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Tuesday, April 8, 2008

Cat Pictures - How To Take Better Photos Of Your Cat

Have you been disappointed with your photos of your cat? You know a good photo when you see it, don't you? Yet, if I asked you to articulate what distinguishes good photos from bad, can you tell me? You don't need a whiz-bang camera. If you learn and practise these basic techniques, you'll see your photos improve measurably. And don't be afraid to take lots of photos to get a few good ones. The professionals do.

Prepare your cat : Take a little time to plan your photography sessions. How do you want to capture your cat's personality? Is she smoochy, lazy, active, playful?

Help your cat relax around the camera. Let her sniff it first. Remove any collar and wipe him over with a damp cloth if he looks a bit scruffy. You might want to control how far your cat can roam during the photo session. This could be as simple as closing a door or putting up a barrier.

If your cat is very active, wait for a quieter time, like after a meal when he may be sleepy. Or tire him out first. A good way to get your cat to hold still is to let her play quietly and once you have everything ready, call her. This will catch her attention, giving you a few seconds to capture an alert posture.

If you have a predominantly outside cat, she may be flirty when just let into the house. A chance for great photos of her rubbing against a chair.

If you want your cat to look at the camera, hold some food above or alongside the camera. You'll want to take these shots before feeding him.

For shots of your cat playing, it will be easier with an assistant. Have some teasers, like feathers or string. Use a box or paper bag, but not all at once! You want uncluttered photos.

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Posted by Cand at 11:11 AM

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Cat Pictures Featured - How Cats Laugh

Anyone who has lived with cats can testify that their sense of humor tends toward practical joking. They don't have the kind of facial features that allow for smiling--purring serves that purpose. Cats also don't laugh out loud, but when a cat executes a prank successfully, it always seems pretty pleased about it.

Some cat jokes are part of their play and mock hunting activities. Popular with kittens is the secret stalking and Sudden Ambush of another kitten, older cat, human, well basically anything. Adult cats also will sometimes play this game with each other or with humans. If the cat about to be ambushed, the Stalkee, hears or catches sight of the Stalker, the cat being stalked may sit up and make eye contact with the Stalker as if to say, "Oh, no you don't!" That round is chalked up to the Stalkee cat who would have been ambushed if it hadn't been alert.

Some ever-popular jokes that cats play include-

Sudden Pouncing From Nowhere.

Batting at the other cat's rear end when its back is turned.

And slow-motion invasion of territory.

An example of the slow motion invasion, is the cat lying on a pillow with the human and gradually "cuddling" closer to take more and more of the pillow until the human is nearly forced off of it. From the cat's point of view this joke is also a matter of expanding its territory, at least in the short run. If the human tries to take back the pillow, the cat may protest vocally, as if to say, "Hey that's my space now!"

Much of cats' play has to do with their finely tuned sense of pouncing range. I once knew an elderly female cat who lived in a household with a very aggressive macaw. Those birds have powerful beaks, and the macaw was bigger than the cat. The cat could easily have been injured or killed if the bird ever got close enough to bite her. It never did.

When the bird was out of its cage, the cat stayed prudently out of reach. But the cat observed that the bird could only lunge so far through the bars once it was in the cage, so she stationed herself about an inch out of beak range. It drove the bird crazy, and it never gave up trying to get at the cat. But the cat was serene. If that cat was laughing, it was very quietly to herself.