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Re: Kitten [Re: psmith] #24517
08/15/09 10:07 AM
08/15/09 10:07 AM
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I was just going through my collection and saw these two images that I really liked (from the same shoot). Here they are. We have found a home for momma, I believe.

James




Re: Kitten [Re: James Morrissey] #24518
08/17/09 05:38 AM
08/17/09 05:38 AM
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...looks like we lost the potential adopter for Momma. I would love to take her home, but there are no more cats allowed after James and Matthew died...too much risk to the poor cat.

We are going to start posting the photos on petfinder this week as the kittens are now big enough to separate from Momma. I will publish some photos of Momma Cat later. Question though - I find that this girl is a real blinker and hard to shoot under lights. The environment is not really suited for natural light. Any idea on how to make the lighting less hostile? The lights are placed at 45 and 90 degrees and should not really affect her this much (first time I have ever encountered such a blinker).

-JM

Re: Kitten [Re: James Morrissey] #24519
08/17/09 06:38 AM
08/17/09 06:38 AM
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Quote:

...looks like we lost the potential adopter for Momma. I would love to take her home, but there are no more cats allowed after James and Matthew died...too much risk to the poor cat.

We are going to start posting the photos on petfinder this week as the kittens are now big enough to separate from Momma. I will publish some photos of Momma Cat later. Question though - I find that this girl is a real blinker and hard to shoot under lights. The environment is not really suited for natural light. Any idea on how to make the lighting less hostile? The lights are placed at 45 and 90 degrees and should not really affect her this much (first time I have ever encountered such a blinker).

-JM




If you are using your Speedlights and the ST-E2, the infrared preflash is probably causing the blinking. Studio strobes and a sudden audio que before the shot might help you get the shot.

Re: Kitten [Re: psmith] #24520
08/18/09 10:36 AM
08/18/09 10:36 AM
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Great pictures. That first kitten is so cute with it's lazy right eye.

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Re: Kitten [Re: duckyboy1975] #24521
08/18/09 10:21 PM
08/18/09 10:21 PM
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Really nice, Jim! I appreciate psmith's tip as well.

Re: Kitten [Re: Buddy Thomason] #24522
08/19/09 04:42 PM
08/19/09 04:42 PM
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...thanks, Preston. I had never thought about this before. It has honestly never been a problem shooting dogs...but I have had the experience with cats being 'blinkers' though not all of them. While I am fairly happy with my current lighting system (due to size and weight constraints and the fact thatI occasionally have to use the subway to get from point a to b), there may have to be some changes if I am to do more cats in the future. I wonder if switching to Pocket Wizards to trip the remote flashes would solve that problem.

-JM

More Plexi Kittens [Re: James Morrissey] #24523
08/22/09 05:15 PM
08/22/09 05:15 PM
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LOL, I love Plexi. I figure I am going to get bored quickly, but for the meantime it is a lot of fun halling this out. Anyway, here are three more shots. Looks like we have everyone - including momma - adopted.

James

PS Preston, Thanks for the heads up on the IR.






Re: More Plexi Kittens [Re: James Morrissey] #24524
08/22/09 06:33 PM
08/22/09 06:33 PM
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How Sweet!!!!

Re: More Plexi Kittens [Re: Julie] #24525
08/23/09 06:18 AM
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These are so cute. For some reason though, number 3 is my favorite.
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Re: Kitten [Re: James Morrissey] #24526
08/24/09 10:10 AM
08/24/09 10:10 AM
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Quote:

...thanks, Preston. I had never thought about this before. It has honestly never been a problem shooting dogs...but I have had the experience with cats being 'blinkers' though not all of them. While I am fairly happy with my current lighting system (due to size and weight constraints and the fact thatI occasionally have to use the subway to get from point a to b), there may have to be some changes if I am to do more cats in the future. I wonder if switching to Pocket Wizards to trip the remote flashes would solve that problem.

-JM




If you set your flashes to Manual and use Cybersync or Pocket Wizard you will eliminate the IR focusing plus you will eliminate the pre-flash. Eliminating the pre-flash will halve your recycle time and double your battery life.

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