Photo Challenge - Animals

“You don't make a photograph just with a camera. You bring to the act of photography all the pictures you have seen, the books you have read, the music you have heard, the people you have loved.”  ― Ansel Adams

Today I am linking up with

Donna

for her monthly photo challenge

over at her blog

A personal Photo Challenge

topic: animals

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This challenge was a pleasure to post.  We have been blessed over the years to have had great pets come into our lives.  Trying to catch them with the snap of a camera lense isn't so easy. They move a lot, lick a lot, wiggle a lot, or totally ignore me.

This is Lillie.

 Lillie never sits still, is very curious and a hard photo to catch.  This was late in the evening, she was tired, and we used chopped chicken as a treat to get her to sit still. I took about 25 shots as quick as I could and only 5 were usable.

She is sitting in a black leather chair, and I am using my Nikon Coolpix L820 (pet portrait selected) on a tripod with the ceiling lights on. Then I used Picmonkey to crop, add Radiance and then framed it. We loved this pose so much that we put it on the front of our Christmas Cards.

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This is Tater Pie.

Tater Pie is a confident cat. She could care less whether the world turns or not. She spends most of her time sleeping. I got lucky, had my camera in my hand ready to go after taking some landscape photos outside. I had one chance at it, one shot, and I think I just got lucky.

She is walking down our sidewalk in the late evening, and I am using my Nikon Coolpix L820 (automatic selected). Then I used Picmonkey to crop, add dark edges, then I played with the HDR feature, worked with the spot light feature and finally used the focal zoom.

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This is Braddock.

Braddock is my cousins dog that thinks he is a human. He understands the english language and loves to go to McDonalds for his favorite treat chicken nuggets. This is a collage I made in Picmonkey with no photo editing, taken with a point and shoot Kodak camera.

I hope you enjoy these photos of our pets!