A Very Uncooperative Cat: Vancouver, BC

Puss-Puss is a very uncooperative cat. He doesn’t want to have his photo taken. Never. It’s not that he has a bad day here and there. With Puss-Puss, everyday is a bad day when there’s a camera involved. Normally, I make my “Daffy Duck” imitation. Cats and dogs are always surprised and look to see what’s that sound.

No!… Not Puss-Puss. He was “pissed-off”. I tried my couple of toys including a good squeaker toy and even my harmonica. Nothing, zippa, nada.


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Cat on Handler’s Shoulder
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Cat on Handler’s Shoulder


We have ways to make cats cooperate…

My simplest method is getting them on the person’s shoulder. They will always look around because it’s such a high position and the photo does look good. It gives me enough time to take a few quick photos, so I have pre-plan and position both the person and myself. It’s ambush style…

Technical

Camera: Canon 70D ISO 400 and 1/60
Lens: Canon 70-200L/f4 @192mm and f/6.4
Processed with Rawtherapee 5.5: https://www.rawtherapee.com/