Here is my cat resting against a reference book about cats. The book is The Cat, Its Behavior, Nutrition & Health. It is a good book. The author is Linda P. Case.
I took the photograph “blind”. I placed the camera on the open book and positioned it so that it looked like it was facing Gabriel. I wasn’t sure it was positioned correctly because I was not looking at the camera screen.
The camera, a Sony compact camera: DSC-HX20V, was set to wide angle on the zoom. The lighting was a single source reading lamp. It was dark outside.
There was almost no Photoshopping. I just burned in the corners and edges of the photo (darkened them) and dodged (photographic printing term meaning lightening an area) to the left side of Gabriel’s face (as we face it). The color is probably slightly warm, meaning the the color balance is a little brown/yellow because the light source produces that color balance but I don’t bother to correct that unless it causes a problem. I actually like it a bit warm. I focus on getting the shot: capturing the fleeting moment. Everything else is secondary.
I think the expression is great and I like the composition. I took it about 30 minutes ago.
Gabriel was having a nice time next to me. I had just got back from a walk and he was pleased to see me. I went to bed to work and he joined me to wash 😉 . He was confident and relaxed. He’s probably gone back to his hiding place for a snooze before his evening meal.
Or even do a Photo Book!!!
You could eventually write a book entitled ‘My Cat Gabriel’ telling his story from the day he came to live with you and you could put lots of photos in, he’s so photogenic and fascinating that it would be a best seller to cat lovers.
LOOKS LIKE HE IS DECIDING WHAT TO GET INTO NEXT.
You what trouble he can get into!
Aww so nice to see the Cat on the Book he’s looking so relexed and happy. It’s going to be hard when u have to give this one up.
I won’t give him up Kylee. Impossible now,
Yea you’ve fallen for him haven’t you. He’s Lovely 🙂 I just love striped Tabby Cats.
I love the expression, and the paw placement on the book is such a cute touch. It is always a pleasure to see his adorable face.
Intriguing expression – knowing, yet guarded.
He is becoming more confident and so is able to ignore the camera more easily and show different expressions other than anxiety 😉