nikonguy said
Take me back to the days of b&w with photographic geniuses such as Ansel Adams.
Man he knew how to dodge and burn! 
Dale.

No please, don't! I remember my first camera. It was a b&w and to use flash you had to buy a box which contained 3 cubes with each 4 sides. Every side could fire one flash, so after 4 flashes you could throw it away. And then all that waiting for pictures to be revealed... And finally you would go to the store where the owner would show you the results of all your effort. Man, I can still feel the pain and disappointment after seeing all the burned ones...

But all the things I write just confirm your admiration for those pioneers who didn't have all the great tools we have these days and still made time stand still in amazing ways...

Actually I didn't know Ansel Adams, so I've just googled it and you're right... what an incredible artist!

easyexposure said
WOW! That a cat. Look at those eye. Also in Lightroom you can control saturation of separate colors. For example if you just want to saturate blue you can without touching anything else. 

Yes I know Oksana, it's a brilliant piece of software. I found out there is even a way to use the mouse, put it on one colour in the image and slide it upwards or downwards. Amazing!

Mandrake said
Yeah... it's kinda like getting married.

Don't tell me that you prefer the fishing rod

nikonguy said
Like the proverb and the meaning behind it!

Yeah, these ancient chinese people were very wise

Mandrake said

ronald said
Actually I would like to know what type this cat is, it's something special, maybe Mandrake can help us out here?

It's a Pussy Cat.

Wrong Mandrake, it's a Tom Cat, anyway, until the next visit of our vet

ronald said
Actually I would like to know what type this cat is, it's something special, maybe Mandrake can help us out here?

It's a Pussy Cat.

mscharff said
Great focus on the eyes as well... well done.

Thanks Michael, it was not easy, because the cat still was very nervous and moving a lot. This picture turned out one of the last before it took off, so I had to speed up my shuttertime a bit to get it sharp. But after taking off it came back and today even walked into our house

nikonguy said
Pretty incredible eye colour on that cat. We once had a purebred Himalayan long haired cat
that had intensely blue eyes that everybody commented on.
Dale.

Actually I would like to know what type this cat is, it's something special, maybe Mandrake can help us out here?