{"id":5579,"date":"2024-01-30T15:38:00","date_gmt":"2024-01-30T20:38:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/torch.cci.fsu.edu\/~lis5313\/?p=5579"},"modified":"2024-01-30T18:26:09","modified_gmt":"2024-01-30T23:26:09","slug":"cooking-with-copperfield","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/torch.cci.fsu.edu\/~lis5313\/index.php\/2024\/01\/30\/cooking-with-copperfield\/","title":{"rendered":"Cooking with Copperfield"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I’ve always had pets. I honestly can’t remember a single moment of my life when there were not furry, four-legged children running around my home. Since I’ve moved into apartments and other rentals, though, I’ve only had cats — and it has been a parade of unique individuals ever since. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Of the three I have right now, it’s definitely the baby, Copperfield, who takes the cake the most unique. He’s named for the magician David Copperfield for his tendency to completely disappear, but it’s one of his other penchants that’s the subject of today’s image:<\/p>\n\n\n

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Cooking with Copperfield, by Katherine Stanford<\/em>
Public Domain for Katherine Stanford
Photo taken May 17, 2023<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

This is a photo I took of Copperfield while I was preparing to cook dinner late one evening (as you can see by the clock on the stove). Copperfield fancies himself a bit of a sous chef<\/em> — and I’m not one to disabuse him of that notion, so he gets to sit on the side cabinet while I explain him everything that goes into the pot and each step that I’m taking next. As long as I don’t use any burner but the one the pot is currently on in the picture, it is a perfect working relationship. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Even in this photograph, though, he’s still a bit of a blur, though, because he’s never fully still.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I had about eight photographs that I was trying to choose from before I selected this one. From its original form:<\/p>\n\n\n

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Cooking with Copperfield Dangermouse, Original Image Unedited, by Katherine Stanford <\/em>
Public Domain for Katherine Stanford
Photo taken May 17, 2023<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

I had about eight photographs that I was trying to choose from before I selected this one. From its original form, I tightened the image, trimming it down to focus just on Copperfield and his laser tight attention on the stove. I also paid attention to the Rule of Thirds, bringing one point up to his eye. Likewise, I also gave him plenty of room to move across the screen.

Granted, if this were the real kitten, he would be more apt to run the other direction, but the way he’s focused, you would never know it!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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