Kittens (And a quick GIMP question!)

[pmanson]

Evening All, I hope everyone is ok.

Our new kittens had their first trip outside this morning and as i'd borrowed a Canon 350d off a friend I thought i'd get a couple of pictures. I also got a couple of them indoors which are also below

I've never attempted to photograph kittens before so it was hard work and I only got a couple of shots I liked which our below:

Indoors (Archie):


Indoors (Lilly):


Outdoors (Before):


Outdoors (After):



I'm not sure i've cropped this one correctly and I also had trouble adding the border (Has any one got any hints on doing this in GIMP)

Also if any one has any hints or tips about taking pictures of animals i'd appreciate it. I think I ended up with the ISO on 400 (for the outdoor pics) and used the multi picture function on the camera. White Balance was on auto.

One thing that has come out of borrowing the 350d is that I now want a DSLR!

Regards,

Phill

[havoc]

#1 looks overexposed.

#1 and 2 would have been better with the whole animal in the shot (bits chopped off these two), although I like the angle for #1.

#3, cropped, is pretty good all-round - nice depth-of-field, balanced, subject caught 'in action' so to speak.


Animals are difficult though, especially when moving around.

[Bodo]

pmanson said:

I'm not sure i've cropped this one correctly and I also had trouble adding the border (Has any one got any hints on doing this in GIMP)

Hi Phill, in The Gimp, crop your picture and then change the canvas size to your desired frame thinkness while aligning the original picture to the center (button in the canvas size dialogue).

Add a new layer, in black for example, and move it to the bottom. If that doesn't work, add an alpha channel to the picture layer (RMB menu on the layer in the layer-dialogue).

HTH

[pmanson]

Thanks Guys,

No 3 is my favourite (once cropped) I just wasn't happy with the border size (its too thick - 20% instead of 10%)

Everytime I added the border I did it a different way so I thought there must be an easier way of doing it.

I agree on the other photos - I like no 1 but I wish it wasn't over exposed.


Practise makes perfect as they say!

[_dobbo_]

I much prefer #3 without the crop and border if I'm honest. If you really don't like the other kitten being in the frame, maybe do some work with the clone tool and healing brush to get rid of it?