Comments on: Friday Cat Blogging

By: Bryan

Bryan — Mon, 16 Jul 2007 18:13:08 +0000

If I were a more experienced photographer you would see his true muscle-bound glory, OWL.

By: oldwhitelady

oldwhitelady — Mon, 16 Jul 2007 07:16:06 +0000

Sox may have not liked getting pictures taken, but the camera loves him. What a beautiful kitty!

By: Bryan

Bryan — Sat, 14 Jul 2007 18:14:14 +0000

You need a computer to keep track of all of the “automatic” features.

By: The Culture Ghost

The Culture Ghost — Sat, 14 Jul 2007 05:48:49 +0000

Couldn’t quite get the cat yawning, but I successfully got a cat shot. Not pleased with the shadow from the camera, but hell, the last time I used a fisheye lens, Reagan was President (these things don’t exactly grow on trees).

The flash modes on the Nikon are not too confusing or complex, at least in the fully automatic mode. The real trick will be to learn all the various combinations and then keep them in my head….

By: Bryan

Bryan — Sat, 14 Jul 2007 04:58:29 +0000

Apparently I have to change modes and then turn off the flash, otherwise flash is the norm for every mode. As you can see the flash washes out the white and you lose the detail. I knew how to do these things with my Pentax spotmatic, and now I’m having to relearn.

Go for a cat yawning with the fisheye, CG. That should be interesting.

By: The Culture Ghost

The Culture Ghost — Sat, 14 Jul 2007 03:43:02 +0000

I have the new work toy at home now (Nikon D80) and almost feel comfortable in taking a few shots. So the cats, while being the most numerous, but the dominant lifeform in the house will be test subjects….the 8mm fisheye should produce some interesting Friday Cat Blogging.

By: jams o donnell

jams o donnell — Fri, 13 Jul 2007 21:42:50 +0000

My camera only uses flash when I flick it up (I went mad and bought a Nikon D200 a couple of weeks back) Even so Bebe, runs when she sees the camera!

By: Bryan

Bryan — Fri, 13 Jul 2007 21:37:31 +0000

Steve, Sox is the only one that would stay still for the process, as you have to push a lot of buttons to change modes on this HP, but the flashes were really getting to him.

Welcome, Lisa. It’s a similar, but different camera and I’m still not comfortable with the sequence of buttons. I’m still trying to get a picture of the third kitten, who hides whenever he sees me.

Andante, my old camera whined, but this one doesn’t. I preferred the whine because it told me it was going to flash. With this one you have to watch for the color change from green to red on the focusing brackets, which isn’t always easy.

By: andante

andante — Fri, 13 Jul 2007 18:29:03 +0000

Cat torturer!

My cats take off running as soon as they hear the little ‘whine’ as the flash warms up. Although sometimes I can catch Trouble in his usual catatonic state (pun intended).

By: lisa

lisa — Fri, 13 Jul 2007 15:24:41 +0000

My cat usually closes her eyes when I point the camera at her, in spite of the fact that I now keep the flash off most of the time. I have to be sneaky if I want to get a shot of her looking at me.