I've got my eye on you...

[John Allen]

One of the first photos I took with the Tokina 100mm macro lens I bought a few months ago. Casper proved to be very cooperative. It's a great lens. It's a shame it doesn't get more use. This was shot using the room lights, so I had to use a wider aperture hence the really shallow dof.

 

[Pete Askew]

Very effective though and gorgeous textures and colours in the iris.

 

[John Allen]

Thanks, Pete. I'm still surprised she let me get so close with that lens.

 

[Rob MacKillop]

Absolutely gorgeous. Beautiful shot. Well done.

 

[Ivar Dahl-Larsen]

The two ones up ahead said it. Very good, she must like you. Do you give her milk?

 

[John Allen]

Thanks, guys. No, Ivar, no milk. All they get is dry cat food and a bit of catnip now and then. Her and her sister, the runt of the litter, were born in this house and have never been outdoors. Their mother was a stray we took in during a brutal cold spell two years ago. We didn't discover she was pregnant until she'd been here for a while. After the kittens were weaned, she got outside and we never saw her again. We gave away four kittens and kept two. I've grown to like them even though I am a dog person and have never really liked cats.