Today’s selfie shots are the result of a quick surprise photo shoot while Toulouse was snoozing on our bedroom window bed which is quite high off the ground.
The bed is accessed via our Monkee Tree steps and he leaps up to one of the steps to reach the sun puddle! You can see photos of the Tree at the link.
The steps are very wide and, in the past, angel tortie Sienna used to leap from them on to the end of the bed! From the step to the bed is just over a metre and a half (nearly four feet!) and she was always super confident.
Today our tabby decided he was going to be very happy in the sunshine and, after the climb, he settled and so I took some photographs.
As you can see the brightness behind Toulouse is very white and over exposed. I was still curious to see if, in spite of the light, I could still take a fun photo and how much detail I would get.
In the first capture, I have managed to get close enough to keep the light out (mostly) and, with a little sharpening, I managed a fearless tabby pose. The second photo was an accidental ‘derp’ and a bit more light means Toulouse loses some definition but gains in drama!
Someone felt his fur needed smoothing so I nearly got a more blurry shot as someone got himself super clean. You can even see a little glimpse of tooth behind the fur!
Fun photos even though the light was super bright!
We love the tongue out one!
These photos are so utterly gorgeous – especially the second one, with Toulouse’s sweet little tongue peeping out!
Thank you for taking us through the stages of those images.
The first has to be the one, but the second has heaps of special charm, too.
ERin