Happily Ever After

Life in The Rural Retreat with a beautiful wife, three cats, garden wildlife, a camera, a computer – and increasing amounts about running

Earlier posts can be found on Adventures of a Lone Bass Player, where this blog began life. Recent entries can be found here.

The Secret Scruff

by admin - 21:17 on 18 December 2013

Black, as well as being slimming, hides many other imperfections a girl would prefer not to have seen. From a distance our black cat looks sleek, well groomed and dapper; close up, Maia is a disgrace.

Her guilty secret was exposed by my latest test shots with the new 50mm Pentax lens which revealed her to be covered in fluff, dust and a variety of stray hairs. Matchgirl was mortified when the evidence was shown to her. Maia didn't care.

I'm still getting to grips with a lens that at the widest apertures has a depth of field measured in millimetres. No wonder focus is a challenge. But I'm happy so far – both these snaps used ISO 1600 yet there's barely a trace of noise.

Pandora looked as elegant as usual in her close-up. Willow declined the opportunity.

Add your comment

Your Name


Your Email (only if you are happy to have it on the site)


Your Comment - no HTML or weblinks


Enter this number in the box below and click Send - why?Unfortunately we have to do this to prevent the system being swamped by automated spam