All:

I do have a pbase account, but I'm not familiar with How to get individual URLs for those images. Can anybody help me with this?

Tori

When you go to your pbase account and click on a thumbnail to open an image, the url directly to it is in the address bar.

One trick to remember with pbase urls is that you have to add /original.jpg to the end of the url before the [/img] tag. You could also use /medium or /small, but I don't recommend it.

BTW, we have family in Newalla, Edmund, and a few other places around OK City.

Thanks to both the Jims for the help! It's a small world, Jim Poor; I grew up in Edmond OK and I know it well.

Now at last, some of my portraits. All photos were shot with a Canon EOS 28-105mm lens, mostly either 35mm or 55mm.This is Skye:



And This:



The next ones are of a 6 month old kitten. I had less control over the background for these; the owner chose the backdrops, and because he's a friend I didn't want to make a fuss about the busyness of two different blankets. Also, he really wanted the collar to stay on, while my inclination is always to take it off.

still having problems, apparently......

Thanks to both the Jims for the help! It's a small world, Jim Poor; I grew up in Edmond OK and I know it well.

Now at last, some of my portraits. All photos were shot with a Canon EOS 28-105mm lens, mostly either 35mm or 55mm.

With the tortie kitten, I had less control over the background for these; the owner chose the backdrops, and because he's a friend I didn't want to make a fuss about the busyness of two different blankets. Also, he really wanted the collar to stay on, while my inclination is always to take it off.

[image]http://www.pbase.com/torigregory/image/105195049/[/image]

[image]http://www.pbase.com/torigregory/image/105195085/[/image]

[image]http://www.pbase.com/torigregory/image/10519517/[/image]

[image]http://www.pbase.com/torigregory/image/105195189/[/image]

[image]http://www.pbase.com/torigregory/image/105200977/[/image]

Notes:

All of these were shot with a Canon EF 28-105mm zoom lens. I had less control over the backdrop in the photos of the tortie kitten, as the contrasting colors were the owner's choice. The collar's appearance in the picture was also the owner's choice; my tendency is to take collars and tags and things off, unless they add soemthing to the picture. For example, the pink flowers on Skye's collar (in the last pic) bring out the pink highlights in her blue-gray fur.

Thanks for your patience while I figured out how to post pictures here- I think I have it down now! Comments on the captures are appreciated.

Tori

And here are two more:

Tori,
make sure the image you're linking to in Pbase is not "original" size. I usually link to the large thumbnail. Otherwise, you get huge images that are bigger than the screen.

This may be the trickiest part of being on this list and you can tell James just what you think of this cumbersome process .

Keep trying.

Jim

They are displaying fine for me Tori, though it may be because I am on Firefox. I don't know. I try not to post photos larger than 600px, as they load more quickly for those on slower connections. I am on a cable connection so these loaded fine for me

The photos look nice, exposed well and you have your focus down well. The flash is a little heavy in some of these and very flat. You could get an off camera flash cord and move the flash to create different flash patterns, more like strobes.

Tori,
looks like you managed to get it. Overall, I like your images. They are relaxed and unposed (how do you pose a cat anyway) and I like the tight cropping on Skye's headshots especially.

What are you using for lighting? I noticed on the larger views that the images had a lot of noise so I assume you were shooting at a pretty high ISO.

The only other issue for me is that on the tortie kitten, the background is a bit busy. Also, that first image looks a bit soft to me (not quite in focus).

Shooting cats is very difficult. You do a very nice job of it. I tend to concentrate on dogs but my cat, OJ, will occasionally pose for me. So I appreciate your skills.

The lens seems sharp enough (what f-stop were these taken at?). If it works for you, there really isn't any reason to consider another lens unless you would benefit from IS. I suggest you rent one of the other lenses for a week and shoot with it to see whether it is an improvement in terms of your shooting style.

If you can provide more technical details on the images, I'd appreciate it.

Jim