Free roaming neighborhood cats  by mcsiegle

Free roaming neighborhood cats

I love cats. I really do. But I don’t like having several neighborhood cats skulking around, staking out our bird feeders. I found this little woodpecker while I was shooting random things in the back yard. After taking one shot with the Portrait mode set to “Stage Lighting,” (see diptych posted to yesterday’s date) subsequent attempts to use the same settings and adjust the composition of the shot failed. The phone camera wouldn’t recognize enough difference between bird and background. So this is SOOC (phone)… Poor little thing, I buried it back in a corner of the yard next to where I put leaves and grass to theoretically eventually compost.
@randystreat A distressing subject, but I do like the added color of the bright red on his little head.
December 11th, 2023  
cats should never be allowed outside - they are invasive predators that are out of their original habitat. I love cats, but honestly the people owning them don't think past themselves
December 11th, 2023  
We have several detergents against cats entering our garden as they were taking out so many birds.
December 11th, 2023  
So sad when an innocent little bird comes to his demise , without any fault of his own !
December 11th, 2023  
Terrific capture of this poor thing. It really breaks my heart.
December 11th, 2023  
Oh, poor little bird
December 11th, 2023  
Such a sad shot.
December 11th, 2023  
Such a sad photo but well captured. For your Get Pushed challenge what do you think of festive shadows (or any shadows if you can't get any festive ones)? I hope you can return the favour by challenging me to something. Thanks.
December 11th, 2023  
Yes, cats are killers. Even that mild mannered house cat.
Challenge met. The photo is good without the additional effects noted in the diptych post.
December 12th, 2023  
@la_photographic Thanks. I’ll have to think of shadows and what I could do for “festive@ shadows. Stay tuned.
December 12th, 2023  
So sad to see a beautiful bird like this. I agree with you about cats. We have three and I HATE it when they catch and kill a bird.
December 13th, 2023  
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