Neighbourhood Watch
A couple were walking their dog by this cats property. Within seconds she was there peeking out of her own access door. She is the best Neighbourhood Watcher of...
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A couple were walking their dog by this cats property. Within seconds she was there peeking out of her own access door. She is the best Neighbourhood Watcher of people and animals passing by to and from a private woodland where our Badgers live.
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SONY SLT-A65V
Aperture 63/10 ISO 400 Shutter 1/500 Focal Length 3600/10 
Trowbridge, Wiltshire, GB
Jun, 2021Views
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Amended version to put right a typo. I live in the South-West of England and take most of my photos around my home and garden as I don't travel well due to ill health.Time
This was mid afternoon and the lighting was good.Lighting
This was mid afternoon on an overcast day and the speed with which I grabbed my camera and went for the shot before she moved I had no time to think about lighting. As it happend she was close to the hole and the amount of shadow on her face as she leant forward towards the hole really added to the photo.Equipment
Sony Alpha a65 with a Tamron AF70-300mm 1:4-5.6 Tele-Macro lens, didn't have time to get a tripod so made do with hand held crouching to be at the same level to get the shot before she came out to see me.Inspiration
She is a lovely friendly cat but when she first looks out to see who is there it just looks as if she is looking out to protect the neighbourhood.Editing
Been using Photoshop since 1991 but try not to use it for my general photos.In my camera bag
I do have a number of bags but my go-to bag holds a Sony Alpha a65, a Sigma 1:5.6 f=400mm, an old Minolta 28-80mm zoom with a macro switch, my trusted Sigma APO 170-500mm 1:5-6.3 Zoom lens. All this would be accompanied by plenty of batteries, a battery charger and a 12volt power pack to power the charger, wet weather covers for camera and backpack and a velbon tripod strapped to the side. As I am unsteady on my feet and, if fatigued, I get camera shake when out so I sometimes take a large monopod/Hiking stickFeedback
Not much help here as I am not in the best of health so don't get out much so most of my photos could be taken by anybody with half decent equipment and a fairly good idea of what they want to show with the shot.
