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Catnap

by Heike November. 05, 2017 2170 views

I knew that Puffy, the neighbours cat, would come for a nap on saturday afternoon. He does this on a regular basis. So I placed my camera beside me on the couch and did some work on my notebook.

After a while he appeared as expected, jumped onto the sofa and forced me, to put the notebook aside, so that he could make himself comfortable on my lap. Five minutes later he was asleep...

My goal was, to make a photo with a sharp paw and in the background his blurred face - and I got what I wanted :-)

Lying on the back

Lying on the back

Half sitting

Half sitting

Lying on the stomach

Lying on the stomach

For the post processing I used 'Analog Efex Pro 2', I wanted to have this analog touch with a little bit dust and scratches.

cat paw nap sleeping post processing
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Piotr Matura 1 year, 4 months ago

Great photos! And what a cat, he does what he pleases and doesn't bother at all grinning

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Heike Replied to Piotr Matura 1 year, 4 months ago

Hehe, thanks Piotr. He is a little devil and he totally controls me - although I'm 'only' the neighbour....smiley

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Thunder Lily 1 year, 4 months ago

Amazing perspective 🙂

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Heike Replied to Thunder Lily 1 year, 4 months ago

Thank you ! Hehe, yes the perspective in #1 was only possible, because he loves to sleep on his back. smile

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Baptria 2 years, 7 months ago

#1 is perfect!

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Heike Replied to Baptria 2 years, 6 months ago

Thanks you ! grinning

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David Cardona 2 years, 10 months ago

Beautiful perspective on excellent takes.  I just added first one into my favorites.  Thanks a lot for sharing and keep creating! AlwAys!

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Heike Replied to David Cardona 2 years, 9 months ago

Kind thanks, David ! Glad you like them !

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Suhita Mitra 2 years, 10 months ago

His paw does somehow capture his cool personality! And his blurred face adds to his mysterious cat power :-)

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Heike Replied to Suhita Mitra 2 years, 10 months ago

Thanky so much, Suhita ! He is really a personalty, he always give me a reason to laugh when he comes for a visit.grinning

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Suhita Mitra Replied to Heike 2 years, 10 months ago

I can imagine. Characters like him make our lives a bit more richer and happier :-)

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Sirena Lu 2 years, 10 months ago

Very beautiful shot!! Love especially the first one!! Happy holiday seasons!!

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Heike Replied to Sirena Lu 2 years, 10 months ago

Kind thanks, Sirena Lu ! The first one is also my fav, he loves to sleep lying on the back, what always animates me to scratch his belly - he already showed me clearly, that he does not like that... pouting catgrin

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Caroline Hooper 2 years, 11 months ago

Fantastic pics Heike smile

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Heike Replied to Caroline Hooper 2 years, 11 months ago

Thanks so much, Caroline ! Luckily he is one of this cats, who often changes the position while sleeping. I love it, when cats are sleeping on their back, than they look all so irresistibly cute.  smile

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Sigrid Strohschneider-Laue 2 years, 11 months ago

Dieser Kater ist ein Pendler - köstlich, dass er einen Samstagschoßplatz braucht. Na ja, andere Leute gehen Samstags ja auch zu Nachbars Kaffee trinken - allerdings OHNE auf dem Schoß zu sitzen.
Super Fotos von der entspannten Puffy-Pfote!

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Heike Replied to Sigrid Strohschneider-Laue 2 years, 11 months ago

Das ist ein Kampfschmuser. Er würde öfter zum 'Kaffeetrinken' kommen, wenn ich die Balkontür öfter auflassen würde, aber dann käme ich zu nichts mehr. smile Samstags nachmittags ist zu einem kleinen Ritual zwischen uns geworden.
Danke schön, für Deinen Kommentar !

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Emilia 2 years, 11 months ago
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Heike Replied to Emilia 2 years, 11 months ago

Thank you kindly, Emilia ! Puffy is a very good model, I'm really happy with this pics. He got an extra portion treats, when he awoke. smile

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Berckmans Peter 2 years, 11 months ago

Lovely,and love the edit

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Heike Replied to Berckmans Peter 2 years, 11 months ago

Many thanks Peter. Often I need lots of tries, when I'm doing post processing, but this time I knew from the beginning, how they should look at the end. grinning

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Russell Smith 2 years, 11 months ago

#3 reminds me of my wifes old cat . He use to sleep like this . #1is my favorite. My cat is finally comfortable enough with me moving around or grabbing the camera I can now catch pictures of her sleeping . She adopted us and was feral from birth but now she is a member of the family but retains some of the feral traits when someone new comes over.  I would say that the choice of post processing is purrfect .

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Heike Replied to Russell Smith 2 years, 11 months ago

Thanks for your comment, Russell. It's really seldom that a feral cat is adopting humans, you must have a unique aura, that this cat trusts you so much.
Puffy is normaly a very jumpy cat, but surprisingly he does not care much about the camera, therefore it's easy to shoot him. There are other cats around here, where it's really hard to get a good photo of them. grinning

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Jay Boggess 2 years, 11 months ago

Nice work! Love the tight focus & bokehs!

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Heike Replied to Jay Boggess 2 years, 11 months ago

Kind thanks Jay !

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Jay Boggess Replied to Heike 2 years, 11 months ago

My pleasure!
Thank You!

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