Perpetual cat photo thread

Photowerkz,

Nice shot. Can't believe a kitten sat still long enough without being asleep.

They were a total nightmare. It was like one of those toy cars where you pull it backwards, and it shoots forward. They were basically doing that the entire time, and there were 6 of them. After about 5 of them I really didn't have much patience left :)

Another one.. Same settings, lens and camera.. I really wanted to use the 35mm f1.4g, but the owner of the cats is a breeder and she's very concerned about proportions and lines and stuff I really can't see - so I used the 50mm f1.4g to be on the safe side.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...er/katt02c.jpg

Another one... D700 + 50mm f1.4g / f5.6 @ ISO 400

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...der/katt03.jpg

D700 + 50mm f1.4g @ f2 / iso 320. Should have used f4 or something, but.. it is what it is..

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...der/katt04.jpg

How do you get the cats to look amazingly clear and detailed but the background is super white?

I had one large umbrella with lights behind them, and one on each side infront of them. The cats where darker than the light behind them, so that umbrella got over exposed. Add to that a bit of post processing, and we're done ;)

Well i need to lear how to do things like that cause that looks so good!

I really like that last one. Perhaps a little tighter crop would be appropriate, like 5:4, or even into portrait orientation?

They are really great Marius. Super poses and nice sharpness but overall a lovely smooth feel to the images. Whatever you did it was good. I bet your client was pleased.