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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Dangerspouse" data-source="post: 783606" data-attributes="member: 46690">Took my cat outside this afternoon for a walk around the yard. Being outside is such a rarity for him - this was the first time in a couple of weeks - that he's still somewhat overwhelmed. He sticks right next to me for security, rarely venturing more than a few feet from my shoes. But today, a milestone! I was sitting on the lawn with Dell stretched out along my leg, when all of a sudden he leaped up and bolted for the side of the house. Out of the corner of my eye I saw the back end of a chipmunk disappear into our gutter drain pipe, and Dell slamming into it a fraction of a second later. His first prey! I was so proud. Ok, he didn't catch it. But at least he recognized what it was. Score!Of course, he then spent the next half hour snuffling up and down the pipe in a vain attempt to coax the bugger out. No dice. But that gave me time to run in and grab the D500. Got a couple of keepers, none great, but the challenge this week is Low Key Pets, so....Dropped the exposure in Lightroom to make them low key:[ATTACH=full]374993[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]374994[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]374996[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]374997[/ATTACH].Once I managed to get him inside so I could process the pics, he immediately jumped up on my office chair and stared out the window, no doubt in case any other miscreant rodents dared to cross his yard again. The light was starting to set a bit, and between that and the dark chair and black cat, it gave it a low key effect without need for any PP. My D5500 was right next to me, with the 40mm Micro attached, and:[ATTACH=full]374998[/ATTACH].[ATTACH=full]374999[/ATTACH]I'm kind of on the fence about which one to enter. The last two are better technically, but, well, "proud poppa" and all that. We'll see, gotta think on it a bit.</blockquote>

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