A cute wooden cat drinks its bowl of wooden milk. On a wooden floor.I used the same lens again (see yesterday,) but an LED torch to illuminate the kitty. I was intending initially to use flash. The room was dim, so I put a torch down beside it to help me focus manually. But the image in the viewfinder changed my plan immediately - no flash this time! I barely adjusted anything, it was just right as it was. f/4.5, 1/5 sec. I rested the camera on a wooly hat, and the "floor" is the wood-veneer top of a speaker cabinet.
The result is very much to my liking. It's pretty good considering how basic and contrived the setup was. It's not so much a testament to spur-of-the-moment thinking, but more about how unexpected developments can make a real positive difference to the outcome of photo.
Being away from home today, I am relieved that I remembered to bring my camera's USB cable. Otherwise no photo!
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