Beach Sunset Portrait and Stray Kitten

[Chip]

On Saturday, we were fortunate enough to be invited to a friend's surprise 50th birthday party. We took a party bus down (with some adult beverages ) to a restaraunt on the beach. On the way, we stopped to watch the sunset and I was able to get a few photos. (Flash was on the hot shoe for this quick snap.)



This cat (kitten?) was on the other side of a fence at an abandonded construction site. I couldn't get to it, and couldn't get it to come to me. Sad.

[Vitasamb2001]

Very nicely done portrait! Flash did a good job as well as the photographer!

[fstopMike]

Chip, that's a nicely done impromptu portrait shot. What a great background. A nice looking cat....maybe it just strayed into the site area and has a home

[leonaashlee]

Wonderful job Chip....came out beautiful. Too bad for the kitten, but he looks healthy enough.

[liverlipsyyz]

i like the last shot. nicely framed.

[sheldonc]

two very nice shots - no disrespect to the couple in the 1st but I'd liked to have seen the sunset without them too!

[Chip]

Originally Posted by Vitasamb2001

Very nicely done portrait! Flash did a good job as well as the photographer!

Thanks!

Originally Posted by fstopMike

Chip, that's a nicely done impromptu portrait shot. What a great background. A nice looking cat....maybe it just strayed into the site area and has a home

Mike - Thanks, and thanks also for the positive angle on the cat.

Originally Posted by leonaashlee

Wonderful job Chip....came out beautiful. Too bad for the kitten, but he looks healthy enough.

Thank you, leona. You're right - the kitten does look healthy. Maybe Mike is right?

Originally Posted by liverlipsyyz

i like the last shot. nicely framed.

liverlipsyyz - Thanks. I'm glad you liked that one.

Originally Posted by sheldonc

two very nice shots - no disrespect to the couple in the 1st but I'd liked to have seen the sunset without them too!

No disrespect taken. But, we were in a rush (late for our reservation at the restaurant) and I didn't have time for a sunset photo.

[Vinam]

good job working out the lighting Chip, they could have turned into a really beautiful background silloutte, they now have a great photo of the party ! Nice shot of the Cat too.

Vin

[ricklumpas]

It is a lovely portrait with an great backgrround, Chip. That is a Florida sunset, right? We also have a beautiful sunset in Manila but I haven't had a chance to take shots. Maybe next time.

Thanks for sharing.

[Chip]

Originally Posted by Vinam

good job working out the lighting Chip, they could have turned into a really beautiful background silloutte, they now have a great photo of the party ! Nice shot of the Cat too.

Vin

Vin - Thanks! I definitely could not have pulled off this portrait photo without all that I've learned from the nice folks here at DPS.

Originally Posted by ricklumpas

It is a lovely portrait with an great backgrround, Chip. That is a Florida sunset, right? We also have a beautiful sunset in Manila but I haven't had a chance to take shots. Maybe next time.

Thanks for sharing.

ricklumpas - Yep, that's a Florida sunset. It's one of the good reason to live on the West side of the peninsula: you don't have to get up before dawn to see this type of sky. I'm sure you'll be capturing some fine Manila sunsets soon.