This is kind of cheating, since it isn't a new shot but just an edited version of a shot I posted the other day. Normally I wouldn't do this, but I've been very unhappy with the previous version I posted. To make up for this breach of etiquette I'll include the story behind the shot:
Our cats have been sick lately with some nasty little virus that only affects cats. Usually the cats sleep at our feet--which bugs my wife as she always wanted a cat to cuddle with her. When Zoe got sick she actually started sleeping closer to the head of the bed up against my wife. Which brought untold joy to my wife. Can't really describe how happy this made her (taking into account her sadness that the cats were feeling miserable).
The previous post captured this little story--but wasn't a good image. There was too much tension in the photo which was brought out by how I framed the image. I wanted the focus to be on the cat while still showing the closeness between her and my wife. But in the process created two subjects, one of which was cut off in the upper right corner. I think the half-face of my wife in the corner--which is out of focus but not completely out of focus--was unbalancing. Her hand coming into the foreground was also distracting, as was the blanket on the left of the cat. I did some tweaking to try to focus the image on what I felt was important and to take away some of the distracting elements. I think I achieved a (happier) medium. Here is the result:
Again, sorry for the double post. This is closer to what I was hoping to achieve with the original image though. Mea culpa, mea culpa, mea maxima culpa.
Our cats have been sick lately with some nasty little virus that only affects cats. Usually the cats sleep at our feet--which bugs my wife as she always wanted a cat to cuddle with her. When Zoe got sick she actually started sleeping closer to the head of the bed up against my wife. Which brought untold joy to my wife. Can't really describe how happy this made her (taking into account her sadness that the cats were feeling miserable).
The previous post captured this little story--but wasn't a good image. There was too much tension in the photo which was brought out by how I framed the image. I wanted the focus to be on the cat while still showing the closeness between her and my wife. But in the process created two subjects, one of which was cut off in the upper right corner. I think the half-face of my wife in the corner--which is out of focus but not completely out of focus--was unbalancing. Her hand coming into the foreground was also distracting, as was the blanket on the left of the cat. I did some tweaking to try to focus the image on what I felt was important and to take away some of the distracting elements. I think I achieved a (happier) medium. Here is the result:
Again, sorry for the double post. This is closer to what I was hoping to achieve with the original image though. Mea culpa, mea culpa, mea maxima culpa.
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If I do, I'll share some more photos. This herd is known as the Lost Trail herd from the area they normally reside. The herd has been infected with tularemia, an infection that leads to pneumonia and eventually death. So the herd is shrinking in size and may be doomed to extinction. This is extremely sad for those of us in this area.
