Takeoff: The Beginning of a Journey
by Catbird

Comment by Matthew:
Great pic. Love the wing blur. Clever that you managed to get the background totally white. Would colour have added something with a parrot? Maybe not enough "beginning" without the title.

Takeoff: The Beginning of a Journey
by Catbird

Comment by Nitin:
Depth of field is too shallow - the top wing of the parrot is not in focus

Takeoff: The Beginning of a Journey
by Catbird

Comment by Shannon:
very nice capture..why not color??

Takeoff: The Beginning of a Journey
by Catbird

Comment by love:
doesn't seem sharp enough

Nine Is Too Many If They're All This Boring (A Day in the Second Life of a Spoiled Cat)
by Catbird

Comment by totaldis:
heh, a stretch, but i like it.. i think a beige color would have worked better for this photo.

Nine Is Too Many If They're All This Boring (A Day in the Second Life of a Spoiled Cat)
by Catbird

Comment by ace flyman:
Interesting idea, keep catching myself going back and forth from the cat to the clock, hard to lock on to the image..............5

Nine Is Too Many If They're All This Boring (A Day in the Second Life of a Spoiled Cat)
by Catbird

Comment by SteveA Bass:
to staged

Nine Is Too Many If They're All This Boring (A Day in the Second Life of a Spoiled Cat)
by Catbird

Comment by audinut:
I love the expression on the cats face.

Nine Is Too Many If They're All This Boring (A Day in the Second Life of a Spoiled Cat)
by Catbird

Comment by w24x192:
I think this is Catbird's image - either way. I think there is too much dead space in this image...why couldn't the clock be closer to the cat? Also, there are image quality issues. It's hard to tell what the objects around the cat are supposed to be (I know that what the objects are doesn't really matter, but that can be distracting, all the same - it looks like a bunny, a tree and either some poop or a mouse, one). Of course this image was staged - it would have to be, and that's no big deal. The danger of staging is that when it's just slightly off, it shows quite explicitly.

Nine Is Too Many If They're All This Boring (A Day in the Second Life of a Spoiled Cat)
by Catbird

Comment by uberman1c:
Haha, yeah, I've got a spoiled cat too... kind of a weird shot, but I like it