Julian wrote:
I am intrigued by the lighting in your pictures; from the reflections on the cat's eyes it looks like all of the light was coming from windows or interior doors. Also, no shadows, perhaps a bit of fill-in flash. Beautiful work, by the way!
Thank you Julian. I have East and West facing walls that are nearly entirely windows. Everything is natural light. One of the weaknesses of my LR-only editing is the limits to what I can do to reflections in eyes. Some of these images have a bit of eye work, but most are the windows and some of me reflecting in her eyes. I've got Gabby comfortable with a camera sometimes about 10-inches close to her face. I haven't tried a flash yet.
Thank you Chris, Erik, Julian, ejpeters, John, jimvanells, Elliott! These images, and maybe one more pending, are the culmination of about a month of experiments with different lenses, focal lengths and then the addition of an extension tube. I've been shooting some film of Gabby too, someday we'll see here in B&W too.
joecichjr
Loc: Chicago S. Suburbs, Illinois, USA
CHG_CANON wrote:
Cats were thought to be first domesticated in ancient Egypt, as since around 3100 BC, veneration was given to cats in ancient Egypt as mummified cats can be found in Egyptian burial tombs dating to this age. New archeological finds have pushed the date of the first domesticated cats back to around 7500 BC.
Gabby portrait by
Paul Sager, on Flickr
The scientific name
Felis catus was proposed by Carl Linnaeus in 1758 for a domestic cat. The domestic cat is a member of the
Felidae, a family that had a common ancestor about 10–15 million years ago.
Gabby portrait 
The earliest known indication for a tame cat was found in a human Neolithic grave in southern Cyprus, dating to about 7500–7200 BC. Since there is no evidence of native mammalian fauna on Cyprus, the inhabitants of this Neolithic village most likely brought the cat and other wild mammals to the island from the Middle Eastern mainland.
Gabby portrait 
Images shared in this post use either the EF 135mm f/2L or the EF 85mm f/1.4L IS with an EOS 5DIII. To shorten the minimum focal length for close-up portraits, the Canon Extension Tube EF 12 II was used with both lenses. The RAW files are processed in Adobe Lightroom v6.
Gabby portrait 
During domestication, cats have undergone only minor changes in anatomy and behavior, and they are still capable of surviving in the wild.
Gabby portrait 
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Ballard
Loc: Grass Valley, California
CHG_CANON wrote:
Cats were thought to be first domesticated in ancient Egypt, as since around 3100 BC, veneration was given to cats in ancient Egypt as mummified cats can be found in Egyptian burial tombs dating to this age. New archeological finds have pushed the date of the first domesticated cats back to around 7500 BC.
Gabby portrait by
Paul Sager, on Flickr
The scientific name
Felis catus was proposed by Carl Linnaeus in 1758 for a domestic cat. The domestic cat is a member of the
Felidae, a family that had a common ancestor about 10–15 million years ago.
Gabby portrait The earliest known indication for a tame cat was found in a human Neolithic grave in southern Cyprus, dating to about 7500–7200 BC. Since there is no evidence of native mammalian fauna on Cyprus, the inhabitants of this Neolithic village most likely brought the cat and other wild mammals to the island from the Middle Eastern mainland.
Gabby portrait Images shared in this post use either the EF 135mm f/2L or the EF 85mm f/1.4L IS with an EOS 5DIII. To shorten the minimum focal length for close-up portraits, the Canon Extension Tube EF 12 II was used with both lenses. The RAW files are processed in Adobe Lightroom v6.
Gabby portrait During domestication, cats have undergone only minor changes in anatomy and behavior, and they are still capable of surviving in the wild.
Gabby portrait These images are sized to fill your wide-screen display. Try using <F11> to maximize your browser window for the full effect. If the images overshoot your display, such as a laptop, just click on the image or the URL link and they'll resize to your screen from the host Flickr site. You can click a bit further into the image details on the Flickr page, if desired. EXIF data is available from the host Flickr pages as well. On the Flickr site, use your <L>key for Large and the <F11> for the full-screen.
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Looks like your cat likes to model. Excellent shots.
Great shots, beautiful kitty
Cats domesticated us, not we them.
CHG_CANON wrote:
Thank you Leon. Gabby came from a shelter with no paperwork of her history. She's also missing a rear paw and the lower portion of that leg, but again, there was no paperwork of what she's endured in her past. I've had her for three months, but she still cannot be picked up in anyway nor has she yet to sit on a lap.
Good on you for giving Gabby a home. It takes time for a cat to feel secure enough for contact. Miss adopted us, just showed up on the deck while I was barbecuing chicken and politely said, "May I have a bite?" I said, "Shure, here, have a bite." Adoption sealed. It took months before he would let me touch him, and weeks after that before he would sit on my lap. He never did appreciate being picked up, and never did allow a woman to touch him. He was with us 15 years before his final trip to the vet.
Paul, some great pictures of Gabby. Lucky her "servant" (that's You) is a terrific photographer. Thanks for sharing.
CHG_CANON wrote:
Thank you Leon. Gabby came from a shelter with no paperwork of her history. She's also missing a rear paw and the lower portion of that leg, but again, there was no paperwork of what she's endured in her past. I've had her for three months, but she still cannot be picked up in anyway nor has she yet to sit on a lap.
Sounds like it might have been pretty traumatic.
CHG_CANON wrote:
Cats were thought to be first domesticated in ancient Egypt, as since around 3100 BC, veneration was given to cats in ancient Egypt as mummified cats can be found in Egyptian burial tombs dating to this age. New archeological finds have pushed the date of the first domesticated cats back to around 7500 BC.
Gabby portrait by
Paul Sager, on Flickr
The scientific name
Felis catus was proposed by Carl Linnaeus in 1758 for a domestic cat. The domestic cat is a member of the
Felidae, a family that had a common ancestor about 10–15 million years ago.
Gabby portrait The earliest known indication for a tame cat was found in a human Neolithic grave in southern Cyprus, dating to about 7500–7200 BC. Since there is no evidence of native mammalian fauna on Cyprus, the inhabitants of this Neolithic village most likely brought the cat and other wild mammals to the island from the Middle Eastern mainland.
Gabby portrait Images shared in this post use either the EF 135mm f/2L or the EF 85mm f/1.4L IS with an EOS 5DIII. To shorten the minimum focal length for close-up portraits, the Canon Extension Tube EF 12 II was used with both lenses. The RAW files are processed in Adobe Lightroom v6.
Gabby portrait During domestication, cats have undergone only minor changes in anatomy and behavior, and they are still capable of surviving in the wild.
Gabby portrait These images are sized to fill your wide-screen display. Try using <F11> to maximize your browser window for the full effect. If the images overshoot your display, such as a laptop, just click on the image or the URL link and they'll resize to your screen from the host Flickr site. You can click a bit further into the image details on the Flickr page, if desired. EXIF data is available from the host Flickr pages as well. On the Flickr site, use your <L>key for Large and the <F11> for the full-screen.
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Dear Paul...Happy to see that you love cats also. I really like the first image due to the diagonal leading line; excellent focus; narrow depth of field; the contented look on kitty's face and the story where you got her. Thank you for sharing. Shooter41
Beautiful shots of Gabby, Paul. Gabby seems to be a cooperative model.
Reminds me of my "Pud" dropped off in my driveway, dehydrated, flea infested and terrified. That was fourteen years ago and to this day, my constant companion. I'm thankful to have him to care for.
CHG_CANON wrote:
Cats were thought to be first domesticated in ancient Egypt, as since around 3100 BC, veneration was given to cats in ancient Egypt as mummified cats can be found in Egyptian burial tombs dating to this age. New archeological finds have pushed the date of the first domesticated cats back to around 7500 BC.
Gabby portrait by
Paul Sager, on Flickr
The scientific name
Felis catus was proposed by Carl Linnaeus in 1758 for a domestic cat. The domestic cat is a member of the
Felidae, a family that had a common ancestor about 10–15 million years ago.
Gabby portrait The earliest known indication for a tame cat was found in a human Neolithic grave in southern Cyprus, dating to about 7500–7200 BC. Since there is no evidence of native mammalian fauna on Cyprus, the inhabitants of this Neolithic village most likely brought the cat and other wild mammals to the island from the Middle Eastern mainland.
Gabby portrait Images shared in this post use either the EF 135mm f/2L or the EF 85mm f/1.4L IS with an EOS 5DIII. To shorten the minimum focal length for close-up portraits, the Canon Extension Tube EF 12 II was used with both lenses. The RAW files are processed in Adobe Lightroom v6.
Gabby portrait During domestication, cats have undergone only minor changes in anatomy and behavior, and they are still capable of surviving in the wild.
Gabby portrait These images are sized to fill your wide-screen display. Try using <F11> to maximize your browser window for the full effect. If the images overshoot your display, such as a laptop, just click on the image or the URL link and they'll resize to your screen from the host Flickr site. You can click a bit further into the image details on the Flickr page, if desired. EXIF data is available from the host Flickr pages as well. On the Flickr site, use your <L>key for Large and the <F11> for the full-screen.
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Very nice portraits of gabby, Paul. My favorite is #4.
CHG_CANON wrote:
Cats were thought to be first domesticated in ancient Egypt, as since around 3100 BC, veneration was given to cats in ancient Egypt as mummified cats can be found in Egyptian burial tombs dating to this age. New archeological finds have pushed the date of the first domesticated cats back to around 7500 BC.
Gabby portrait by
Paul Sager, on Flickr
The scientific name
Felis catus was proposed by Carl Linnaeus in 1758 for a domestic cat. The domestic cat is a member of the
Felidae, a family that had a common ancestor about 10–15 million years ago.
Gabby portrait The earliest known indication for a tame cat was found in a human Neolithic grave in southern Cyprus, dating to about 7500–7200 BC. Since there is no evidence of native mammalian fauna on Cyprus, the inhabitants of this Neolithic village most likely brought the cat and other wild mammals to the island from the Middle Eastern mainland.
Gabby portrait Images shared in this post use either the EF 135mm f/2L or the EF 85mm f/1.4L IS with an EOS 5DIII. To shorten the minimum focal length for close-up portraits, the Canon Extension Tube EF 12 II was used with both lenses. The RAW files are processed in Adobe Lightroom v6.
Gabby portrait During domestication, cats have undergone only minor changes in anatomy and behavior, and they are still capable of surviving in the wild.
Gabby portrait These images are sized to fill your wide-screen display. Try using <F11> to maximize your browser window for the full effect. If the images overshoot your display, such as a laptop, just click on the image or the URL link and they'll resize to your screen from the host Flickr site. You can click a bit further into the image details on the Flickr page, if desired. EXIF data is available from the host Flickr pages as well. On the Flickr site, use your <L>key for Large and the <F11> for the full-screen.
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Gabby is a beauty I am sure she will soon have you eating out of her paws lol
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