Playing with my 50mm lens again today. I really love the flexibility it provides as far as depth of field, but with opportunity comes challenge. Today I experimented with very shallow depth of field. It is quite the challenge to find that sweet spot, but oh how I love the effect of falling off focus! f/1.8 was a bit too tight, so I stopped down a bit to 2.2. The best results of both are below.
ISO 100, f/1.8, 1/200s, 50mm
f/2.2, ISO 100, 1/30s, 50mm
Carissa Snedeker Photography 
To be honest… the first shot I don’t really understand or maybe I am not looking right… the second one is adorable… one eye half open as if he (or she?) is looking and wanting to say… ‘hey what are you doing…let me sleep’
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The first one is focused on her closed eye, but that was the 1.8 and a profile to boot, so it makes it a bit harder to see. I’m going to keep trying with the 1.8 focal length to see if I can catch her face-on.
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Like Joanna, I was having a hard time trying to understand the focal point of the first one (I couldn’t figure out how her head was turned for some reason). But when I saw your reply to Joanna about it being a profile, I can see it now. It’s an interesting shot. I really, REALLY like the second shot!
I have a second blog that’s devoted to the cats in a special needs room at a shelter where I volunteer, and I find photographing cats to be particularly challenging (mainly in the setting where I am with them… poor lighting, no good background, etc., but also because it’s hard to capture the wonderful ways they move, etc.). I really admire your photographs of your cat, especially knowing how hard it is!
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Is your other blog linked on your photoblog? Sounds interesting!
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Love my 50 mm too. Great shots! 🙂
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