Having set up our tripod to capture crisp images of the Chelsea Grays in the darkling indoor light of a soggy autumn afternoon, we inadvertently stumbled onto the makings of an animated GIF of Tiny, above, using the Think System to evoke the magic words -- Want your suppers? -- that will conjure up the bowls of Friskies "Special Diet." Because the camera stayed in one place, the backgrounds of successive exposures were identical, allowing the animated effect.
Is it time yet? In the tense moments leading up to the evening meal, we applied the feline portrait photographer's version of "watch the birdie" to get our subjects to look alert for the camera, speaking animatedly in a voice akin to the one we use when we ask, just before heading for the kitchen at 3:45 pm, "Want your suppers?"
While Tiny studied our face and verbal nuances for signs of food futures, the Babe tuned out atop the cable box.
Is it time yet?
Update: Time to head over to Modulator's Friday Ark #160.
Whew! Thought I'd taken too much NyQuil for a second there... ;)
Posted by: pam | October 12, 2007 at 07:56 AM
NOW THIS IS WORTHWHILE STUFF. Pictures of Tiny and Baby ALWAYS make sense!
I'm going through a period of adjustment with the Sam fella! He has figured out how to go out onto the screened porch through his doggie door (he's a big kitty) but it hasn't occurred to him yet that he can return to the house via the same method! Therefore, each night when I come home from work, I find this pink-nosed and very sad little face staring at me through the dining room sliding doors. I patiently walk into the master bathroom again and show him how to come into the house via the kitty door. He stares at me. Then he stares at it. And then, after about 5 minutes, I give in and open the French doors to the porch so he can come in and use his litter box and eat some food!
Don't y'all think I'm well trained?
Posted by: Gayle Miller | October 12, 2007 at 02:46 PM
You ARE well trained, but it works both ways. Have you tried placing a bowl of the big guy's favorite eats just inside the doggie door? :-)
Posted by: Sissy Willis | October 12, 2007 at 02:51 PM
I love that animated GIF effect - I've used it myself, but never on such a becoming subject. Brilliant!
Posted by: Elisson | October 15, 2007 at 03:22 PM
Oh my gosh Sissy! Sabby sits with me often while I am on the computer but he is fixated on your Tiny! I've sat with him watching Tiny for about four minutes! Entertainment for us both!
Isn't it interesting that many cats like warm, flat, hard surfaces? Sabby's favorite spot is on top of the scanner. He manages to turn it on and off often and has started scanning while I was in the midst of writing on my blog. Ornery boy.
Posted by: Laura Lee Donoho | October 20, 2007 at 01:40 PM