Something Spontaneous — Software?

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Don’t let the relaxed pose fool you.  I had been taking pictures of him just moments earlier where he’d close his eyes everytime the flash did its thing.

Then, I guess he tired of my annoying picture-taking and flopped down into the position you see here.

When he’s bored, he’ll reach out those arms of his and grab your hand, pulling it to his mouth for gnawing and attempted consumption.

I’ve discovered that the best way to deal with this feline zombie is to shove the tip of my thumb into his mouth to force it open.

Voila!  The chewing stops.

And, of course, the gory details:

Exposure Time: 0.0166s (1/60)
Aperture: f/3.8
ISO: 800
Focal Length: 22mm (33mm in 35mm)

Loft Cat Discovers the New Couch — Two Shots

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Cats have a need to stretch out just about anywhere, and if they can find a convenient piece of cozy sofa cushion, all the better!

We just bought a new Karlstad Corner Sofa from IKEA (land of fairly easy to put together apartment furniture), and were up late into the night putting it together.

I haven’t had any disappointments yet from IKEA, and this couch was no exception.

In the picture to the left, the orange hue to the room rather reminded me of those controversial Marilyn Monroe pictures taken by Bert Stern for Vogue magazine, from her last sitting in 1962, shortly before she passed. 

As you can see, herself, owner of my opposable thumbs, has already claimed it.

Later, after thoughtfully cleaning the head of our grey tabby cat (you can see part of his back at the bottom of this photo), she moved to where an accommodating sunbeam had made an appearance.  It looks like she’s got her legs spread out in order to catch as much warmth on her toes and legs as possible. 

Yes, she’s as pure white as she looks.  Not a single dark hair on her.  Just ask my dark-colored shirts.

And if you’re wondering — the couch is amazingly comfortable!

Study of a Cat’s Stare

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I pulled out the tripod last night to get the steadiest pictures I could manage (I still need to get the remote so I don’t jiggle anything at all), going from closeups with roses using a combination of my +4 and +10 diopter magnifiers with my 18-105mm lens to a session with the cats and just the 18-105mm lens.  The light wasn’ t spectacular, but it was still enough to get some fantastic pictures once I sped up the shutter speed a hair (cats move unpredictably and a “normal” shutter speed can mean an unidentifiable blur when your camera finally finishes up the photograph in question).

Jeffrey, here, was quite patient with me, though you can see that his patience was sorely tested.  His expression is haunting.

It’s interesting how in some pictures, his eyes are yellow, but in this picture in particular, they are a soft green that is reminiscent of watercolor.

I had to bribe him with catnip, which he gobbles down, and then wait for him to relax once the effects of the catnip hit him.  Perhaps not the nicest thing to do, but he’s been pissy lately. 

I think it has something to do with the antics of our household kitten, who is a wild thing who gets a lot of attention, as she is a demanding little thing.  Jeffrey’ll get over it, but it’s going to take a little bit of time.  I just need to spend more individualized time with him.

I’m Watching You

What more can be said?

Well, quite a lot, really, but our big Tabby really isn’t into hearing about it just now.  He just wants to go back to sleep and not worry about the lunatic with that stupid box that flashes.