Cool cat
Cool cat
Originally uploaded by aaipodpics.
My Bengal cat Rasheed sat her very relaxed on a piece of street furniture.
posted by Rene at 04:51
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Friday, August 04, 2006
Cool cat
Originally uploaded by aaipodpics.
Cat's play
Cat's play
Originally uploaded by aaipodpics.
This was a nice action shot of my Bengal Cat Rasheed (left) and household cat Natasha (right).
posted by Rene at 04:01
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Rain (1)
Rain (1)
Originally uploaded by aaipodpics.
This is another HDR (high dynamic range) photo. I particularly like the lines and the splashing rain in this picture.
posted by Rene at 02:28
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Cat in Veil
Cat in Veil
Originally uploaded by aaipodpics.
Rasheed was behind glass curtains and watched me take a photo of him.
posted by Rene at 02:25
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Natasha high up
Natasha high up
Originally uploaded by aaipodpics.
This was one of my first successful HDR (high dynamic range) photos. It features my household cat Natasha, laying high, near the ceiling. She patiently waited, not moving, nor closing her eyes. I used an ordinary ceiling lamp to brighten the scene, and the shots were taken without a tripod.
posted by Rene at 02:22
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Rasheed's ultra-long exposure
Rasheed's ultra-long exposure
Originally uploaded by aaipodpics.
My Bengal cat Rasheed sleeping. Notice the parts of the body that move during a cat's sleep (only one ear is motion blurred). That must be a very efficient way to be alert while sleeping.
This is a combined shot consisting of 10 exposures of 15 s. It is the longest exposure time my Canon Powershot S3 IS can take with a single click on the exposure button, using a custom self-timer. There was considerable time lag between the seperate shots, because of the automatic noise reduction. The 10 shots of 15 s each took about 4 minutes to take.
The 10 photo's were imported in a photo editing program (The Gimp) as layers at 10% transparacy, flattened, levels automatically adjusted and sharpened using the Photokit Smart Sharpening script.
posted by Rene at 02:17
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You need a lick or two
You need a lick or two
Originally uploaded by aaipodpics.
Before I introduced the household kitten Natasha to the Bengal cat Rasheed, I kept them separated for a week, so I could check if Natasha carried an infectious desease. After the loose quarantine, Rasheed was so curious that he immediately accepted Natasha as his playmate. Natasha, on the other hand, wasn't to keen on playing with such a big and busy cat and was more drawn to my almost 12 yoa blue Abyssinian. However, Rasheed was persistant and after a few days they were inseparable and they still are.
posted by Rene at 02:16
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Rasheed sleeping
Rasheed sleeping
Originally uploaded by aaipodpics.
Rasheed can be so beautiful when he sleeps...
I was trying to recreate the HDR effect for a camera without a autobracket function. I tried under and over exposure (-2EV, 0EV and +2EV), but that gave false colors. Fiddling with the flash light options (1/4, 1/2 and full) was more productive, as this HDR photo shows.
posted by Rene at 02:12
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Please, more feathers!
Please, more feathers!
Originally uploaded by aaipodpics.
Rasheed, my Bengal cat, is such a greatful subject to capture in ones and zeroes.This was part of an exercise to improve my skills as an action photographer.
posted by Rene at 02:11
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Ghost Bengal cat
Ghost Bengal cat
Originally uploaded by aaipodpics.
This was a long exposure (6 s) at narrow aperture (f/8.0). Rasheed was standing in the hall for a second or so and then I called him, so his image would become transparent. The photo was taken during a sunny day, at 5 pm DST and the North is at the left in the photograph. It goes without saying that I used a tripod and the manual setting of the camera without a flash. The Canon PowerShot S3 IS gives a good preview of the final result of the background (not of the ghost cat of course), so finding the correct combination of aperture and shutter time is very easy. I was pleasantly surprised by the result.
posted by Rene at 02:10
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What's for dinner?
What's for dinner?
Originally uploaded by aaipodpics.
Some cats seem to be hypnotized by watching water. Very likely this cat (my Bengal cat Rasheed) is thinking of his next meal: a delicious duck or a sparkling fish?
posted by Rene at 02:08
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Deep Asleep
Deep Asleep
Originally uploaded by aaipodpics.
This is a photo of my Bengel cat Rasheed as a kitten. He used to play a lot and sleep like he was unconscience.
posted by Rene at 02:05
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