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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Dangerspouse" data-source="post: 758107" data-attributes="member: 46690">I've had pets pretty much all my life. Mostly cats and dogs, but also the odd fish, lizard, ant farm, sea monkeys, and even once a red legged tarantula. But since our last corgi died a couple of years ago and his cat sister disappeared shortly afterwards, our house has been devoid of animal life (except us).A few weeks ago my wife started lobbying again for another pet. Specifically a cat. She liked when our previous cat curled up on her lap while she read at night before going to bed, and wanted another "cuddle muffin". I agreed, but with one stipulation: it had to be an older animal. Now that I'm getting to be of a certain age I don't want to still be scooping out litter boxes 10 - 15 years from now as I enter my retirement. She agreed.So of course last week she came home with a 1 year old cat."It cuddled with me" she said. "Cuddled!"So now we have a 1 year old cat and it looks like my golden retirement years are going to be very stinky indeed.I have to say though, this is a VERY affectionate cat. The day wifey arrived home from the shelter, he came out of the carrier and immediately ran over to me to be petted. We've named him "Dell", because he's a real laptop. So, wifey got her wish. She also got a cat tree and some toys.The only annoying thing so far is that when I get up for work at 4 am he insists on shadowing me, including to my radio studio in the basement. So now I have a co-host:[ATTACH]355749[/ATTACH]That was the very first morning after he arrived. No acclimation time at all.Yesterday I snapped a few pics once wifey assembled the cat tree, including some shallow DOF portraits just for giggles:[ATTACH]355750[/ATTACH][ATTACH]355751[/ATTACH][ATTACH]355752[/ATTACH][ATTACH]355753[/ATTACH]This cat has the most amazing glowing eyes, made all the more dramatic by the inky black fur surrounding them. Like a lot of cats' eyes, the color varies depending on the light. This one's eyes often seem a shade of green, but with the bounce flash I was using they came out golden every time. Weird.I want to see if I can get a good low key shot of him with a black backdrop. I watched a product photography video a while back where the instructor showed how to shoot a jet black object against a jet black background and still make it stand out. He used a statue of a black cat. I want to try the real thing. Wish me luck!Now if you'll excuse me, I see a certain litterbox needs scooping. Again....edit: in the picture of the cat with the clock, I decided to try the "High Contrast" treatment in Lightroom. Seeing here, I don't think I like it. The cat was dark enough without it. Lesson learned.</blockquote>

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