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New Cafe Kittens – Pooka the Tuxedo

28/02/2021 by Marjorie Dawson 12 Comments

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There have been a lot of new cafe kittens coming into Neko Ngeru recently, and I managed to get down for a quick visit to meet Pooka, the little tuxedo live wire.

He has a passion for food which you can see in the first photo. Pooka does his best to help himself to your biscuit or sandwich with such a charming look that keeping him off the cafe’s tables is a real challenge.

Tuxedo kitten looking for food at a table
ISO 400 55 mm F4 1/200

A word about the cafe kitten photos

I used camera settings that were pretty terrible because I was trying manual when Av (Nikon A) would have been a better option. The light was not bright and a faster shutter speed might have helped. I think even a smartphone or compact would have taken better photos that day.

All of the photos of Pooka came out very dark, like the cafe kitten above and at first, I was disappointed – UGH. Then, I took a breath and decided to load the photos into an editing program (Affinity Photo) to see if I could rescue them from blurry darkness. While you can’t rescue every photo you take. Unless you try things out in ‘post-production’ (when you load them on your computer or in a photo app) you will never know what might be awesome under the dark blur.

Here’s the tools I used to see Pooka:

  • By lightening the exposure.
  • Adjusting the shadows/highlights and,
  • then using a bit of dodging (see link below)

I was able to brighten Pooka’s face and the shirt in the background. Isn’t he just the cutest kitten ever?

Tuxedo kitten looking for food at a table
ISO 400 55 mm F4 1/200

Pooka and his brother Patch are going for their family trial this week-end so I wish them good luck on their big adventure.

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Comments

  1. Ruth Epstein says

    07/03/2021 at 5:55 am

    He is just adorable and I love that he is food motivated MOL. I would so love to have a cat again but cannot as Layla is petrified of them. Great Photos as always and thanks for the blog hop

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  2. Danelle St. Clair says

    06/03/2021 at 2:20 pm

    Pooka is absolutely precious. I always have such a hard time with lighting in manual mode! I will have to try those tools on some of my dark photos.

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    • Marjorie Dawson says

      06/03/2021 at 5:56 pm

      My photos were terrible. I have a way to go to learn about manual mode.

      Reply
  3. Athena and Marie says

    02/03/2021 at 10:10 am

    So cute!

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  4. Melissa & Mudpie says

    01/03/2021 at 2:05 pm

    Oh what a cutie Pooka is!

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  5. Ellen Pilch says

    01/03/2021 at 10:53 am

    They are such cuties. I hope their trial is a success. XO

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  6. Leah says

    01/03/2021 at 5:42 am

    Pooka’a an adorable little tuxie! I hope he gets a home soon!

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    • Marjorie Dawson says

      01/03/2021 at 9:08 am

      He has gone for a trial with a family (and his brother went too!)

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  7. meowmeowmans says

    01/03/2021 at 4:09 am

    Pooka is adorable! We’re glad you were able to edit the photo afterwards. It’s beautiful.

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  8. Timmy Tomcat says

    01/03/2021 at 3:47 am

    Pooka is such a darling fellow we know he will capture someones heart like he does to snacks he sees. Purrs Pooka. We do a lot of “Auto” setting photos and I need to work on that. I use PaintShop for making stuff and it is pretty good at fixing those that need it. Yeah, gotta learn more about that too!

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  9. Meezer'sMew&TerrieristicalWoofs says

    28/02/2021 at 5:01 pm

    Pooka has stolen my heart, too…but NZ is way way far away. LOL!

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  10. Brian Frum says

    28/02/2021 at 12:39 pm

    Terrific photos, he is totally adorable!

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