Camera Shy!

[Mad Mags Moo]

This is a fab photo - how on earth did you get wee puss to do this?????

[Catlady711]

This is a fab photo - how on earth did you get wee puss to do this?????

Timing, camera lag, a predictable cat, and a bit of luck....

I was trying to just get her to sit and look near the camera by waving a feather toy, however Sabrina prefered jumping up to grab the toy time after time. After a frustrating few minutes, I decided to just try getting a shot of her jumping. I had the camera in one hand, the feather toy in the other. I let the feather toy get down to where she'd jump for it and just as she reached up for it I pressed the shutter button and pulled the feather back out of the picture. My digital camera has a 'lag time' that has some great results if I use it right. With the 'lag', the result was a picture of her grabbing at the toy that is no longer there, however without seeing the toy it looks like she's praying! lol I got lucky that this was only the second shot and it came out perfect. The first shot was a fraction of a second too soon and she didn't have her paws up yet.

I probably couldn't duplicate this shot without a few dozen misses first.