The Oscar Goes To….

These are Oscar’s fun selfies as he plays with some string while joining the Kitties Blue for their hop.

As I was taking the photos I did my best to make sure I had sharp fur and it worked because of my settings. They are not the usual ‘how to shoot pin sharp‘ successes but I am happy they came out so well.

I used a high ISO as I was curious to see the difference it might make, and you can see how high from the note under each photograph. Daytime is usually 100/200 ISO to give you an idea of how I pushed my luck!

Sharp fur tips:

• Increase your shutter speed, which I didn’t do this time!
• Check your focus. On autofocus (which is good) you need to let your camera focus before you take a picture.
• Explore manual focus (if you have a DSLR).
• Try to shoot in good light.

As you can see I had to go for a higher ISO because it was a gloomy day but I have a low f-stop so the picture is sharp and Oscar looks pretty good.

Using a wide lens aperture (such as f/1.4 or 1.8) when shooting gives you a shallow depth of field, which means you can be more selective with your focus.

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