Cats!

[EricN]

 

[Click]

Nice shot!

 

[EricN]

Thanks Click!

 

[photophil]

I took this one before the holidays to print christmas cards (which unfortunately did not arrive in time — better start early next year). We put a string of fairy lights into some cotton wool and struggled to keep both cats on set. There is a speedlight in a 120 cm octabox camera right, with power dialed down so the fairy lights would remain visible. In retrospect I should have stopped down more and raised the ISO to have both kittens' faces in focus.
EOS R6, EF100L, 1/180s, f/5.6, ISO 800.



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[Click]

I agree with you, you should have stopped down more to have both kittens' faces in focus, but it's still a very nice portrait.

 

[photophil]

The BSH was sitting on the window sill and saw a bird in a tree.
EOS R6, RF100-400 @135mm, 1/500s, f/13, ISO 6400.

I had a Raynox DCR250 on the lens. With this combination I tend to put the R6 in crop mode since any focal length shorter than 400mm has severe vignetting.
With crop mode enabled I try to mitigate the risk of framing too tightly.
While the EF100L + Raynox makes for much sharper images, the combination with the RF100-400 gives me up to 3x magnification at 400mm.

 

[Click]

Pretty cool shot!

 

[Maximilian]

The BSH was sitting on the window sill and saw a bird in a tree.
EOS R6, RF100-400 @135mm, 1/500s, f/13, ISO 6400.

I had a Raynox DCR250 on the lens. With this combination I tend to put the R6 in crop mode since any focal length shorter than 400mm has severe vignetting.
With crop mode enabled I try to mitigate the risk of framing too tightly.
While the EF100L + Raynox makes for much sharper images, the combination with the RF100-400 gives me up to 3x magnification at 400mm.

Great close up

 

[photophil]

Here are two I took of my MIL's two cats. They are a bit more skittish than ours, so I opted for a slightly longer lens.
EOS R6, EF100L, f/2.8.

 

[Click]

Here are two I took of my MIL's two cats. They are a bit more skittish than ours, so I opted for a slightly longer lens.
EOS R6, EF100L, f/2.8.

Very nice portraits. Perfect in B&W. Well done, photophil.

 

[photophil]

Very nice portraits. Perfect in B&W. Well done, photophil.

Thanks, Click. The EF100L has become my de facto portrait lens, be it cat or human

 

[neuroanatomist]

We recently adopted a pair of 4 month old kittens. Lots of fun! Both of them are very polydactyl.

"Wren"

EOS R3, RF 28-70mm f/2L USM @ 70mm, 1/60 s, f/2.2, ISO 500

"Dove"

EOS R3, RF 28-70mm f/2L USM @ 60mm, 1/60 s, f/2.8, ISO 16000

(Yes, I did just use nearly $10K worth of camera gear to take cat pics to post on the internet .)

 

[Longtermer]

(Yes, I did just use nearly $10K worth of camera gear to take cat pics to post on the internet .)

Hard not to when they are that cute!

Handy tip: cat hair gets literally everywhere, including into every crevice of camera equipment ...

 

[Click]

So cute! The first one is exactly like my cat.

 

[neuroanatomist]

So cute! The first one is exactly like my cat.

Including 6 toes on all four feet?

 

[Click]

Yes, Neuro!

 

[EricN]

We recently adopted a pair of 4 month old kittens. Lots of fun! Both of them are very polydactyl.

"Wren"
View attachment 211745
EOS R3, RF 28-70mm f/2L USM @ 70mm, 1/60 s, f/2.2, ISO 500

"Dove"
View attachment 211744
EOS R3, RF 28-70mm f/2L USM @ 60mm, 1/60 s, f/2.8, ISO 16000

(Yes, I did just use nearly $10K worth of camera gear to take cat pics to post on the internet .)

If you get a chance, and it's convenient, I'd love to see those feet/paws playing with something!

 

[Click]

I don't know how rare it is, but my neighbour also has a cat with this characteristic.