Do you think he sees me?? Photo

Photographer’s Note

Cats were first domesticated over 5000 years ago by the egyptians and have since became one of the most popular pets in the world.

Around 3000 BC egyptians used to keep food in wicker containers and eventually rodents began swarming the egyption cities and finally a small cat that was yellow with black stripes the ansetors of domestic cats began to fill the cities with the abundance of rats and mice and taking care of the problem, well the egyptions welcomes their new friends for taking care of the problem and soon started leaving them scraps of food, eventually leading to the number one house pet of today, CATS!!

I was in my living room this morning and my dog was freaking out, out the window and i looked and this little fella was outside hunting in our yard, i think for bugs... anyways he was cute soo i tried to get a good shot of him hunting and this is what i was left with.... I know it's not a great photo, but i think it is intresting with an intresting angle..

pp includes A LITTLE saturisation and cropping...

hope you enjoy!!
MEOW!!

drymd29, t0mmm1, hayu, Porteplume, peter1892, UlfE, sarju, krishindu has marked this note useful

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sayzey (2358) 2005-07-16 11:58

Well captured Ash, nice how you provided a note about cats and how they were domesticated and why! Always learning!

Looks like hes about to pounce on you for taking his photo!

Porteplume (3255) 2005-07-16 13:08

Bonjour Ashley. And as you are new on TrekEarth so: Welcome to you!

You've sent a very lovely picture, very sharp and with a great low point of view, but, as you're just beginning posting on TE, I think you should be aware of the TOS (Terms of Service) and especially point 5:
"Photographs of family, friends, or pets (not only one's own) are highly discouraged and may be removed with notice.

That's why this picture may be removed. Mostly, this kind of pictures can better be uploaded on the sister site TL where you certainly will get more respons.
Click here to visit TrekLens and become a TL member too...

I wish you a great time on the Trek sites!

Amicalement - Viviane

drymd29 (448) 2005-07-16 14:32

Bad news I read about this neat pictue! It's surely a wild cat; everybody can see that!!
Therewithal, the shot is focused to the little wild flower; this is a shot for TrekNature!!
I hope you read this Ash before the picture is removed with the comments. I'm doing at least 15 minutes about this message with my dictonary.
Great picture and especially spontanesly born this day; I like that.
The upper part is missing from this wild cat but that's fashion in photography nowadays; so very well done.

Huub

rosiegirl (2042) 2005-07-16 16:40

I like this picture! He looks like a sneaky little guy. I like the view point. Its a very informative note- I learned stuff about the world I never knew before. ;)
Thanks for sharing this photo!
Rosalie

HD462 (280) 2005-07-16 18:02

Good photo from a nice, low angle Ashley. It looks like in a second or two he'll be grabbing your camera. :-)

ckradolfer (0) 2005-07-17 1:56

Hi Ashley , cute picture of the cat try to get more of his face in next time of course you would have to convince the cat first jajaja, but still is a nice picture. Hello from Lima Peru. Almost forgot very good history lesson I enjoyed reading it, everyday you learn something new. Thanks

turkamerikali (4772) 2005-07-17 14:39

This is very cute photo Ashley.
I like his nose and eyes and overall expression on the face.Nice POV.TFS
CT

t0mmm1 (5434) 2005-07-17 14:59

I don't know much about the terms of TE, but now I've surely known some terms. Beside this I've learned also some nice things about cats. And everything for free ;)) thanks to your picture. Nice shot. TFS.

hayu (605) 2005-07-18 6:13

Excellent low perspective. This must be the last view of that bug he's after. Regards, Huub

thor68 (5535) 2005-07-18 17:54

whatever, if this shot´s better for TL or TN or can stay at TE...it´s totally cool, ashley! :-)
the pov is absolutely great!
you can really imagine him (or her)
sneaking through the grass.
well done, thor.

kinginexile (2440) 2005-07-20 1:29

well, you acted in the purr ;-) of the moment, and came up with something very personal and creative. The composition and framing are well conveying the fact that cats are often to be shot on their terms, not ours, which your title aptly tells us. Superb DOF for the blurry patch of green we see it thru.

Wehbeh (36) 2005-07-21 12:08

No, I have to contradict: It is a great photo - because it is "genuine". And the cats face has a wonderful expression. The little piece of blue sky and the daisies make it a perfect composition.
The egytians loved their cats so much that Thutmosis(late heir to throne of Amenophis III.) had his beloved pet mummified and buried in a precious casket. So I think we humans did not really change within the last 300 generations.
Thanks for sharing.

peter1892 (3201) 2005-07-28 17:53

It's very good. I think the DOF here is great, the Cat is sharp, other elements less so & my eye goes straight to the great expression on the Cat's face.

And the composition is great too, the angle of view here is very good. It really seems like you were able to get pretty close to him, usually when I see Cats in my back yeard they run once they spot me! Good work.

UlfE (8859) 2005-09-02 15:26

Hi Ashley,

Being very fond of cats I love this shot. Excellent picture of a cat sneaking in the grass. Very nice job.

Ulf

rhizomes (15325) 2005-09-19 15:47

Hi Ashley !
Wonderfull picture !!
This cat is very well captured !
It's like he wanted to enter the camera !
Congratulations,
Christophe

timleahy (2189) 2005-09-21 9:51

Lovely "seize the moment" shot Ashley. Looks like your camera got pounced on! DOF is just right, with the focus on the cats eyes. Colours are strong also.

.....tim

ternic (413) 2005-10-07 15:13

Hi Ashley
You say this is not a great photo true!
Its a brilliant photo.. The way the cat is stalking.. the great angle you have taken it from. The cropping excellent.. a little bit of nit picking it's a pitty about the blade of green grass over the cats right eye.
p.s. regards Porteplume comments (re point 5)have a look at her photos of the bull dog!!!!!

sarju (5308) 2005-11-02 1:13

Hi Ashley
I do not agree with you .... I think that it is a good shot ... you are being too modest
the sharpness is excellent and the crop is very interesting and original
tfs .... cheers ..... sarju
PS: I don't have cat or dog but the thing I like about the cats is that one has to earn the respect from them unlike dogs who are too faithful .... lols

USErin (445) 2006-01-13 9:16

I love the paw and the flowers. There are many things that make this photo stand out. This is such an interesting, original angle of a cat that when I saw the thumbnail, I thought it was a cougar!

cloverstar (0) 2006-03-18 20:52

Very cute indeed. Love the hunter pose. It's a pleasure to see the daisies growing in the grass. Excellent composition. I like that you got down to the cat's level for shooting. Well done.