> Bob Talbot - Wild > Over cats and cat photos, wild I am not. No problem. It's only a picture like it or not ;o) > Did you use a portrait lens, diffusion filter, > or the old vaseline trick? It looks as though you did, and I cannot > recall every having seen such "portrait" techniques applied to a cat > before. No special tricks, just a 300mm lens, x1.4, on a monopod. Critical sharpness is missing from the chrome (a tripod is so much better). > I do like the background, but think it a shame that both it, and the > area just above the cat's eyes are marred by a moire pattern. I can't see what you mean by moire pattern but I can see flare/bloom when I raise the gamma (I'm on a PC). This has me worried about my slide scanner. It's a Nikon LS30 and I'm sure recent scans are lacking the snap it used to have when it were new. The chrome itself: the original has no bloom. The black of the fur around the eyes is black as black can be. Oh well, time for a new scanner? Still much cheaper in the long run than going for a digital body. Bob
