John: I photograph our Siamese as often as possible. No doubt, animals can
and are very difficult to shoot. The trick I use is to have my wife or one
of our daughters focus their attention on them. Check this image of our two
homeowners!
http://caesar.bizland.com/misc/caesmol3.jpg
This was shot with an 85/F2 and twin flashes. A T32 to the right and a
Sunpak to their left.
RonS
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:owner-olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of John A. Lind
> Sent: Tuesday, April 18, 2000 5:56 PM
> To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [OM] 135/2.8 Zuiko MC Bokeh
>
>
> Thanks for all the coments . . . seems as if the pooch is
> stealing a lot of
> the bokeh show! She was a "rescue" by the local Cocker Spaniel society.
> Once we got her on the proper amount of thyroid medication and
> now have her
> allergies under control, she has come back to life and is one
> terrific dog.
> Cannot imagine why someone "dumped" her; she has paid back much,
> much more
> than the medical costs. Seems like I shot the ideal TOPE "Bokeh" photo a
> few months too soon!
>
> To answer a few of the questions, there was no flash; it was all natural
> light in the afternoon with diffused light pouring in through large west
> facing windows. Aperture was not recorded but was wide, most likely f/4,
> as the shutter speed was about 1/15th. I was braced in pretzel fashion
> snaked around another, similar chair on the other side of the room for the
> recliner shot. Because the moderate tele will be used for other things
> besides portraits I am very glad I got the 135/2.8. Was thinking it might
> double up as a slightly long portrait lens and looks like it holds its own
> nicely.
>
> Off topic, but everyone likes good pet portraits. After a few "portrait
> sessions" with the dog and cat, I found it's *not* like doing people.
> There's no such thing as a formal portrait; they're all candids. You
> cannot pose them; they will *not* do a portrait "sitting" for you. Flash
> is out unless you use very sophisticated remote lighting; dogs have
> terrible "yellow eye" and cat "red eye" makes humans pale by comparison.
> My advice: observe behaviors for a while and what triggers them, look for
> spots to stage yourself for good shots with available light, and then
> preposition yourself with exposure and focus preset as they begin to "do
> their thing." Timing is _everything_ along with persistence, patience and
> willingness to shoot a good number of frames. What you're not seeing is
> the scrap heap on the cutting room floor where timing was off, or movement
> put them slightly out of focus (or blurred a slow shutter speed).
>
> [The reclusive cat can be seen here; not nearly soft enough bokeh due to
> focal length used but still made big points with them]
> http://members.xoom.com/_XMCM/johnlind/zeissikon/zeissikongallery/
contax11.html
http://members.xoom.com/_XMCM/johnlind/zeissikon/zeissikongallery/contax12.h
tml
Thanks,
-- John
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