my kitty cat tiger

[gail]

comments, welcome on bad are good and what I can do to improve I'm still learning. thanks
http://members.aol.com/gail4ev/cat1.jpg

[G3]

Not a bad photo, nice composition. Once again, though...make sure the eyes are in sharp focus.

[gail]

Thanks G3, are the eyes not in sharp, focus here what do you mean by that? :lol:

[G3]

The eyes are in acceptable focus, but it looks like make the actual point of critical focus is a little beyond the eyes, maybe the ears. This makes the eyes look like they are sort of soft-focused. The leaves on the ground to the left (in that little spot of sunlight) look like they may be in sharper focus than the eyes. The eyes should be the point of critical focus.

One point I want to make about Depth of Field. When you focus a lens, you are focusing on one plane. There will be a certain amount of the photo that is in acceptable focus both behind and in front of that plane. With most lenses, magnifications, apertures, etc., that will amount to about one third of the focal Depth of Field being in front of the subject and two thirds being behind it. (I won't get into an explanation of Hyperfocal distances, yadayada, because it's not important here.) At any rate, the focus is obviously going to be sharpest at the point of critical focus and decreasing in sharpness progressively from the point of critical focus to the limits front and back of depth of field. With close-up and Macro photography, that division is roughly half of the depth in front and half in back of the point of critical focus. The more magnification, the shallower the depth of field. With true Macro and Microphotography, the depth of field is about as generous as your average IRS agent, and decrease dramatically as you open up to wider apertures. That is why it is important with close-up photography to use your depth of field preview and pay particular attention to the exact plane you are focused on.

This is a completely acceptable photo, though. The only other point of critique I would have woult be that the spot of sunlight may be a distraction to some people...it doesn't bother me, but some folks might find it distracting. A little fill-flash would correct that.