Playful Kitten

I am the first to admit that I’m not a pet person. An oddity in my family, I’m the only one without one or more pets.

Pets abound in the rest of the family, however, with multiple cats and dogs commonplace amongst my siblings.

This cute little kitten is Elwood, a small kitten originally taken home (with his sister) to be foster kittens until they grew up a little. However, their foster ‘mom’ couldn’t part with them for more than a day or two – and now the foster kittens have been adopted.

I found these black kittens to be fun to watch, but difficult to photograph. While they were very playful and got into all kinds of interesting poses, their black fur makes it difficult to capture the details in their bodies. This picture was taken at f/8.0 for 1/60 second (ISO 200), using a flash.

My flash is a Canon Speedlite 420EX which does a good job of determining how much flash is needed, and then of applying the correct amount to get a good exposure. I also use a light diffuser on my flash (Sto-Fen Light Diffuser), which helps to provide an even light – avoiding hot spots in the picture.

Not limited to black kittens, I had at my disposal several additional subjects – see below.

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