# I finally got some good pictures of my kitten! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 19, 2010, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-finally-got-some-good-pictures-of-my-kitten/525561 "2010-01-19T15:28:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![singular1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ba9def/32.png) [@singular1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/singular1)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2010, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-finally-got-some-good-pictures-of-my-kitten/525561/1 "2010-01-19T15:28:18Z")
Way back on Thanksgiving we adopted a kitten from our local animal shelter, just two weeks before the shelter shut down. She was a 12 week old black kitten that lived only to be held and loved, [which is exactly what I needed in my life.](http://boardstest.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=519185&highlight=kitten+breaking) Her name is Emma, because of her Emmarold-green eyes.😛 She gets along great with Lily and Otto, and has brought great joy to the singular household. The only problem is getting a good picture of her - I never knew how hard it is to get a good picture of a black cat! [Here’s my little beauty](http://www.flickr.com/photos/34655299@N07/)!🆒 She is such a trip - endless energy, followed by sudden collapse on whoever is closest to cuddle with, be it man or reluctant beast. She’s energized the other pets, too - their supercharged play is a delight! I’m especially fond of when she catches a glimpse of me across the room and suddenly bounds over to me and up on my lap, nose-to-nose, her eyes locked on mine the whole time. She brings the sqees! ---
**Author:** ![Hanna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b3f665/32.png) [@Hanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hanna)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2010, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-finally-got-some-good-pictures-of-my-kitten/525561/2 "2010-01-19T15:36:25Z")
She’s a doll! You have some good Lol cat material right there. ---
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2010, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-finally-got-some-good-pictures-of-my-kitten/525561/3 "2010-01-19T15:39:45Z")
Awwwwwwwwww! I love that one pose, she looks like a supermodel. The one with the dog is sweet, you should lolcat that one, something like “if goggie tells anyone about this I’ll kill it”. Thanks for adopting a black kitty, they suffer from prejudice and don’t get adopted as much but most black kitties I have met are sweeties. I have one I brought home to foster as a tiny fluff ball who ended up staying with me, he likes Eskimo kisses, meows like a little kitten and is now my largest (not fat) cat. I tried taking pictures when he was tiny and it just looks like a black smudge or dustball, you can’t make out any eyes or nose. ---
**Author:** ![Grey\_Tama](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/49beb7/32.png) [@Grey\_Tama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grey_Tama)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2010, 9:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-finally-got-some-good-pictures-of-my-kitten/525561/4 "2010-01-20T09:38:06Z")
Aww, how cute. She looks a lot like our shelter-rescued [acrobat](http://www.flickr.com/photos/greytama/4206889212/) did in her youth. ---
**Author:** ![EvilTOJ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee59a6/32.png) [@EvilTOJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EvilTOJ)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2010, 11:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-finally-got-some-good-pictures-of-my-kitten/525561/5 "2010-01-20T11:00:56Z")
It’s hard to take pictures of black cats. Sometimes you just gotta wait until they’re [comfortable](http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_-Os_x6gZg30/SctGrTd-D5I/AAAAAAAAAH4/tXfwF2D9a0g/s1600-h/comfy+I+has+it.jpg). ---
**Author:** ![Horatius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/horatius/32/3572_2.png) [@Horatius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatius)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2010, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-finally-got-some-good-pictures-of-my-kitten/525561/6 "2010-01-20T19:50:46Z")
> [@singular1](#): > > I never knew how hard it is to get a good picture of a black cat! [Here’s my little beauty](http://www.flickr.com/photos/34655299@N07/)!🆒 I know the feeling! I’ve had a couple of black cats the last few years. Their details tend to fade into the background, unless you get the lighting just right… [![Imgur](https://live.staticflickr.com/2685/4218354501_f060831ea3_b.jpg "Dec. 27, 2009 025") ](https://www.flickr.com/photos/27443167@N00/4218354501/in/set-72157622698349072/) ---
**Author:** ![Markxxx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5daacb/32.png) [@Markxxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Markxxx)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2010, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-finally-got-some-good-pictures-of-my-kitten/525561/7 "2010-01-20T21:30:19Z")
1…2…3…All together now Awwwwwww 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2010, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-finally-got-some-good-pictures-of-my-kitten/525561/8 "2010-01-20T22:22:40Z")
She’s sweet. Congratulations. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Yorikke](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yorikke/32/4335_2.png) [@Yorikke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yorikke)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2010, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-finally-got-some-good-pictures-of-my-kitten/525561/9 "2010-01-21T00:28:41Z")
Wow, what a cutie! Joe ---
**Author:** ![joyfool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df788c/32.png) [@joyfool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joyfool)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2010, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-finally-got-some-good-pictures-of-my-kitten/525561/10 "2010-01-21T00:48:37Z")
I have a black kitty and if he’s any example, they are all so sweet. And yours is no exception. What a lovely little black beauty! ---
**Author:** ![movingfinger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@movingfinger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/movingfinger)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2010, 5:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-finally-got-some-good-pictures-of-my-kitten/525561/11 "2010-01-21T05:44:22Z")
What a cute little fuzzmeister! The best time to photograph black cats is when they are relaxing in the sun and their fur looks like a lovely chocolate brown color, especially the tummies. ---
**Author:** ![singular1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ba9def/32.png) [@singular1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/singular1)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2010, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-finally-got-some-good-pictures-of-my-kitten/525561/12 "2010-01-21T18:28:03Z")
Thanks, folks! I do want to catch her napping in the sun, but catching her sleeping is rare - she seems to sleep while I’m at work or she sleeps with me, but I’ll keep it up. I did get one shot of her when she was doing the runrightupyourlegtoyourchestwhilelockingeyes bit, catching her in closeup and heavily flashed, and I was surprised that her fur did look chocolate brown with darker brown tabby stripes underneath. There’s beautiful black kittehs here at the Dope! I’m glad to join the club - she does seem to be just about the sweetest kitteh evar!