That makes a lot of sense! I’ve noticed on previous shots that whiskers and eyebrows seem to disappear when the image is underexposed…I never thought to overexpose the image so there’s plenty of light to work with, though.
My default ISO setting is 100, and I usually never take it above 400. I think what happened is I tried using aperture value (which I almost never use) and I sent the ISO through the roof to make sure the image wouldn’t be blurry due to cat or camera movement. I don’t think I’ve been able to use a flash very effectively unless it was behind a diffuser..correcting the glare on an animal’s eyes is not my forte either. On one occasion, I was using a 5D and didn’t have the option of a pop-up flash so I bounced the beam from an EDC flashlight off the wall of the dark staircase and achieved the necessary light that way.
