Re: OT: No cat photo content ...

2014-12-31 Thread steve harley
On 2014-12-30 11:05 , John wrote: I don't know how the rest of you get cats to sit still for photos. My cat is a classIV clinger, and won't sit still anywhere but in my lap. She doesn't even sit still very well there. i had a concept of doing a family photo this year — the two of us humans and

Re: OT: No cat photo content ...

2014-12-31 Thread John
Never going to get a photo of Baxter while she's awake. If she's awake, she's trying to climb up into my lap lick my hand ... whether I'm sitting down or not. And so far, my efforts to photograph her when she's asleep have just resulted in waking her up. On 12/30/2014 4:53 PM, Bruce Walker

Re: OT: No cat photo content ...

2014-12-31 Thread Bruce Walker
Yet another good reason to have a K-3: Shutter so quiet it won't wake a sleeping cat. On Wed, Dec 31, 2014 at 5:39 PM, John sesso...@earthlink.net wrote: Never going to get a photo of Baxter while she's awake. If she's awake, she's trying to climb up into my lap lick my hand ... whether I'm

OT: No cat photo content ...

2014-12-30 Thread John
I don't know how the rest of you get cats to sit still for photos. My cat is a classIV clinger, and won't sit still anywhere but in my lap. She doesn't even sit still very well there. No Pentax content either AFAIK, but I saw this thought somebody might like it:

Re: OT: No cat photo content ...

2014-12-30 Thread Bruce Walker
I simply make use of the cat who _will_ stay still. Gandalf is a cleaner. Brush him a bit, put him down, and he'll spend a minute cleaning and grooming then start looking brightly around for potential admirers. My other cat, an orange female tabby, bolts the moment she's placed on the posing

Re: OT: No cat photo content ...

2014-12-30 Thread David J Brooks
I usually wait until they go asleep and then let them sneak up on me. Dave On Tue, Dec 30, 2014 at 1:05 PM, John sesso...@earthlink.net wrote: I don't know how the rest of you get cats to sit still for photos. My cat is a classIV clinger, and won't sit still anywhere but in my lap. She doesn't

Re: OT: No cat photo content ...

2014-12-30 Thread Bruce Walker
If I wait until the skittish one is napping under a blanket I can sneak up and corner her to get something like this ... https://500px.com/photo/64961589/cozy-by-bruce-walker On Tue, Dec 30, 2014 at 4:49 PM, David J Brooks pentko...@gmail.com wrote: I usually wait until they go asleep and then

Re: OT: No cat photo content ...

2014-12-30 Thread David J Brooks
i play dead http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=15069472 Dave On Tue, Dec 30, 2014 at 4:53 PM, Bruce Walker bruce.wal...@gmail.com wrote: If I wait until the skittish one is napping under a blanket I can sneak up and corner her to get something like this ...

Re: OT: No cat photo content ...

2014-12-30 Thread Bruce Walker
I love it! :) On Tue, Dec 30, 2014 at 4:57 PM, David J Brooks pentko...@gmail.com wrote: i play dead http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=15069472 Dave On Tue, Dec 30, 2014 at 4:53 PM, Bruce Walker bruce.wal...@gmail.com wrote: If I wait until the skittish one is napping under a