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Ah, the beauty of littlerally walking around the housewith a camera in hand (like my own version of a security blanket). I was waiting for Nettie to get off the phone so I could pester her a bit as all good husbands are prone to do, and saw Rufus relaxing in his favorite spot in the hall.

This is not a studio shot, although I'm really happy with how it turned out. In fact, Rufus is sitting on a fuzzy white bath mat that we keep draped over an antique radio at the end of our hallway. Although we bought the mat and set it up as a cat perch, he's the only cat that can stand the feel of it. Fortunately for him it means he has a private little oasis. Fortunately for me it means I got a "studio" type setting without doing anything more than turning the flash to the ceiling.

Specs:
Camera: Nikon D200 with MB-D200 vertical grip
Lens: Sigma 24-70mm f2.8 (not macro) @about 70mm
Flash: Nikon SB-800, bounced
"Studio": fuzzy bath mat, antique radio and three almost-white walls
Time: From first shot to finished processing, about ten minutes
Image: Nikon NEF (RAW) file format, cropped slightly
Model: Rufus, aka Sockhead, aka WoofWoof
Photographer: Terribly longwinded this evening.