Cat Profile

Day 41: Cat Profile, originally uploaded by Visions By Vicky.

It was after dinner and I remembered that I hadn't taken my photo for the day. I checked out The Daily Shoot for inspiration.

Nemo, our cat, was sitting on the back of the chair in the office which he often does when I'm on the computer. I pulled out my camera and took a bunch of photos of him and a few of the iPod chord.

I didn't feel any of these really qualified for the assignment of Change your point of view. Make a photograph from an unusual point of view today. but I liked the rather lion-esque look of Nemo in this one.

Date Taken: February 10, 2011
Camera: Canon EOS 40D
Lens: Tamron 28-75mm 2.8
Exposure Program: Manual
Exposure: 1/60
Aperture: f/2.8
Focal Length: 70 mm
ISO Speed: 3200
Exposure Bias: 0 EV
Flash: Off

Quadrulplet Nemo

Nemo x4, originally uploaded by Visions By Vicky.

Since my family has grown tired of being photographed, our cat quite often ends up being on the other end of my lens. I took this photo as Nemo sat on my daughter's bed watching me on the computer hoping that I would feed him something.

This is the same photo with four different types of processing on it. Most of the effects were from actions that I ran and then tweaked a bit to get the effect I liked. The actions I used (but can't remember where I got) were:

• Michelle's Vanilla Black & White
• Midnight Sepia
• Midnight Black
• Urban Acid

Date Taken: January 4, 2011
Camera: Canon EOS 40D
Lens: Tamron 28-75mm 2.8
Exposure Program: Manual
Exposure: 1/80
Aperture: f/2.8
Focal Length: 75 mm
ISO Speed: 3200
Exposure Bias: 0 EV
Flash: Off

Week 4: My Youngest & Nemo

My youngest & Nemo, originally uploaded by Visions By Vicky.

No real story here but since Nemo's health scare I find I'm drawn to taking more pictures of him. This week I had my youngest daughter get in the photo too. Ignore the cluttered background - I really should have removed that roll of paper towels before I snapped!

Date Taken: January 23, 2009
Camera: Canon EOS 40D
Lens: Tamron 28-75mm 2.8
Exposure: 1/40
Aperture: f/3.2
Focal Length: 57 mm
ISO Speed: 400
Exposure Bias: 0 EV
Flash: On FEC -1 1/3

Week 2: Nemo

Nemo
Originally uploaded by Visions By Vicky

This week's picture is our cat, Nemo. We've had Nemo since he was a tiny kitten and he's always been a very healthy cat but he recently suffered a bout of FLUTD and ended up spending a few days at a kitty hospital. We're hoping that this was a one time event but we've been told that this can be a chronic issue in male cats.

Date Taken: January 9, 2009
Camera: Canon EOS 40D
Exposure: 1/50
Aperture: f/3.5
Focal Length: 57 mm
ISO Speed: 400
Exposure Bias: 0 EV
Flash Fired

Day 46: Nemo

Yes, our cat's name is Nemo. I took a few photos of him the other night on my way out the door because my oldest daughter insisted. High ISO and kind of noisy but at least he's looking at the camera. Like my girls, Nemo tends to run the other way when the camera is out.

Date Taken: February 15, 2008
Camera: Canon EOS 40D
Lens: Canon 50mm 1.4
Exposure: 0.033 sec (1/30)
Aperture: f/1.4
Focal Length: 50 mm
ISO Speed: 3200
Exposure Bias: 0 EV
Flash: Flash did not fire