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 I think that the
large picture below
(not
the one on the right on the grass) is the best three legged cat picture
on the Internet, even if I did take it myself and even if I have not
checked! Mind you the one on the grass aint bad. Both these photographs
are reproduced as taken, there has been no digital enhancement.
There are possibly quite a lot of photographs of three legged cats.
Mind you, how many three legged cats are there!? I, arrogantly, say
this is the best not because I created it but because it probably (or possibly) is.
How did it happen? It happened in the blink of an eye, 50 seconds from
start to finish, believe me, and it was pretty dark at the time.
This three legged cat picture is down to preparation, prediction,
timing and a bl**dy good camera that has a sensitive enough sensor to
function well under challenging conditions. And the sensitivity of the
sensor of modern digital cameras is of vital importance to the
photographer who wants to create something better than average in
available light and as it happens.
The settings on the camera, a Canon 7D with an EF-S 15-85mm 1:3.5-5.6 IS USM lens with
imagine stabilisation (important), was ISO 2500 (very fast) at 1/20th
second at f5. As this is a zoom lens, I forget what the focal length
was - probably about 40 mm equivalent for a 35 mm camera.
The cat is Charlie. He is my cat (no I am his human). He has three legs. He lost the right
foreleg (don't know how). As a result he likes to put himself in what I
call the "meerkat position" (on his back legs and bottom with his tail as
a stabiliser). He can do this with ease because he has a very strong
back. His back is strong because he uses it to run and walk - to lift
his body off the ground to allow him to reposition his remaining from
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