Silly Kitty

[Val1064]

This was edited by cropping and adding just a hint of contrast. I could not pass up a shot of her with her tongue hanging out. I would love your thoughts. Thanks for looking.

[baseballboy828]

Nice. Maybe try using a smaller aperture in order to get a tiny bit of the background and the rest of her body in focus.

[phlyersphan]

What baseball boy said - I think the background blur happens a little too soon.

I too can't resist cat shots with their tongues hanging out! Adorable

[clockdoc]

I agree with the others regarding depth of field. Have you noticed that autofocus cameras sometimes have trouble focusing where you want them to when shooting furry animals? Nice shot, though! Thanks for sharing this with us.

[Val1064]

Originally Posted by clockdoc

I agree with the others regarding depth of field. Have you noticed that autofocus cameras sometimes have trouble focusing where you want them to when shooting furry animals? Nice shot, though! Thanks for sharing this with us.

I have noticed that a within the last few weeks. Is it something I can fix?

[RussHeath]

She looks drunk! I love the expression. Can't ever seem to catch mine doing the same thing.

Val -- What setting do you have your camera on? I just looked up your camera on Kodak's website, and there are several options on your main dial. Are you always shooting in Auto, or do you change sometimes?

You may not have direct control over depth of field, but using the pre-set modes on your camera can help. I've never used your camera, but I'm guessing that the "Close-up" (macro) mode has the shallowest depth of field, the "Portrait" mode has a little wider depth of field, and the "Landscape" mode has very wide depth of field. Try experimenting with these and see what you get!

[clockdoc]

Hi Valerie,
I am not familiar with the exact way your Kodak C743 autofocuses. Many digital cameras, including the Sony F707 I use, rely on contrast detection. Check your owner's manual for more info along those lines. There are a couple of tricks you can try such as autofocusing on something with more sharp lines of contrast about the same distance from your furry subject or if your camera allows manual focusing, try that. I have not had much success with manually focusing my F707 using the small electronic view finder so I pretty much rely on autofocus and shoot lots of exposures when faced with a challenging subject on which to focus. Also consider using aperture priority and select a smaller f/stop opening (look for f/8 or f/11 for example as opposed to f/2.0 or 3.5). If you use flash then a slower shutter speed shouldn't be a problem as the flash itself will freeze the action. Hope this helps. Don't hesitate to ask if you have any other questions as I am here to help where I can.