Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/10/29
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]This morning I went outside to adjust one of the political yard signs that had been bent either by the wind or a passerby disgruntled with the candidate. Mikey, our year-old kitty, came out along with me. The day was fresh with some blue sky finally showing up and a bit of a breeze. Clearly Mikey was invigorated because he ran toward the north-most silver maple standing along B Street and ran up the trunk - and found himself at the crotch of the tree! I've never seen him go that far up before and I'm not sure he had ever been that high either as there was a look of "Oh - look at what I did!!!" which was then followed by a "Oh - look at what I did...GULP" I ran in and grabbed the camera - fortunately it had the 70-200 lens fitted - and took a few shots as Mikey explored the tree. He was not entirely happy - climbing even higher - then back to the safety of the crotch where I shot this: <http://www.abridge/adambridge.com/Photos/2005/10/29/MikeyTreed.jpg> After a few panicky looks he ran down the tree - landing on the grass with a solid THUMP - and then ran around the yard a few times at top speed, making tight cuts like a wide receiver running a crossing pattern, leaving the free safety laying on the turf II can tell it's autumn, football metaphors are creeping in. Enjoy! Adam Details: 1DsMkII, 70-200 f2.8L zoom. There are blown highlights on the tree but I needed to let them go in order to catch the shadey stuff, even though I know they detract. AB