Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

Smudge catching some rays this morning on the roof of the old shed.

Lucky Shots

As you've heard before, from Meredith and myself, Smudge is very hard to photograph. If she sees you pointing the camera in her direction, she usually runs.

Just now as I was trying to think of what to take a photo of in the last hour of the day, she appeared at the living room window, scratching to come in.  And it so happened that Meredith's little point and shoot was there on the window sill.

Luna of course is *thrilled* to have her back inside.  Here she is, trying to cut Smudge off at  the pass  the top of the stairs.

Standoff

I think Smudge just got out of the chair on the left, and Luna was doing her usual herding/shadowing her every move, and then Smudge gave her a swat.  It never puts her off though:(  

Even though it looks like Luna is falling asleep here, she is NOT!  She's just waiting for Smudge to move.

And I daren't move to try get a better angle for the photo, because if I did, and Smudge looked and saw the camera, she would be GONE!

Although you can't see Smudge's head, I like how you can see it in the glass of the gas fireplace, and Luna's too.

And because I had put the colour on Vivid Blue the other day while trying to capture the bit of blue sky we got, I had to reduce the slight blue tinge.  

There is a window on the wall behing Luna facing west, and one three windows to the south behind the chair, but since it was raining yet again, the light wasn't really bright.

I played around and desaturated the colour to make it black and white, and I really liked that.  Too bad the chair was there, it would have been a much better shot without it.

A piece of trivia....Larry made that chair in shop class waaaaaaaay back in high school.  It was perfect for nursing babies in:)

Camera Model Name Canon PowerShot SX20 IS

Shooting Date/Time 21/01/2011 12:41:14 PM

Shooting Mode Aperture-Priority AE

My Colors Mode Vivid Blue

Tv (Shutter Speed) 1/4

Av (Aperture Value) 4.0

Light Metering Evaluative

Exposure Compensation 0

ISO Speed 400(Auto)

Lens 5.0 - 100.0 mm

Focal Length 16.0 mm

Digital Zoom None

IS Mode On

Image Size 2609x3290

Image Quality Fine

Flash Off

White Balance Auto

AF Mode Continuous AF

Parameters Contrast          Normal

Sharpness         Normal

Saturation  Normal

Color Space sRGB

i-Contrast On

File Size 2003 KB

Drive Mode Continuous shooting