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Daily Photo Reprise: Mr. Sunshine and The Basket

    Lurking in Black and White.
Lurking in Black and White.

This is a very large, sturdy flat basket that I use at shows and festivals, and in between to move things around in my studio when I need to clear a workspace, except that it most often has a cat in it, or several cats as the case may be. Mr. Sunshine discovered it on the table and, seeing he had it all to himself decided to make a good time of it.

Above, I simply desaturated to make the image black and white.

    With Green Eyes.
With Green Eyes.

Here, I desaturated everything but his eyes, then added a 10% deep yellow filter back into it when it looked too stark. I also shot it on an angle intentionally because it takes a pretty static, common composition and literally puts it a little off-kilter, and makes you wonder what the black cat is up to, especially with one paw on the edge of the basket, and one claw showing.

You’ve seen enough of my studio to know it’s always got stuff stacked everywhere since I always have projects going and the room will never be big enough. So seeing Mr. Sunshine happily settling in and exploring the space within the basket I tossed a piece of neutral-colored mat board up against the pile of stuff always at the end of my work table so he’d have a solid, light-colored background that wouldn’t interfere with the light and color metering in my camera.

    Classic Sepia.
Classic Sepia.

Sleepy kitty in basket! I desaturated and gave it a sepia filter just to warm it up.

I did get a number of nice photos, of which these are my favorites. Wasn’t it nice not to be distracted by all my stuff in the background for once?

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Would you like prints of these photos?

These three photos are available in my feline photo gallery on FineArtAmerica. On that page you have the choice of a print on paper, canvas, metal or acrylic, a framed print or a greeting card. I get a portion of each sale, so each purchase helps to feed Mr. Sunshine as well. I can also make a variety of print types and sizes from my images, but I also like being able to offer my images on FineArtAmerica as well, especially for the exposure.


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