Cats may well be the most photographed animal around. Statistics show that 15 percent of the videos circulating the Internet are cat-related. And, I’m pretty sure, that some of them are flukes. It’s not easy for an amateur photographer to capture a cat’s personality through photography.\u00a0 But some cats are easier to photograph than others. Particularly challenging to photograph are the black cat and the white cat.<\/p>\n
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We once had a white cat with one blue and one green eye. He was stunning. But to get a nice picture of him, we had to call in a professional photographer. Close ups were difficult because, if I set my camera on automatic, it wouldn’t focus on his white fur. I eventually discovered that I could get a nice closeup shot of Winfield if I’d focus first on one of his eyes.<\/p>\n
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My experience is, if the background is light and the cat\u2019s eyes are open, you can get a fairly decent photo. But the lighting has to be right to see the details in the cat\u2019s face. Yesterday, I came across a tip saying to get a better picture of a black cat, use a blue background. Would appreciate hearing about your experiences.<\/p>\n
Photobombing.<\/p>\n
This morning, I learned a new phrase\u2014photobombing. My Cat-A Day calendar for today shows an adorable kitten posing for the photo and a kitten in the background (would you believe a black kitten) has his tongue sticking out. The black kitten is photobombing. I guess this is the name they\u2019ve applied to situations when someone put rabbit ears behind the person next to them as a photo is being taken or, as has happened to me a time or two, when someone walks into a photo you\u2019re taking or posing for. Once, a friend was taking a picture of me and another friend in front of a sign in Colorado when we felt someone join us. Now we have a photo of us and a random fellow who decided crash into the moment. Of course, we all got a kick out of it.<\/p>\n
While researching photobombing, I came across a photo of a family at a marine park standing in front of the dolphin window and there’s a dolphin photobombing with what appears to be a big smile on his face. There was a shot of a steer at a distance, with another steer barely in the picture peering into the camera–obviously a last minute decision on the steer’s part.<\/p>\n
Tell us about your photo-bombing experiences\u2014especially those with animals.<\/p>\n
And while you\u2019re visiting the web today, be sure to check out my newest book review for my first book\u2014Catnapped<\/em>. This reviewer, Alice Holland, is new to the series and vows to read more of the books.<\/p>\n http:\/\/ahollandreads.blogspot.com\/2016\/04\/catnapped-by-patricia-fry-review.html<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Cats may well be the most photographed animal around. Statistics show that 15 percent of the videos circulating the Internet are cat-related. And, I’m pretty sure, that some of them are flukes. It’s not easy for an amateur photographer to … Continue reading