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I\u2019m still having fun photographing birds, but also some of the cats I see hanging around our neighborhood and my walking route. Notice how they choose just the right background and the right pose. Cats are clever that way. However, if they know you have a camera, sometimes they seem to mutter \u201cabort\u2014abort,\u201d and they turn away or dart, leaving you (the photographer) with a blur of fur on your screen. You have to be fast to catch the shot you want.<\/p>\n
I\u2019m notorious for thinking too long before picking up ![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/catinmeadows-300x225.jpg\")
the camera. It happened again this week. We were visiting family and the two household dogs were waiting for their dinner on the \u201cwaiting rug.\u201d They\u2019re trained to stay there until the command is spoken. Well, I see these two ![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/dogs-028-300x200.jpg\")
waiting with extreme anticipation. Every muscle in their little bodies were tense. Sandy and Lacey were poised to bolt toward their food dishes at the first spoken syllable. \u201cWhat a neat shot,\u201d I told myself. But by the time I had my phone camera ready to shoot, the command was spoken and the dogs were off like a shot, leaving me without one (a shot, that is), unless I wanted to take a picture of wagging tails.<\/p>\n
Sometimes you get more from a photo than you expect, like the time I was photographing a pretty white Samoyed and his friend photo-bombed him. Clever dog.<\/p>\n
Speaking of surprises in your animal photos, once a bird I was photographing decided to![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/catwatchters-e1564575501193-225x300.jpg\")
drop his own \u201cbomb\u201d as he flew off. Yup, I got the shot.<\/p>\n
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I\u2019ve been scolded for photographing cats in someone\u2019s yard. Ooops. I try to get permission before photographing toward a house, but when the cat is in a window and the blinds are pulled, I will take a couple of shots. And if the cat is in the yard, but nowhere near a window and there are no residents in the frame, I figure it\u2019s fair game. I especially like photographing cats in trees, on fences, or lolling in a garden. There\u2019s just something charming about cats in the out-or-doors.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
I\u2019m still having fun photographing birds, but also some of the cats I see hanging around our neighborhood and my walking route. Notice how they choose just the right background and the right pose. Cats are clever that way. However, … Continue reading