A street cat ...

[fengwei]

Saw this cat when I was testing a 35mm macro lens, took some pretty close photos (consider they were taken by a 35mm lens ...). Hope you like them.

[fengwei]

After a while, we got along pretty well, so I could get really close to it. The front glass almost touched its nose when I took the following shot:



And a 100% crop of the eye:

[woonsin]

Originally Posted by fengwei After a while, we got along pretty well, so I could get really close to it. The front glass almost touched its nose when I took the following shot: And a 100% crop of the eye:

Love very much all your images of street cat. Very clear and crispy and colourful pictures. That made me almost cry and miss my close friend's late cat, Bobo who died last week due to kidney failure. He was our best friend and companion for almost 8 years yet he left for another world.

Thank u for these impressive images that gave me close feeling. Thumb up!!!!

[hoodywoody]

omg!! the 1st pic is so scary....if i see a cat give me tat kinda face....i would run.....

[raptor84]

Haha form the first few it looks like you kinda pissed it off

[fengwei]

Originally Posted by woonsin Love very much all your images of street cat. Very clear and crispy and colourful pictures. That made me almost cry and miss my close friend's late cat, Bobo who died last week due to kidney failure. He was our best friend and companion for almost 8 years yet he left for another world. Thank u for these impressive images that gave me close feeling. Thumb up!!!!

Thanks, glad you like these photos. And I'm sorry about the loss of your friend.

Take care.

[fengwei]

Originally Posted by hoodywoody omg!! the 1st pic is so scary....if i see a cat give me tat kinda face....i would run.....

Yeah, kinda scary. Actually I was afraid it might come and claw my lens

[fengwei]

Originally Posted by raptor84 Haha form the first few it looks like you kinda pissed it off

Actually I think it's pretty hungry, wanted to get close to me so I might feed it ... Pity I didn't have any thing for it to eat

[lkkang]

bro, your 35mm is very sharp indeed, good color reproduction too.
which 35mm macro is it ? Pentax ?

[fengwei]

Originally Posted by lkkang bro, your 35mm is very sharp indeed, good color reproduction too. which 35mm macro is it ? Pentax ?

Thanks Bro. Yes, it's a Pentax, the new released DA35/2.8 1:1 macro:

[lkkang]

Originally Posted by fengwei Thanks Bro. Yes, it's a Pentax, the new released DA35/2.8 1:1 macro:

thanks, for the shots, I can tell that it must be a manual lens ...

[emerald]

Very nice series! Really tempting me to buy a macro lens as well...

[fengwei]

Originally Posted by lkkang thanks, for the shots, I can tell that it must be a manual lens ...

Nope, it's a new DA lens just released this month, and it's an auto focus one

[fengwei]

Originally Posted by emerald Very nice series! Really tempting me to buy a macro lens as well...

Thanks. I read somewhere that if you have a macro lens, you'd have half of the photography fun

[zeraviel]

heh he has a very gang-ly face. assuming it's a he.
I like to shoot cats as well.

[fengwei]

Originally Posted by zeraviel heh he has a very gang-ly face. assuming it's a he. I like to shoot cats as well.

I love to take cats photos too

[hlw8888]

nice shots of the cat. i like them very much.

may i know if a normal 50mm lens is able to capture such shots?

[fengwei]

Originally Posted by hlw8888 nice shots of the cat. i like them very much. may i know if a normal 50mm lens is able to capture such shots?

Thanks.

Any lens would be good to take cat photos. But most people use longer ones so cats won't be scared away. This was the first time I got so close to take photos of a street cat, and a 35mm macro lens worked perfectly. A 50mm lens certainly is capable of taking similar or better photos too, but the perspective might be different

Why not give it a try and see how it turns out?

Cheers and happy shooting.

[hlw8888]

Originally Posted by fengwei Thanks. Any lens would be good to take cat photos. But most people use longer ones so cats won't be scared away. This was the first time I got so close to take photos of a street cat, and a 35mm macro lens worked perfectly. A 50mm lens certainly is capable of taking similar or better photos too, but the perspective might be different Why not give it a try and see how it turns out? Cheers and happy shooting.

thks for the advice. i tried b4 with my fujifilm prosumer S5700, but not yet with a DSLR. i'll go try it out next time.

My closest encounter with a cat last time.

[aeskywan]

A piece of friendly advice, next time you see a cat on a car. Shoo it off the car. It's for its own good. Many car owners hate the fact that cats sit on their car and claim that cats scratch their paintwork. Some cats have had been caught by pest control as a result of such owners who complained to Town Council. So help the cats out by shooing them off the car. It will save their lives.