Help From a Stray Sunbeam

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One of those lucky shots where the camera was within reach. A sunbeam happened to go through my daughter's window, all the way down the hall, and reflected enough light to illuminate Bueller. I was surprised it worked because my shutter speed was so slow (1/10th of a second) and I was hand holding.

rolled out on Tuesday, October 19, 2004 3:10 PM

Comments

# RE: Help From a Stray Sunbeam - Laurence Simon

Rolled Out On: 10/23/2004 12:17 PM

Shall I add this to the Carnival of the Cats?

# RE: Help From a Stray Sunbeam - Rahel

Rolled Out On: 10/25/2004 9:13 AM

Oh, that face! And the curve of the tail. ... What a beautiful cat.

# RE: Help From a Stray Sunbeam - B. Durbin

Rolled Out On: 10/25/2004 2:25 PM

Frame it. Seriously. If it's not big enough, get someone with Photoshop to blow it up in ten percent intervals (i.e. Image-->Image Size-->set to 110%) because there's a sweet spot in the algorithm that blows up the images without pixellating them.

# RE: Help From a Stray Sunbeam - Robb Allen

Rolled Out On: 10/25/2004 2:44 PM

Taken with a Nikon D2H. No need to blow it up ;)

My only complaint that detracts it from being absolutely "perfect" is the hotspot on the couch. I can't crop that out because it would also remove his tail, and since it was 1/10th of a second, there is nothing to recover to as the spot is completely blown out.

I might be able to clone a little, but since the lighting varies so strongly it would be damned near impossible. Then again, I'm known for my Photoshop Miracles.

Thanks for the compliments. I'll pass it on to Bueller. But don't expect any thanks from him, he is still a cat, after all.