Candid Cat - Lost In Thought

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Hi! [after quite some time. ]

Got a worthwhile shot [IMHO] after a long time.



ISO 100|F4.5|431.4mm|1/30s - No editing in any way.

Although I like this shot very much (decent focus, no blur due to shake, and surprisingly, the histogram shows a really tall mountain whose peak I cannot see, right in the middle. ), I feel that there is something missing from it. It really needs something in the background, i.e., in front of the cat, doesn't it?

I was just about 5-6 ft away, although behind a gate/door. If I had opened the gate, (s)he probably would've fled. Just a couple of minutes before I took the shot (s)he was staring down at another cat on the ground. That would've made a nice shot from the back...with blurred cat in the foreground.

Opinions, suggestions, criticisms welcome.

[Quo Fan]

I really don't think it needs anything. I looks like the cat is looking slightly upwards, like something in a bush.

[subrataofkris]

The exposure looks so perfect that I would not even like to photoshop it at all. But, I agree with you, a blurred suggestion of something interesting to the cat, would have made the shot more attractive. I have taken so many of shots without much of a story that I can easily identify the difference it will make.

[epeyton@tampabay.rr.com]

I also like the shot as is, it puts me in the mood of things to come (hope)

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Thanks for the comments all.

Originally Posted by Quo Fan

I really don't think it needs anything. I looks like the cat is looking slightly upwards, like something in a bush.

There's a huge tree, actually.

Originally Posted by epeyton@tampabay.rr.com

I also like the shot as is, it puts me in the mood of things to come (hope)

Nice...so many things came to mind, but this probably fits the photo. Looking Up - both the cat, and my photography skills.

[tephdra]

Great shot (I love the color of the cat). The only thing I can think of that might help my interest a bit would be if I could see the cat's eye; even just a part of it. It would give me, the viewer, something to focus on. Of course, asking a cat to angle himself differently isn't going to happen, and I realize you're sneaking around behind him so as not to disturb him, so I don't fault you at all. It is a wonderful photo.

[melanie2457]

I love it!! It makes you wonder what the cat is thinking.

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Thank you for the comments, tephdra and melanie.