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<blockquote data-quote="Dangerspouse" data-source="post: 788377" data-attributes="member: 46690"><p>For this week's "Stop Motion" challenge, I decided to bring in a pro. If there is anything more prone to looking cool mid-flight than a cat, I'd like to know. And as it so happens, I have a cat. Who likes to leap.</p><p></p><p>So I set up his cat tree in my kitchen a few feet from my kitchen island, and placed a soft box on either side of his flight path. It would have been easier for the auto focus to track Dell as he was travelling left to right across my field of view, but I wanted to see if I could get a shot of him leaping towards me. Dramatic!</p><p></p><p>Dell was more than up for it. Almost TOO up for it. I barely had time to plop him on his cat tree, sprint to the back of the island, kneel down, and grab focus before he launched himself towards me.</p><p></p><p>God bless whatever development team at Nikon came up with the D500. The two shots mid-flight where it counted were perfectly sharp. It only missed on the last couple, where the area focus points back-focused to his haunches. No matter.</p><p></p><p>Er... I should point out that Dell....missed the landing. Actually, he landed fine. But his back claws slipped off the varnished top of the island, and he slammed chest-first into the lip of the counter. You can see the spray ejecting from him on impact. He was ok though. Carnivores are tough. A scritch on head, and he was back purring like mad and wanting to play more.</p><p></p><p>Here's the setup. He jumps off that grey circular platform, into the lit zone, then descends to the top of the kitchen island. Or at least, that was the plan:</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]378320[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>1. He arrives on the launch pad:</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]378321[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>2. He looks to his right:</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]378322[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>3. He looks to his left:</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]378323[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>4. Houston, we are clear for liftoff:</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]378324[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>5. And....LIFTOFF! WE HAVE LIFTOFF!</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]378325[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p><em>6. WHEEEEEEEEEEE!</em></p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]378326[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>7. We're a go for splashdown:</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]378327[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>8. Uh, Houston, we have a problem....</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]378328[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>9. <strong>ALL MEDIC PERSONEL TO THE LANDING SITE. STAT!</strong></p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]378329[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>I love this hobby <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Dangerspouse, post: 788377, member: 46690"] For this week's "Stop Motion" challenge, I decided to bring in a pro. If there is anything more prone to looking cool mid-flight than a cat, I'd like to know. And as it so happens, I have a cat. Who likes to leap. So I set up his cat tree in my kitchen a few feet from my kitchen island, and placed a soft box on either side of his flight path. It would have been easier for the auto focus to track Dell as he was travelling left to right across my field of view, but I wanted to see if I could get a shot of him leaping towards me. Dramatic! Dell was more than up for it. Almost TOO up for it. I barely had time to plop him on his cat tree, sprint to the back of the island, kneel down, and grab focus before he launched himself towards me. God bless whatever development team at Nikon came up with the D500. The two shots mid-flight where it counted were perfectly sharp. It only missed on the last couple, where the area focus points back-focused to his haunches. No matter. Er... I should point out that Dell....missed the landing. Actually, he landed fine. But his back claws slipped off the varnished top of the island, and he slammed chest-first into the lip of the counter. You can see the spray ejecting from him on impact. He was ok though. Carnivores are tough. A scritch on head, and he was back purring like mad and wanting to play more. Here's the setup. He jumps off that grey circular platform, into the lit zone, then descends to the top of the kitchen island. Or at least, that was the plan: [ATTACH type="full" width="30%"]378320._xfImport[/ATTACH] 1. He arrives on the launch pad: [ATTACH type="full" width="30%"]378321._xfImport[/ATTACH] 2. He looks to his right: [ATTACH type="full" width="30%"]378322._xfImport[/ATTACH] 3. He looks to his left: [ATTACH type="full" width="30%"]378323._xfImport[/ATTACH] 4. Houston, we are clear for liftoff: [ATTACH type="full" width="30%"]378324._xfImport[/ATTACH] 5. And....LIFTOFF! WE HAVE LIFTOFF! [ATTACH type="full" width="30%"]378325._xfImport[/ATTACH] [I]6. WHEEEEEEEEEEE![/I] [ATTACH type="full" width="30%"]378326._xfImport[/ATTACH] 7. We're a go for splashdown: [ATTACH type="full" width="30%"]378327._xfImport[/ATTACH] 8. Uh, Houston, we have a problem.... [ATTACH type="full" width="30%"]378328._xfImport[/ATTACH] 9. [B]ALL MEDIC PERSONEL TO THE LANDING SITE. STAT![/B] [ATTACH type="full" width="30%"]378329._xfImport[/ATTACH] I love this hobby :) [/QUOTE]
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