The Puddy Cat...

Right, you know i struggle with taking animal pics, I don't know why, I just do, especially the dogs.....

So any help would be good. be gentle with me though, feel delicate still

Daisy on her lookout post on the deck....

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Really lovely shots, i think i would have given her some more room in the first picture, just to get her toes in shot, and maybe used a flash to bounce/fill light onto the left hand side of the picture in the last pic. She is a beauty though!

In the middle picture, did you sharpen this one? there is something slightly odd about the fur???

The top one is really lovely! typical catty pose!!

I'm no good with the c&c but I Love the 3rd pic really seems to put the personality across - I love shots with a slightly different angle or an odd expression.

Thank you Sam,

I know her tips of her toes are missing, I cut them off when I took the shot, but I realy liked the pose

Duh! since I having been fiddling around in manual i forget about the flash Good tip, will wait till she is back on her post and try again. I did sharpen the middle one, did I overdo it??

Thank you xx

You can have a go if you want, I won't mind. Well, she is a slightly odd cat, she thinks she is a dog, don't tell her she's not!!!!

Yes just a little bit LOL!! i tend to use a mask when sharpening...

Duplicate your layer and sharpen this layer. Then apply a layer mask and mask out the areas you don't want sharpened leaving the eyes and face sharp to direct attention at the face and this doesn't over sharpen the rest of the image... i have used this a few times where i have focussed on the dogs eyes and then they move and i end up with the nose in focus and the eyes slightly out of focus... i sharpen the image then mask out the nose and the rest of it leaving the eyes sharp

Thanks for the advice will try that too.
This C&C thing is cool,I am learning so much more now. Please feel free though if I do a nice oic, just say it is nice!

Need your help on dog pics too, as yours are always good! I have posted a thread about mad lad.

I like these ones MS. There is very little to CC that hasnt alread been covered. Just those toes, tweaking of the PP in the way of sharpening and maybe try metering from your subject as kitty is slightly underexposed and the background is competing for attention due to it being brighter

Thank you KK

I like them too, and I know they are improving I think, but I can be soo impatient sometimes, I want to do good animal pics now!!!

Will keep eye on exposure thanks, I am trying to remember to check everything and click the button

Ill tell you what i do. Coz i have the kids running waywardly throughout the flat, ill have my caera set up for what ever room im in. Then it only takes a couple of small tweeks to get the shot i want