Yay....I'm a Pillar! :) **Updated with requested pictures**

[Russian Blue]

After 3 years I finally reached pillarhood! ;)

Thanks for having me and thanks to Karen and Paul for keeping such a wonderful site alive and active for all us Pet-o-holics.

Now, onto my next pillar.

:D

[animal_rescue]

congrats!

[k9krazee]

Woohoo!! Congratulations :D

[trayi52]

Congratulations!! Keep them coming!

Willie :)

[luvofallhorses]

Congrats! :)

[Pawsitive Thinking]

Nice one!

[finn's mom]

Now, you have to regale us with some new pictures. ;) Of whatever, doesn't matter, I just love your photography! Congratulations!

[chocolatepuppy]

CONGRATULATIONS! :D

[Karen]

Congratulations! Surely Nakita would cooperate with a celebration photoshoot? :)

She's so much more cooperative a model than a certain bunny I know ...

[Daisy and Delilah]

CONGRATULATIONS!!!! Great job and good for you! Keep those posts coming :)

[rosethecopycat]

Yeah for Kass & Nakita.

Come on baby, show us your baby greens. :p

[Uabassoon]

Congrats! Where are the celebratory Nakita pics?

[krazyaboutkatz]

Congrats!!!! :D Yes, we really need to see some new Nakita pictures. ;)

[Barbara]

Congrats Kass !!!!!!!!



and thankyou to beautiful Nakita who made it all possible :) :) :)

[Miss Z]

Yay! Keep them coming:D !!!

[Felicia's Mom]

Congrats! :) I agree, we need to see more pictures of beautiful Nakita. :)

[Russian Blue]

Now, you have to regale us with some new pictures. ;) Of whatever, doesn't matter, I just love your photography! Congratulations!

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Thanks! You do know that the worst thing you can do is ask me to show some of my pics?! Are you sitting down...better get a coffee. :p ;)

Here are some of my favourites. They are much better in original size, but you'll get the idea. I love macro, black and white, and nature photography. I will be taking some photography courses this spring and will hopefully develop my skill at that time. The following were all taken at my cottage.

In my humble opinion, dragonflies are amazing. It took a very long time to take this picturebecause it kept flying around every time I approached it. Once I saw the picture I realized the dragonfly had a deformed leg (you can see it hanging down beside its body):
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v86/syyren/HalfDragonBWCL1.jpg

I also love clovers and here it looks like they are life size. I played around with the desaturation aspect:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v86/syyren/PathofClovers1.jpg

I spent 40 minutes trying to get this picture. The spider kept hiding under the flower and didn't want to cooperate: ;)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v86/syyren/SpiderFlower1.jpg

My grandfather's old wooden rowboat that we recently restored:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v86/syyren/BWRedBoat1.jpg

My fiance's hand after I proposed to him. Of course I had to take a picture! ;)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v86/syyren/RobHand1.jpg

[Russian Blue]

And for those who requested them, pics of Nakita:

In this pic you can really see the blending of the blue and green aspects of her eyes. If you see Nakita face on, she has pure emerald coloured eyes. If you see her from the side, her eyes turn a blue-turquoise colour. Really neat! :)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v86/syyren/NakEye1.jpg

The contrast is nice in this picture:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v86/syyren/CurtainNak1.jpg

I love this one because it's usually so hard to get the picture of Nakita's whiskers. The light was reflecting off them when she was cleaning by the window one day.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v86/syyren/WhiskerWash1.jpg

Sitting pretty:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v86/syyren/BedEyes1.jpg

And the most recent one where I played around with desaturation and contrast:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v86/syyren/NakMousePana.jpg

;)

[Husky_mom]

WOW just WOW great pics, i would love to take pics like that really nice, and i might say your cat is one of THE breeds i LOVE the most and shes so pretty!!!

and congrats on your pillarhood!!! i look forward to seeing more pics, LOVED THEM!!! :D

[Karen]

Thank you! Lovely, lovely pictures, as always!

[gemini9961]

Congrats on pillarhood and HOLY yikes those pics are awesome. I have seen your pics before and am in awe everytime. You don't need many lessons, you are awesome now.

[BitsyNaceyDog]

Congratulations on your pillarhood!
You're pictures wonderful, I love them all. I especially like the one of your grandfather's boat.

[new mom to a veiled]

Congrats on pilliarhood............Your pics are AWESOME :)

[Vermontcat]

CONGRATS ON 1000 POSTS KASS!!!!!
I love the photos you posted, especially the ones of beautiful Nakita!
Give Nakita lots of hugs and kisses from me! :D

[captain]

Congrats!!! on pillarhood!

And

THANKS for the ever beautiful Nakita pics .............
AND
the other pics are pretty damn good too!!!! :D

[k9krazee]

AWESOME pics!!! I LOVE them all!!!!! :D :D Wow...

[joanofark]

Congrats! I just want to say your a great photographer!!!!! And your cat is just one of the most beautiful cats I have ever seen!:eek: :)

[Barbara]

Of course I love all of your photography- like that wonderful dragonfly- but little Nakita sneaks right into my heart :) I love that picture of the opale colour of her eyes! She IS special :)

[Pawsitive Thinking]

Stunning pictures! Wow!!

[anna_66]

CONGRATULATIONS on finally making pillar hood and of course sharing those wonderful photos with us. I love all of them, but the ones of Nikita have to be my favorite. I think she is the most beautiful model and of course I just L-O-V-E her gorgeous eyes!

I'll be looking forward to the next 1000:D

[jazzcat]

Congratulations and I love your pictures. I wish I had such a wonderful talent.

[Anita Cholaine]

Congratulations on pillarhood!!! :D

OMG, your photos are awesome! I loved seeing them, they are just gorgeous.
Nakita is such a beautiful cat, she has the most beautiful eyes... ;)

[Cataholic]

Kass, your photos, once again, are outstanding!!! At first, I was like, "boo hoo hoo...no Nakita"....THEN, the tears dried up. :D

Congrats on pillarhood.

[AlleyCat]

First, congratulations !!

Second, but not lastly, those photos are breathtaking! You're a wonderful photographer. And Nakita is just as breathtaking - aren't you lucky to have such a wonderful subject !!

[ramanth]

Congrats on Pillarhood! Your photos always take my breath away. :)

[Sonia59]

Congratulations on pillarhood!

And your photos are always fantastic. Keep on posting them ;)

How can't you get lost into Nakita's eyes :eek: :cool: ??? What a perfection this cat is (as every cat is :D )

[finn's mom]

Oh, my gosh...I don't know how I waited this long to look at your pictures. I'm the one who requested them, I got your pm...even went to the thread...i don't remember what tore me away from the computer at that moment, but, I never got to the pictures. But, now that I have scrolled through and found them, I can't view them. :( I know they're amazing...and, yeah, I definitely know what it is to ask a photographer to show pictures. I was prepared! :) I'm sorry I missed them, though.

[slleipnir]

I can't see them either :(

[finn's mom]

my goodness, you are an inspiration! i love photography, i don't even know what desaturation is, though...hahaha, and, i can never figure out how to make one thing have color in it. i guess i need to sit down and actually read the tutorials on the programs i have. i love the clovers one...and, the trio of nakita pictures playing with the mouse. i love them all, but, those are my favorites today. ;) thanks again for reposting them!