Just lucky...I got a nice exposure using the on-camera flash (red-eye setting) to fill in the front of the back-lit cat by the window. He's 17 years old now, and doesn't hop up on the chair quite so often, but does like to sleep in the sun.
No longer middle aged, and no longer taking pictures every day....but cannot quit yet.
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Middle, middle. Middle-aged, middle America. I just like taking...