These little cuties belong to a friend of mine down here in Austin. I couldn’t resist shooting a few pics!
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Aug 032010
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Mar 202010
I have been really wanting to try out my new lens but came down with a bad cold the day after it came in the mail. I was feeling slightly better this morning and since the sun was out, I was itching to give it a whirl. Guess who I got to pose for me? All four cats: Phoenix, Pharaoh, Isis and Dusty!
SIDENOTE: I have blogged about the cool stuff you can do with Flickr before, but Flickr is my new absolute favorite website. I plan to blog more about Flickr again very soon, but one example of the amazingness is that the following photos I was able to pull into my blog directly from my Flickr photostream…. with all of the photo EXIF information stored to them. That way you can always see what settings I used without me having to do a single thing (Sorry if that annoys you but I like it and think it is helpful to other photographers so deal with it!). You can also click on any photo and it will take you to my Flickr Photostream where you can leave me a comment on any photo if you have a Flickr acct. I love it! (Just another example of the amazing capabilites of using a WordPress installed blog. FYI- the Plugin I am using is called Flickpress. If you use Flickr and have a WordPress installed blog…….I highly recommend!!
| Camera: | NIKON D5000 |
| Exposure: | 1/160 |
| Aperture: | f/2.5 |
| Focal Length: | 50 mm |
| Exposure Bias: | +2/3 EV |
| ISO Speed: | 250 |
| Flash: | No Flash |
Isis by sweetsauer
| Camera: | NIKON D5000 |
| Exposure: | 1/2500 |
| Aperture: | f/2.5 |
| Focal Length: | 50 mm |
| Exposure Bias: | +2/3 EV |
| ISO Speed: | 400 |
| Flash: | No Flash |
| Camera: | NIKON D5000 |
| Exposure: | 1/1000 |
| Aperture: | f/2.5 |
| Focal Length: | 50 mm |
| Exposure Bias: | +2/3 EV |
| ISO Speed: | 250 |
| Flash: | No Flash |
| Camera: | NIKON D5000 |
| Exposure: | 1/2500 |
| Aperture: | f/1.6 |
| Focal Length: | 50 mm |
| Exposure Bias: | +2/3 EV |
| ISO Speed: | 400 |
| Flash: | No Flash |
| Camera: | NIKON D5000 |
| Exposure: | 1/250 |
| Aperture: | f/2.5 |
| Focal Length: | 50 mm |
| Exposure Bias: | +2/3 EV |
| ISO Speed: | 400 |
| Flash: | No Flash |
| Camera: | NIKON D5000 |
| Exposure: | 1/320 |
| Aperture: | f/2.5 |
| Focal Length: | 50 mm |
| Exposure Bias: | +2/3 EV |
| ISO Speed: | 400 |
| Flash: | No Flash |
| Camera: | NIKON D5000 |
| Exposure: | 1/2000 |
| Aperture: | f/2.5 |
| Focal Length: | 50 mm |
| Exposure Bias: | +2/3 EV |
| ISO Speed: | 250 |
| Flash: | No Flash |
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Feb 282010
It’s been a lazy (but sunny!) weekend around here….
Isis and Dusty say Hello
Planning on getting my last few shots for the Photo Hunt today, I will be posting my results tomorrow!
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Feb 162010
My kitty Pharaoh, while taking a nap…..
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Feb 032010
This is Isis, our female Manx. Her icy-personality has earned her the name “Ice Princess”. It isn’t often that she’ll pose for me like this, but I’ll take it!
F5.6 1/50 ISO400
F5.6 1/50 ISO 800
PS You can also check out recent photos of two of my other cats, Dusty and Pharaoh
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Jan 182010
I think I have introduced you to my shadow before, Dusty the Russian Blue.
I tried to catch him sleeping but of course he woke up when I started to take the photos. The blue is very pronounced in these pics….. I had my camera set for Tungsten lighting and this is what I got??
f/5.6 1/20 ISO 800 Tungsten
I kept my aperture and shutter speed settings exactly the same but switched the light source to flash mode (but did not use flash) and this is what I got:
What would be a better light source setting to use inside with low lighting when you don't want to use flash??
Jan 032010
My little kitty, Pharaoh (aka Baby Boy), is such a little stinker. Of course he is the sweetest, most affectionate little turkey I know. He is also a freeze baby (Abyssinians are native to Africa) and loves to sun himself every chance he gets. The other day I caught him sunning himself in the window and snapped a few pics (with the Canon G10)
PS I think I need to blog about my kitties more often, it has been awhile!
May 232009
My cats are indoor cats but on occasion they are allowed supervised visits on the deck. Since the natural light is so good, I wanted to try to take advantage of it. Here is my 14-year old Russian Blue, Dusty, posing for me. He is such a handsome old guy!
May 142009
I was trying to go for a silhouette of my cat Pharaoh, but you can still see some of his facial features….
Apr 242009
This is my 8-year-old Abyssinian, Phoenix.
He is such a baby when he is sleeping!
Mar 302009
Until last night I did not have any portrait-style photos of me with any of my cats. I decided we needed to change that status so I attempted my first self-portraits with Dusty, my loyal-as-can-be 14-year-old Russian Blue. Dust didn't feel like looking at the camera, he was more about snuggling but I still like these :)
I used the Urban Cover Model action by MCP Actions
Mar 042009
Last night I went out to Akita for another round of all-you-can-eat sushi madness. I didn't eat as much as I did when I went for my birthday, but I was just as full. I seemed to get more and more full for a couple of hours after I stopped eating. I guess that is what happens when a million glasses of water mix with a million rolls of sushi- all that expanding rice in my belly :(
After I got home from dinner, I started to feel kind of woozy as the sushi coma kicked in, so I decided to lay down on the sofa for a little bit. Woke up to Dusty, Pharaoh and Phoenix all wanting in on the catnap with mama.
And that's my little diddy for this Wednesday :)
Happy Hump Day.
Feb 242009
My little Abyssinian, Pharaoh. He cuddles up in the cutest poses when he is sleeping! He only weighs 7 lbs and still acts so much like a kitten! One of his nicknames is Baby Boy.
Feb 162009
ETA: I am going to use this photo as #17 (something furry) on my Photo Scavenger Hunt
My female Manx kitty, Isis. The nickname Ice Princess suits her well ;)
Nov 192008
Caught 3 of the 4 cats taking a siesta together, they are so darn cute!
Nov 112008
The following scene is a common one at my house….all the kitties wanting to snuggle up. This photo is extra special because it is the very first picture I have ever had taken of me with any of my cats!! A special thank you to the person who volunteered to take the photo :)
So, its been a busy couple of days, despite that I haven’t felt that good ever since last Sunday when I ate too many grilled meats and spent the day in the hot, hot sun. I have temporarily sworn off most solid meats since then….just kind of grosses me out. I’ve definitely OD’d on BBQ and I don’t know if I’ll even be able to eat it again until next summer. Seriously!
Went out with Lanee and Rog on Wednesday night. They are just so cute and are some of my dearest friends. Love these guys, they are always willing to be spontaneous with us and I hang with ‘em often.
I plan to write a review for the restaurant we went to, Rudy’s Red Eye Grill, as soon as I can get to it. ETA: Here is my review of Rudy’s. We have been to quite a few new places or places I haven’t reviewed yet and I am lagging behind a little bit. Go check out Twin Cities Restaurant Blog and read some of the newer ones I have on the site. I’d even love to get a comment or two….so far I think I have a total of five comments. thats pretty pathetic, I have to say. So show some love! J/k, but for the record, most of my traffic is generated from search engines, as TCRB is often #1 in the search findings. This is especially true for the restaurants who do not have their own websites. I need to start hitting up these restaurants for a free meal for that cheap advertising! Does anyone here use Google Adsense on their blogs/sites?
Here are Lanee and I posing with one of the Lucy Statues that are displayed around St Paul (Snoopy, Charlie Brown and Linus statues are also all over town). This one is outside Rudy’s.
You remember how sweet I thought my cats were yesterday?! Well I vacuumed my sofa for the 2nd time this week and told them all they are NOT allowed on my sofa anymore, because I am sick to death of having to vacuum every other day. So this is what I see an hour later…
Little shits, they listen real well, don’t they?!
Jul 182007
Does anyone know what kind of plant is pictured here? I saw it earlier when I was out to lunch so I thought I’d take a little pic of it.(Turned out kind of cool). Many of the suburbs around here have signs such as these as you enter the city limits. Is it like that where any of you live also? Just curious…
I have all sorts of things to blog about, but I am kind of lazy at the moment. How about a couple of pictures?
A few recent ones of the kitties…
Phoenix and Isis snuggling in the desk chair (they’re always snuggling, but this is the first time i’ve seen them in this spot!)
Phoenix sunbathing in front of the patio door, as he does every morning
I also wanted to give a shout-out to my SIL Michelle who just started a blog. I made this cute little banner for it.
Right now I am reading a book that intriques and scares the crap outta me all at the same time. Its called Decipher by Stel Pavlou Its too complex of a story to describe, but you can read the reviews by clicking the link above. I know its fiction but talk of the end of the world and these catastrophic events that might cause it seem like they could be very real. I also do not doubt that ancient civilations knew much more about these things than we do. I do not normally read this type of book, but I can’t find myself putting it down. Gotta get it finished in time for Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows this Saturday!
Peace out, peoples.
Wow, this week has flown by so far! I guess the expression is true, that "time flies when you’re having fun". Lots of fun so far this week. Had company over on Sunday afternoon and then later we went out for pizza with Lanee & Rog. Had dinner with them again on Monday night….homemade spaghetti…yummmm! I know I’ve said it before, but it is great that they live so close and like to get together so often (usually last-minute).
Last night Brian & Michelle had our families over for homemade pizza. This date had been scheduled for about a month now…originally it was a "night before baby party" since Bianca was scheduled to be born by C-sect today. Since she came 11 days early, this was a "welcome home, Bianca party" instead! Also a chance for us to see my parents before they leave this Thursday for Florida (gone for 5 weeks). The guest of honor was one sleepy baby….
Unlike her baby sister, Ms. Annika was wide awake. I just can’t believe how cute and sweet she is!!! And funny too….I totally need to take some video of her talking gibberish. She has a lot to say, you just can’t understand any of it!!
Got home and found all four of my cats chillin together on the bed…
Don’t I have a good looking family of felines??!!
Had to change my banner again. Can you see it up there? Sometimes I have to republish my site a couple of times before the changes take effect. Loved this photo I found on Flickr of the snow in Tucson last week. I like to use the "print screen" function to capture the image…that way I will have a record of what banners and schemes I used in the history of this blog. I wish I had learned how to do that two years ago when i started blogging! I love having a widescreen monitor too, you can see so much more :)
Looking forward to a couple of new features I am adding to my blog. I will tell you more about it when I do what I want to do :)
Looking forward to dinner with my girls tonight to celebrate Mary’s birthday.
Ciao!
Jan 262007
How cute is this little guy?
That’s Little Gabriel, Gabe & Tasha’s son who will be 3YO next week! We went out for a yummy dinner with them tonight. He is so smart, polite and cute…charmed all the waitresses, that’s for sure!
Here is one I took the other night of my cats, Isis and Phoenix. She loves him sooooo much and they always cuddle. I took this pic in particular because they are like ying and yang!
And my sleepy baby-boy, Pharaoh. He is the tiniest, sweetest, most affectionate cat ever! He is such a freeze baby, he loves to cuddle up to get warm and is very much a lap-cat. He also loves to be held and gives kisses :)
I better not leave my Dusty out! He is the most loyal cat in the world to me, he comes to me when I call him from anywhere in the house and sleeps next to me every night. Always wants to be near me or touching me. He is 12 years old now but we have only had him for four years now. If you could see the way he is around me (soooo needy), you would think that he was my true offspring or that I had hand fed him with a bottle as a kitten or something. I love him so much but it gets annoying sometimes because he loves me so much. Then when I think like that, I feel guilty because he is old and may not have much time left on earth…you just never know. Here he is sprawled out on my lap…
Earlier this week we went to a special meeting for our home owners association to determine how we would pay for the gutters that they just put up in our complex. We were pretty ticked that they didn’t go to the homeowners to discuss this BEFORE putting them up, so we wanted to give our two cents. The meeting happened to take place in the back room of the American Legion that is right down the street. We stayed at the bar after the meeting and played pull tabs with some of our neighbors (who alsoi happen to be good friends). These things are like paper heroin!!! E and I didn’t pool our money, but I helped open some. They had a few big winners and put it all right back in the pot. Came out even (winnings/losses) after all these tickets were pulled!
So glad its Friday :)
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