Molly is a cat that we inherited two years ago. It was either that or she would have had to go to the animal shelter. Well, I'm not a cat person, but my wife is and she won out, and we now have Molly.
She sheds, I won't let her on my lap, but we do play, some. She likes to box - she's been de-clawed or I'd be scratch city - and she likes to jump out at me when it's time for bed. For some reason she has associated my getting ready to take a shower with going to bed and she needs to have a little fun beforehand.
OK, so I go along with it until my back says "stop" from bending over. I will then hold the back of my hand in front of her face, which she has learned that this means it's time to stop; maybe. Once in awhile, when she doesn't want to stop she will take a little swipe at me, or give me a little bite, but my firm and quiet "NO" lets her know it's time to stop. She then lets me pet her and I am allowed to go and take my shower.
Cats think they are the boss and we humans are there to entertain them. Molly is no different. Like I said, I'm not a cat person, but I guess she can stay. Anyway, this is her telling me "enough already". Having gotten this photo I comply and turn her into the Weekly B&W Square Photo.
So, this is Molly Cat, as I call her.
I photographed Molly with a DSLR and a 50mm lens. The ISO is 1600 and the exposure was 1/8 sec @f/1.8. In Photoshop Elements I cropped for the square look and converted the image to a B&W photo. I then made a levels adjustment, added some contrast and a little vignetting. I resized for web viewing and added some additional burning in of a couple of places and finished off with a touch of sharpening.
Molly is the cat of the house, but she needs to know who's boss and that's me; she let me know it was OK to say that.
Yeah, this is my, uh, Molly's world, and you are definitely welcome to it.
She looks sweet in this photo. Her expression is priceless. The tones of her fur and capture of her eyes is outstanding. I like that shadow on her forehead, it adds to her mystery.
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