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Cat

Cat. Beautiful in more ways than I can say. 


I do my usual thing and take as many shots as possible before people get bored with me and a camera in their face and  hope that I get something that I can use. Out of twenty or so pictures, I got two that I liked, this is my second favourite. 


I still find interesting the concept of isolating people within a black background. A lot of my recent portrait work develops the theme. I love the 30mm f1.4 lens, it produces such gorgeous tones and colours. 


The photograph was shot in RAW using the Normal Priority settings on a Canon EOS 400d (Kiss X); F/3.2; 1/60 Sec; ISO 200; Pattern Metering Mode; 30 mm Focal Length; -0.67 (-2/3 of a stop) Exposure Compensation; Canon Speedlight 430EX off camera Flash with a Home Made 'Ring Flash' Diffuser.; Sigma DC 30mm F1.4 HSM SLD Lens. This picture was put together with Adobe photoshop CS3.