How to shoot a cat's pupil in photography?

Watching all kinds of cat photography on the Internet, the most popular one is a photo of a cat with dilated pupils. To take pictures with large pupils, we must first know under what circumstances the cat's pupils will enlarge. 1. Extreme fear 2. In weak light 3. When locking prey, the first point is not applicable when shooting cats, because we should not only consider the eyes of cats, but also the posture is the most important. Cats are always ready to run away when they are afraid, so their bodies are in a tense curled-up posture, and they can't shoot an elegant and smart side. Here are two examples to explain the state of cats when they are afraid: 1. "Yellow Hair" is a famous coward cat. It is said that every time someone comes to the house, he hides under the sheets. During the filming, the host invited him to get up. Although there is no airplane ear, the light color composition is ok, but for people who know cats, this is not a successful work, because his body is too nervous, crouching together and watching you warily. Not long ago, I took a group of photos of a stray cat's cat house to help them adopt. Read the cat's nervousness through the following two pictures. The posture of "farmer kicking" will only appear when the cat is relaxed. It can be seen from the posture and contemptuous eyes of the cats below that these three cats are not afraid of people. ? The next three have been hiding at the top of the cabinet since I walked in the door. The posture of the three people is crawling, ready to escape. Draw the following conclusions through the pupil state: big coward-three cowards-two cowards? What worries me most is this super scary cat. You can't build trust with him in a short time, so the success rate of cat photography is not 100%. High definition, good composition, good color, can not shoot a good cat film. ? Next, according to the second and third characteristics mentioned above, I will introduce some methods to let you shoot the big pupil of a cat: Method 1: The pupil of a cat will be enlarged in weak light according to the performance of the equipment, and we can capture the round pupil according to the performance of the equipment. The performance here mainly refers to the high ISO of the camera and the large aperture of the lens. The above picture was taken at night, only the living room lights were turned on. In order to ensure accurate exposure, I adjusted the ISO to 6400. Of course, if you have a fixed-focus lens with a large aperture, you can also shoot with a large aperture in low light, but the depth of the scene may affect the clear range of the subject. ? Method 2: Through correct guidance, shoot the ultimate beauty contact lens. If the pupil in the above picture is not round enough or big enough, you can further enlarge the pupil with the guidance of a cat-teasing stick. The above picture was taken under the same lighting conditions as the previous one. The difference is that when I took this photo, I wanted to attract his attention with the help of objects. You can see that the cat's pupil in the picture has been enlarged to almost a pure circle. ? The above picture shows my live lighting work for my clients. The shooting time is afternoon, and the light is not very weak. But by attracting his attention and letting him lock the target, I finally succeeded in capturing a satisfactory photo with big pupils. ? Method 3: Flash Assistant If your device does not perform well at high sensitivity and there is no large aperture lens to shoot in low light, you need to use a flash. Without the use of modeling lights, the cat's pupils are kept dilated by the weak light in the room, and then the dilated pupils are captured instantly by the flash. Of course, if the indoor light is too dark, it will also affect the focusing speed. After all, cats are very agile animals, so it is recommended to guide them with a cat-teasing stick for better results. ? The above pictures were taken by the studio flash, which can ensure the exposure of the pictures, and the cat's pupil is round. One thing that needs special attention here: when shooting with flash, the output power must be lowered as much as possible, and it is best to improve some ISO to ensure exposure. Don't let the cat's eye look directly at the flash when shooting. If you have an airborne flash, you can also take a good photo of large pupils if you use it properly. Remember not to flash directly into the cat's eyes, but fill its face with flash.