[guerito]

BTW the zoom effect on the picture is no processing, it was just there. I wish I knew what I was doing when I took the picture.

[Rufus]

Wow!

Cant say that I quite understand what has happened, but it happened well!

[Toad]

Looks like you were racking your zoom when the shutter was in motion - zooming wither in or out - can't tell.

Looks really good.

[EnglishBob]

Nice, you got the effect by continuing to zoom as you shot the picture.. probably a slower shutter speed.

The picture gives me the impression I am rushing along with the cat!,

[shuttertalk]

Nice zoom effect, guerito! The cat strikes again!

The trick with zooming is to get the right stuff in focus... looks like you've done well!

[Don Schaeffer]

Makes me dizzy. Wonderful dynamic photo.

[slejhamer]

Very cool effect. Really feels like I'm moving into the image.

[gd]

I am still chasing after this cat. I've been staring at it for about 5 minutes and still haven't caught it.

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This effect probably doesn't work often?? I mean, racking the zoom while focussing on a target. You'd want to be pretty sure the subject isn't moving through the exposure I would suppose so that you are artificially creating the movement?
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this has definitely worked!

[guerito]

Well the effect wasn't intentional. The problem is that Lucky is difficult to capture. She might sit perfectly still for 10 seconds, and then, when you got everything set up, she usually changes her mind and moves very quickly.

She's a bit like a dog, she likes to go to the garden with us, and then she's rather playful. Hide and seek is her favorite game.

So what I did was to just follow her with the camera, frantically trying to keep her in the viewfinder and also to zoom in or out because she would suddenly run up to me, then run away again. Got a lot of shots of her tail and hind legs, too.

[StudioJ]

Is that Lucky? Boy he did well to survive Alf, I was sure he was going to get eaten.

[matthew saville]

Wow, This photo really works. I like how parts of the cat are in focus, it plays with the motion of the image and really gives me the impression that you guys are really hunting! Before you know it you'll be taking pictures of jaguars stalking their prey deep in the woods!

-matt-