Best Buds........

[ChowChi-Ching]

Two of my cats...... Asha(Black and White) and Bounder (Brown Tabby), They were just sitting there and Bounder put his paw over her shoulder........

I know that the background leave alot to be desired but it was taken in the house and was done quickly because they move fast! What do you think I could do to make this picture better?

[jar_e]

Chow,

Maybe a more eagle eye's view or something to incorporate the facial features of the cat. Though I love the potential for this shot, the angle just doesn't do it for me. It's a tad tightly cropped to, but it makes sense as you wanted to highlight the arm around each other.

Great potential,

Jared

[GB1]

Hi ChowChi-Ching -

It's neat how the brown one is playing though I wish they didn't have their back to the camera. Two shy cats, .... scaredy cats.

I think your spur of the moment instinct is there. Sometimes you have to react fast. But the technical aspects of the photo is really missing, Imo. You'll have to be better prepared to get the shot. The photo's way too out of focus and/or has too shallow a DOF to be taken seriously. From a technical standpoint, that is.

Suggestions for future shots:

1) Determine how close you subject will be and predetermine how deep a DOF you will need. This is really important.

2) then, depending on the focal length of the lens, determine what the minimum shutter speed (SS) is that you have to use. For normal 35mm film cameras, this is >= the recipical of the focal length. Eg, if you are using a 125mm lens, you must use 1/125 SS or faster. If you're using a 50 mm lens, use >= 1/60th of a sec. These numbers will increase with digital cameras since they effectively 'zoom in' on a given focal length.

3) Now that you know your expected aperature and SS, you can calculate what film and/or flash you will need. If using digital, you can determine what film speed you need to set it too.

As you can see it is all anticipation. That's how nature photogs get those great shots of deer btw, they go to a spot and set up and wait (and wait and wait...) for the animals to come to them. You just cant really do it any other way and get consistently good shots.

Hope this helps, GB