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I've never been able to get a good picture of our cat because she is so frightened of the camera. However, this may soon change. Tommorow I will finally get the newer digital camera I asked for for Christmas, a Canon Powershot A75. This will be the first time I've ever had a camera with actual zoom (previous cameras were a Polaroid, cheap disposeables, and two digital cameras that only had digital zoom which doesn't count).

I recently got a tripod and she was scared of it before I even attached a camera to it, but I've since taken an idea from professionals (not just photographers) who deal with animals. To get really close to an animal, professionals utilize great patience by getting near the animal and remaining very still for a very long time so the animal begins to become accustomed to their presence. What I've done is set up my adjustable tripod (24" to 61") in the living room (where she is much of the time) and just left it there for a few days. I started at the smallest size and made it one size bigger each day. By the second day she had already started walking under it which is a good sign. Today it is now at it's full size but my camera hasn't yet arrived. I will continue leaving it out there and in a few days I will attempt to take a picture; the camera will have been mounted in the tripod at least a day before I make the attempt. Any suggestions would be appreciated.

Wow, sounds like you have a very fearful cat, and a lot of patience to get a good picture.

Good luck

And, couldn't you try getting a pic from outside of a window perhaps?

They must have huge pupils. I've heard the red eye problem with people also has to do with pupil size, so maybe dogs have huge ones. By the way, the person that told me about the red eye thing and pupils has a wife that has normally large pupils and looks like the devil in most pictures.

Red eye is created by the flash lighting up the interior of the eye through the pupil, so the amount of red eye is based on pupil size.  The best way to prevent red eye is not use a flash.  You could also diffuse the light from the flash or bounce the light rather than having it flash directly onto the subject to limit the effect of red eye (it'll also soften the background shadows).

Ginger

This is Pumpkin:

My dog gets green eye instead of red eye.

Sadie

Tedd

OMG! Twins! (but different color though)

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That is one odd cat.

Well, I got my Powershot A75 yesterday and I must say, it rocks! I don't have any pictures worth sharing yet (so far the pics I've taken with it were just test pictures with stupid subject matter), but I already can appreciate the relatively (compared to my A200) high level of detail it captures.  I really, really like having optical zoom. The various scene modes are very nice, and I love how stich assist overlays half of the previous picture when taking multiple shots to later be combined into a panorama. The TV/projector mode was also very nice. With my 2500mAh rechargeable batteries, battery life is excellent. Just about the only thing I don't like about this camera is the inconvenient placement of the tripod hole and the opening battery compartment; they're right next to each other, meaning that everytime I need to take the batteries out I have to unscrew the tripod mount. While it may not be the best camera in the world, I'm not working for the National Geographic. For my uses, this camera fits me like a glove and I am one very, very happy camper.

PS- There are still a few more days left before I make an attempt to photograph my cat.  The camera is now on the tripod so she can hopefully start getting used to its presence.

This is my French Braird, his name is Clifford, and he turned 6 this month.  We adopted him from a rescue shelter located in AZ (we're in NJ, btw).  There website is here.  He is very playfull and loves lots of attention.  Briards are very good family dogs, and are great with kids.

Your cat is adorable.

such happy pets.

Shoeman: WTF is that around your cats neck?

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