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One of the many images taken yesterday at the WHF in Kent in the company of fellow epzers Lillian, Val, Bob, Moira and Elaine.
The fishing cat lives throughout southern and south east Asian, the Himalayas in Nepal and is scattered throughout India. It attracts fish by lightly tapping the water's surface with its paw mimicking insect movements. The young reach adult size at less than 1 year of age, but little is known about the details of their reproductive or social behaviour in the wild. They are threatened in the wild by habitat loss and by hunting for food and their fur. When swimming, the fishing cat uses its short flattened tail like a rudder. They are one of only four cats which cannot retract its claws, along with cheetahs, flat headed and Iriomote cats.
Thanks for looking and for your time. Comments and criticisms are very welcome. The image is very noisy (although it's been through the denoiser) as it was shot at ISO 6400 (should I have denoised it a bit more?).
A big thank you to Moira Mrswoolybill for her UA for The wooden cross!
| Camera: | Canon EOS 60D |
| Lens: | EF70-200mm f/4L IS USM |
| Recording media: | RAW (digital) |
| Date Taken: | 31 Oct 2012 - 4:13 PM |
| Focal Length: | 70mm |
| Aperture: | f/7.1 |
| Shutter Speed: | 1/1250sec |
| Exposure Comp: | -2/3 |
| ISO: | 6400 |
| Exposure Mode: | Aperture priority |
| Metering Mode: | Pattern |
| White Balance: | Cloudy |
| Title: | Fishing cat (Prionailurus viverrinus) |
| Username: | 
AnnChown |
| Uploaded: | 1 Nov 2012 - 10:22 AM |
| Tags: | Cat, Fishing Cat, Pets / captive animals, Whf, Wildlife / nature |
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Comments
Superb shot Ann, excellent dof, superb detail and tones, I love the pose, excellent timing too 
Hugh
Some nice detail in this one Ann, love the eye contact,
Fred.
I'm glad I'm not a fish Ann, these eyes are set on something and if you were a fish you might well be a goner.
Superb details and crisp eyes. Grand work.
Dougie
The concentration on the face is priceless............nice angle also.........
The downside of the denoise is it smooths out detail as well. Selective denoise on the background?? (but don't ask me how). Did you mean to use that shutter speed? The positives - it's a beautiful composition and pose, and sharp on the eyes. Lovely image, Ann.
Dave
lovely photo nice detail like from me. christine
Wonderful image that shows the cat's true predatory nature.
Quote: The downside of the denoise is it smooths out detail as well. Selective denoise on the background?? (but don't ask me how). Did you mean to use that shutter speed? The positives - it's a beautiful composition and pose, and sharp on the eyes. Lovely image, Ann.
Dave
I was also curious about the shutter speed Ann unless it was moving very fast! To just use software to remove noise from background, use the program to take noise away on a layer mask, then paint black in just over the cat, that removes the denoise software from just the cat and leaves the background with the noise removed.
Regards
Trev.
The shutter speed puzzled me as well. Maybe you were waiting for the pounce but even then 1/1250 seems excessive!
But meanwhile - the important thing is the capture of intense, single-minded concentration. In its heart of hearts, every domestic moggy snoozing by the fire is dreaming of this.
Moira
Thanks everybody for your comments about the shutter speed - obviously it's too fast and my ISO too high. I guess it's down to inexperience and the fact that I don't normally 'do' wildlife. I usually shoot manually and check each shot, but shooting in aperture priority it's a different matter, and I think I simply forgot. We were moving from enclosure to enclosure with different lighting conditions in all, and this was the last one - I should have been more aware. Ooops!
With eyes like those I could follow it anywhere. so clear and sharp nice shot.
John
Isnt it odd that there are Catfish, and Fishing Cats!
This is a very good shot. The noise in the background is not at all bad. I downloaded this, and what I can say is that the white balance is a little cool, looks better a little warmer, and the cats face ONLY can be sharpened, as it lost a little from the noise reduction software. But wish I had taken the shot, or had the opportunity. I would be a lady for the day and tag along!
regards
Willie
Wonderful Eyes captured here Ann, and very well placed in the Frame.
Glad you had a smashing Day.
John
Thanks for your feedback Willie!
Quote: Isnt it odd that there are Catfish, and Fishing Cats!
This is a very good shot. The noise in the background is not at all bad. I downloaded this, and what I can say is that the white balance is a little cool, looks better a little warmer, and the cats face ONLY can be sharpened, as it lost a little from the noise reduction software. But wish I had taken the shot, or had the opportunity. I would be a lady for the day and tag along!
regards
Willie
Looks great to me and the noise isn't really an issue on screen.
Alun
Great intense look in those eyes Ann.
Downside for me are the blue stripes in the cat - you could really warm this right up and then knock the saturation back - or go into curves and adjust the blue channel. It is noisy - you could have made a small feathered selection around the cats head for sharpening its quicker than layer masks - bg's rarely need sharpening though.
Brian.
You have really caught a great look here Ann. if you hadn't mentioned the noise I honestly wouldn't have realized.
Derek
Ann,
OK so you forgot the ISO, but it was getting dark, and we were all exhausted and 'very happy' and these Fishing Cats were a bonus fron the lovely Andy!!
You have a great shot and I fully agree here with Willie..would be proud also to call it mine!
well done
lillian
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