Cat + Sunlight

[Steve Atkins]

This is my first critique post!

Got home from University today, and it was a really nice day, so ran around the house snapping after the family pets. Not the most exciting of subjects i know, but i am new to photography and have only had my camera for a week. I decided to experiment with the sunlight a bit, and this is the result i liked the most.



Larger: http://www.flickr.com/photos/steve-a...n/photostream/

I am quite pleased with it, but i have barely any photography experience and so i would like to know any of your thoughts about the image (especially the bad ones).

EXIF:

Aperture: f/5.6
Focal Length: 29
Shutter Speed: 1/80
ISO: 3200

Canon EOS 550d
EF-S18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 IS

Aperture Priority Mode

[zona5101]

hi and welcome!
It is a very cute shot! The only glaring problem i see is the blown highlights. You could crop out the paw and tighten up the framing a bit. That would cut some of the overexposed areas...but there's still the ear and the chair spindle.

[Jim Poor]

You've got an overly warm, pinkish color cast as well.

[Steve Atkins]

Thanks guys!

Ill play around with the highlights and the colour a bit, see what i can do, its a good thing i was shooting in RAW i guess.

EDIT: I have downed the highlights and removed the overly warm/pink colour cast to the best of my ability!