Challenge: Shelf/Shelves II (Standard Editing)
Collection: Portfolio
Camera: Sony Alpha a1
Lens: Sony FE 70-200mm f/2.8 GM OSS II
Date: Nov 5, 2026
Aperture: 7.1
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/200
Date Uploaded: Nov 4, 2026
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[Nov. 12th, 2026 05:18:09 PM]
I know -- it's a cat photo. But this is something I've been wanting to do for the last three years. The reason being this one:
Since I started doing art shows about 6 years ago (I do ~6 in the spring and ~6 in the fall), that was my best selling piece.
But it needs to be replaced. People love the cats, and the love books. Also, the stuff mouse is "Dangerous Beans" from a Terry Pratchett book. And I wanted to do a few more cat and mouse shots.
Anyway, this was the idea I had to replace The Scholar. I don't think it has the same appeal. But I'll put it out this spring, anyway, and see what happens.
Here are a few outtakes:
I really liked this one, but I hadn't bought oil for the lamp yet. :(
Ah yes, speaking of lamp oil! It's such a tiny oil lamp, I didn't know where it was functional, but there was a used wick in it, so I figure, why not?
It works!!
Holy crap, it gets really hot above that chimney! And it's in a wood bookcase.
Oh yes, it's a lawyers bookcase, so those knobs you see? They are attached to glass front panels that you can lower down in front of the books.
That glass heats up really quickly!
In order to not crack the glass, or set the house on fire, I needed to light the lamp, put it in place, quickly shove Cassie onto a shelf, hope she does something interesting within 2-4 minutes, madly scrunch interesting sounding cat toys to get her attention, remove the oil lamp, let everything cool down, and try again.
Thanks for the comments!
Edited to add: There's a first edition Winnie-the-Pooh in this shot in honor of his 100th bday. (Meggie and Brian bought it for me in England! |
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