Dougy knows exactly what happens when I point a camera his way: a blinding flash of light goes off in his face! Consequently, getting a photo of Dougy with his eyes open is a rare and wonderful thing. Or I think it is. It rarely happens!
Dougy shows interest. Of course he’s mostly interested in what I’m having for breakfast.
I try to get his attention for a surprise snap snot. Dougy’s smarter than to fall for that trick again!
Eyes closed…yep! Another fine photo of Dougy, with his eyes closed!
As good as it’s going to get today!
😀
No matter what, Dougy always manages to close his eyes a fraction of a second after I trip the shutter…! He anticipates the flash. On the other hand, his brother Andy seems less bothered by it, so I have the opposite problem of a straight-on look toward the camera, which produces that laser eye effect.
Good to see your boys are still enjoying the good life. I missed the blogs while I was in Europe.
Ornery as ever!
I am sure they are not too bad!
There are days…!
Well those days you can send them to Ms. Z., she will herd them for you.
Ha! Ha! I may just take Ms. Z. up on that offer! My main concern would be that the boys would corrupt her instead of her herding them, though….!
I wouldn’t worry about that. Ms. Z. is pretty focused once she is working.
That’s right! I forgot that’s her heritage!
Awww….he still looks cute with his eyes closed. My kitties do that to me a lot.
I’m always amazed when I get one with his eyes open…!
They are not stupid! What happens without the flash? Do the pictures turn out? Perhaps you could use natural lighting? You would certainly know better than I. I was just wondering. It may be frustrating but it is also quite clever and cute of them. lol
The photos without flash generally are too under exposed to be usable. Sometimes I can salvage them with some Photoshopping, but not always.
Laughing. I love how the cats playing statue. Not moving a whisker. You figure the best place to take it from. No moving. And a millisecond before the shutter clicks suddenly he is gone.
Yes, though I generally have several failures first!
sometimes you have to take photos with a camera that can do without the flash
I try to get as much natural light as possible, then hope it’s sufficient to avoid flash. Of course, when your subjects are black….! It’s a trick to get photos without flash.
Oh, when sun shines on their fur, they are more of a dark chocolate colour.
Yes, that’s true. They have fur that is highly variable in color depending on what light they are in.
what about shooting without a flash??? what type of camera do you have?? I might be able to help with settings to get a shot with open eyes … plus I’d love to see it too!!! 🙂
I have a simple Nikon Coolpix S100 point-and-shoot. One can set it so the flash doesn’t go off, but then it holds the shutter open longer, resulting in shots that are virtual time lapse shots, something that doesn’t work with an active cat!
Aww look at that adorable face. The boys have just got to own you an your heart. They are so adorable and such beautiful creatures.
They are the fanciest pets I’ve ever had. Until I go them, I’d never had a pedigree pet. Not surprisingly, pedigree or not, they are just as ornery as regulation non-pedigree pets!