Tuesday 3rd May

The photo I've chosen for today's posting is, to be honest, not as good a picture as I would have liked. I was lucky enough to be in the right place at the right time to cross paths with this black cat, but he just would not stand in the spot I wanted him to. This resulted in an shadow showing in the top right hand corner of the picture. The picture would have had more of an impact had this shadow been out of shot. Still, valuable lesson learned - working with animals is tricky. The reasons I do like this picture are that the cat seems to be looking at his own shadow - quite comical, or even introspective, in itself. I also like the varying shades throughout the animal's coat. With the sun hitting him on the right hand side and with his head turned away creates some lovely shades of black and grey, which I feel blends well with the shadows and pavement also shown in the image. So here it is, I hope you like too.

Info: Nikon D60, s/s 1/1000s, F5.3, ISO 800.