Today we took the gang outside after we barbecued. Jonah was enjoying the fresh air!
Micky was just itching to use his pet’s eye view camera for the first time in long while…
Mamacita Fionna got to watch from her cat tent. She was happy to be outside too.
I’m thrilled that the spearmint that grows wild in our yard has grown out of control just in time for summertime mojiitos!
Micky was taking his job a little too seriously insisting that he needed to head for higher ground in order to get a better perspective for photographs! Mommy said “no”
Here are some of the Micky’s best shots of the day…
Micky’s perspective when he’s crawling in the bushes.
Micky sees the bright sunshine setting.
That’s the bistro table that no one ever sits at…
Oh no, mommy’s coming… see her foot?
This is the living room after mommy brought Micky back inside but before Micky upchucked from eating too much grass…
And finally this is Micky’s photo of Jonah. They were watching daddy try to get Fionna back in the house. She really wasn’t cooperating very well.
We took all 3 cats outside for a little while this weekend. I hooked the camera up to Micky this time. (I call him our
little photo journalist) He seems to have found a possible new career!
Jonah got to go out too…
And so did Fionna but Fionna has to stay in the cat tent. I’ll hook the camera up to her next time so we can get some
from inside the tent shots.
Here are a few of the photos Micky took… some plants and flowers….
The sky… I have no idea how he achieved the cool fish eye affect on this one!
An abstract shot… this is a stucco wall.
This is a creepy atmospheric shot of the walkway to the frontyard (AKA- FREEDOM) if they could just get around this fence somehow…
Here is a photo he took of Jonah (blob on the left side) and myself. He managed to take inches off my thighs with his magic camera!
This photo wasn’t taken outside but it’s a very artsy shot of the heel of my shoe that he took when he came back inside the house.
I first learned about pet cameras last year and I’ve been
itching to get a camera for my gang but the initial prototypes were a bit expensive and the reviews on them were mixed in terms of durability and usability. Recently they’ve improved the design and the prices have come down quite a bit too. It was the perfect time to buy one for our gang just in time for summer and weekends outside!
Our
Pet’s Eye View Camera arrived Tuesday! I purchased it on Amazon and it took a mere 4 days to arrive with free shipping (I bought it along with a book) The key features of the camera are:
- Ultra compact durable digital camera
- Water resistant, ABS housing
- 640×480 resolution for 4″x6″ prints
- Internal memory stores over 40 photos
- Rechargeable battery can operate for up to 20 hours
- Auto interval timer (1, 5 or 15 minutes)
- Download photos to both PCs and MACs without installation of any software just a USB cable (included)
Right away I noticed how lightweight the camera is. I was concerned about how bulky and cumbersome it would be, but not so! The camera weighs a mere 1.2 oz., is 2″ in diameter and 0.5″ thick. Micky was the first one to test the camera out. Micky wears the camera no problem and takes the most interesting photos. (so far) Fionna was next. Fionna wears it with minimal fussing but her photos are not as interesting as she doesn’t move around very much. The photos depend on how exciting a life you cat leads. I put the camera on Micky in the afternoon when he’s Mister Fussypants. Jonah wore the camera last and surprisingly he disliked wearing the camera the most of the three cats however he’s gotten more used to it over the past day.
I have to admit I’ve been having quite a bit of fun with the camera! It works best in bright daylight because it doesn’t have any kind of flash. Here are some of the more memorable shots so far…
Micky took this photo of their favorite tree. It’s a 300 year old California Oak.
This is a photo of the living room taken by Fionna. She managed to get Jonah’s butt in the shot too.
We took Jonah outside for just a few minutes and he took this shot. I plan to experiment with more outdoor shots this weekend.
Micky captured this interesting action shot of ME! If you look closely you’ll see my legs and my bare foot.
Finally this is a shot that Micky took while watching TV on the floor under the coffee table. Pretty cool huh?
One thing I notice is how frustrating it must be for pets to be so low to the ground. I can understand why they’re always trying to climb on top of things to make them higher. We must seem like giants to them and after editing all the boring shots — I’m not sure if they find life boring or not always staring at the walls and the floor so much…. It’s a very interesting perspective for a change… more photos to come once we have more time with the cats outside.
