Cat Iris
The lovely morning light that yesterday was illuminating the Iris flowers, is today brought to my cat, and her irises. After taking the flower pictures I found her patiently waiting on the back step for a portrait to be made.
Naturally, I complied. She is the one in charge around here, and must be humoured at all opportunities. Besides which, she is wonderfully photogenic, so it is not a chore at all.
She is not sure about this extreme crop from the photo above of her iris as it is a bit sinister.
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Canon EOS 5D MkII, Canon EF 100mm/f2.8 macro lens, ISO100, f2.8, 1/400th
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I just love that first shot, the narrow DOF works perfectly. Such a natural cat shot.
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Thank you Andy. She was surveying up and down the path – watching for the neighbours cat I am pretty sure. So she kept on turning her head back and forth. Slightly annoying if I had just framed the shot but not pressed the shutter yet. But she was ignoring me completely, and I did get this shot, so no complaints.
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Or she may have just been pretending to be indifferent to the camera so I would not think she was pleased or, heavens forbid, grateful to have her picture taken.
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That macro… totally exciting!
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Thanks! I have this idea to try my hand at some highly magnified eye pictures. I see them around sometimes and they are always interesting.
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I like these a lot; I also love cats, so a double pleasure.
David.
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Thank you David. Cats give people a lot of pleasure. It seems that cats and humans have been together for a very long time – not as long as dogs perhaps, but still many thousands of years. It obviously works well for both species!
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I love the photo but now Emo is getting jealous. Although he is probably the most photographed cat in history, he has been in semi-retirement for about the past year, just because he’s lazy. Now I will have to put more attention on him. BTW, he approves of this photo, too.
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Thanks to both you and Emo. He is a sterling cat of the highest quality so his approval is much appreciated. I hope it is not a hardship to indulge him with a few photos.
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Stunning!
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Thank you David!
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Very nice shots of your beautiful cat. Do you think she will be able to handle her new, blog-based fame?
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She can handle anything, except dogs. She hates dogs. But, she has intermittent fame on this blog, and is usually very relaxed about it. Like here: http://wp.me/p1R4lY-G7
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This is the one I remember – http://bit.ly/12vkg1a – because when I showed it to my dad, he looked at the B&W version and said, “The cat looks like a sofa cushion.”
Anyway, glad she’s not letting fame get in the way of being a good kitty.
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She certainly is not letting it get in the way of a good nap – after she booted me from bed too darn early this morning, she did not emerge until mid-afternoon, according to those humans home at the time. And since then she has had several more naps!
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My cat naps approximately 27 hours/day. And is still very, very tired. Oh, and hungry.
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These are magnificent!
Beautifully done, and such a sweet kitty.
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Lisa, you hit that one right on and clearly know how to make cat friends. She IS a sweet kitty (even though she just booted me from bed at 6am so she could get under the covers and have her morning nap, in peace, thank you very much).
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Gorgeous kitty portrait!
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Hi Shannon – nice to have you commenting! And thanks – she is a gorgeous kitty, and appreciates the compliment!
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Incredible details around the eyes!
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Hi James – thanks so much. I am very pleased with that macro lens, and I was not even in tight. While willing to have a portrait taken, she was not about to tolerate lenses right in the face – star’s attitudes concerning paparazzi attitudes are cross-species, and my cat is not one that actually desires to be seen in supermarket checkout displays.
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