• Tungsten lit sofa.
  • White fur, backlit with CREE LED.
  • Black fur with light picking up tiny grains of dirt from where Stonewall Jackson has been rolling in ashes and dust.
  • Cat... or slug... or anemone.
  • This is just the effect of the narrow DOF on the OOF backlit white fur.

White Tiger Exploring Twilight Grassland (Cat Fur Macro)

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+3 images in the comments. Quick series of abstract macro shots of our cat (Stonewall Jackson) 's fur. It's lit with a single tungsten bulb above, and angled CREE LED flashlight as backlight. When I saw the main image in the viewfinder and it looked like a big white cat surging through dark grasslands towards a sunset - a cat scene hiding within Jack's backlit fur. I'm not normally one for abstracts, but thought it was worth posting.

This week has been outrageously busy, and I'm poignantly aware of how far behind I am with things - today I'm catching up! Thanks for your patience!

Also thanks to the fantastic einarsoyland; a master of odd lenses and cost saving wizardry. He suggest trying extension tubes with my 50mm before investing in a macro lens. I got these ones for just £4.70 on eBay and they work a treat.

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  1. einarsoyland 22 months ago | reply

    Great looking abstract !!

    I see the 50mm and extension tubes are put to good use :)

    Nice series, I love the BW one, would look great as a poster !

    Hope your and yours are doing well :)

  2. liuliuba 69 poco presente..... 22 months ago | reply

    fantastica serie!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  3. tchebytchev 21 months ago | reply

    incredible, never seen such pictures, very creative :)
    i saw a snail here.. ;)

  4. komuniker59 8 months ago | reply

    Un sueño!!!

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