! It looks very peaceful.
 
 
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 Nice one!
 
 
 
 
 
 Just out of curiosity, what did you use for lighting in this shot?
 
 
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 I agree with the comment that we tend to have more pictures of cats than family. Unless of course you count your pets as family.
 
 
 Here is one from the archives, a good example of using a wide aperture to center focus on a subject. I don't care where you start looking at this photo, you will always end up looking into the cat's eyes!
 
 
 http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3230/...a74ed4.jpg?v=0
 
 
 Taken with a 70-200mm zoom at 200mm f/2.8, hand-held with IS on.
 
 
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 Thanks for commenting, Anthony.
 
 
 Lighting is a table lamp sitting to the left and slightly behind Eowyn. I used a Canon 30D body with a Tamron zoom set at 80mm and stopped down to 5.6f. Exposure was 1/50 sec. If I recall correctly I used AV.
 
 
 I shot about ten photos, varying my settings to get this one. Believe me, this was a lucky shot; I was just experimenting and trying to learn to shoot in low light without using a flash.
 
 
 John
 
 
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 I don't know about you guys, but it's always an extra challenge trying to get any of my cats to sit still!
 
 
 
 
 
 http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3127/...fff1bea05c.jpg
 
 
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 Hi everybody,
 
 
 Happy New Year and greetings from Germany. I just joined this community.
 
 
 Taking pictures of cats i alway a challenge ...
 
 
 This is our little one Mia:[img]/cfs-file.ashx/__key/CommunityServer.Components.UserFiles/00.00.00.22.63/stefanleipold_2D00_12.jpg[/img]
 
 
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 Caught the cat checking out the new 85mm 1.2! Looks like she may come after it.[img]/cfs-file.ashx/__key/CommunityServer.Components.UserFiles/00.00.00.23.07/kitten_2D00_3398.jpg[/img]
 
 
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 how do I stop the upload from posting the photo cropped?
 
 
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 Sorry. I figured it out with another try.[img]/resized-image.ashx/__size/800x500/__key/CommunityServer.Components.UserFiles/00.00.00.23.07/kitten_2D00_3398.jpg[/img]
 
 
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 cute pic of the cat...but who names their cat after a Lord of The Rings character???? My wife's name is Eowyn!!!
 
 
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 Who names their wife after a Lord of the Ring character? Heh.
 
 
 Eowyn was so named due to her coloring.
 
 
 By the way you know I'm joking about your wife's name...
 
 
 John
 
 
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 Here's the neighbour's cat. A Maine Coon who has a lot of character.
 
 
 EdN
 
 
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 here is our cat Ollie-Bear...quite the character[img]/cfs-file.ashx/__key/CommunityServer.Components.UserFiles/00.00.00.22.00/IMG_5F00_1586b-_5B00_50_25005D00_.JPG[/img]
 
 
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 yes, you can tell by is look that he's character!
 
 
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 I do - we once had a cat named Pippin (even though she was female.)
 
 
 
 
 
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 This is becoming my favourite thread! Here are my cats: Juliette (black and white) and Coulomb (cream and black).[img]/cfs-file.ashx/__key/CommunityServer.Components.UserFiles/00.00.00.24.31/01.jpg[/img]