FURgie

2years, three month old FURgie

2010-05-21T10:56:00.000-07:00

We bought a house in Rockville, MD. FURgie loves running up and down the stairs and now the deck, but just lazing around on it. She cries to go out to enjoy the scents, sounds and sun. Still toting a Nikon D40 but with the 18-200 Nikon VR lens and this picture of FURgie the cat enjoying the outdoors was snapped with that camera-lens combo. Maybe she likes tomato and pepper plants or...pot(s)! We are happy that FURgie is happy. From homeless, abandoned kitten to 2 years, 3 months old cat with her own deck with an attached house. There is also a squirrel that taunts her by coming to a window that faces the deck behind which FURgie is planted to stare outside. It comes right up to her face and she concentrates so goes nuts. I hope she doesn't find out that there is a bunny living under our sunroom!

FURgie update

2008-12-22T18:30:00.000-08:00

I haven't had the time to update FURgie's blog for a while now, but here is a more recent photo of FURgie (cell phone photo, not D40).....sleeping. She now lives in the Washington DC area in a bigger apartment and has her own bedroom and bathroom. What a little princess!

FURgie the fox

2008-08-27T10:04:00.000-07:00

FURgie frequently looks like other animals. This day she resembled a fox...a sleeping fox who heard the shutter of my D40. So she woke up and kept an eye on me.

Man on TV uses FURgie's tail as microphone!

2008-08-25T11:21:00.000-07:00

FURgie is a clown.

FURgie the cat imitates a Meerkat

2008-08-10T15:49:00.000-07:00

Look into my eyes....look into my eyes....give me treats. Treats. Oh...and fingers to bite too. Yesss, fingerrsss...

FURgie-FU

2008-08-08T15:42:00.000-07:00

Kung-Fu cat! Hiiiiyyyyaaaaaaaa!!

FURgie the lioness

2008-08-07T10:55:00.000-07:00

Today she looks like a lioness.

FURgie takes a sheet

2008-08-06T16:39:00.000-07:00

FURgie likes to roll around and hug bed sheets, when she is not busy kneeding an licking them!

FURgie is so cute and sleepy again...

2008-07-21T13:12:00.000-07:00

She fell asleep bracing against my leg, but I moved so that her mamma (my wife) could take this shot. The wife is getting really good with this photography stuff. Check out her blog.

Kitten likes grass

2008-07-19T15:20:00.000-07:00

We read that cats eat grass to help with digestion, and since no grass grows in our apartment, I bought some. FURgie really liked it and would even push her whole face into it! I just hope she sticks to eating it and not try to smoke the thing...the smoke detector is really annoying! Also realized that my previous series of photos really sucked!

Part 5: Finally - FURgie licker of condensation!

2008-07-14T13:34:00.000-07:00

After a long time (the entertainment value of sitting around with a camera waiting for her to do something was quickly diminishing) of checking out the situation from every angle and not surprisingly getting slightly distracted, FURgie the inquisitive decided that she wanted to lick the condensation on the outside of the glass instead of putting her furry head into the glass to drink Coke (she's done that with water already). Now no condensation coated glass is safe in FURgie's presence. Look at those eyes! She is a bit more orange in this photo that her actual color. I think I really have to stick to one setting for the D40 and the SB400 flash when I am taking sequential shots.

Part 4: FURgie checks it out from down low

2008-07-13T12:31:00.000-07:00

FURgie remembered the Coke, checked it out from a different angle and started sniffing the Coke. What terrible habbits this kitten is developing! I now have a problem. I have been playing with the Nikon SB400 flash, the Nikon D40 settings and Nikon D-lighting using both the D40's built in D-lighting and also Nikon's Capture NX 2 software D-lighting applied to my RAW images and have been getting some varied results. To see what I mean, look at the other images in this series:
Part 1
Part 2
Part 3

Part 3: FURgie checks it out from another angle

2008-07-06T10:55:00.000-07:00

There was a momentary distraction (the internet is so compelling for FURges) then this little 12 month old kitten remembered the Coke! But before making her move she checks it out from another angle!
Part 1
Part 2

Part 2: FURgie is temporarily distracted from the glass of Coke...

2008-07-03T08:00:00.000-07:00

FURgie the kitten gets temporarily distracted from my glass of Coke by an apparent incoming comment on her laptop by an anonymous poster on her blog! Kittens make great multi-taskers.

Part 1: Hmmmm...whatever will I do with this glass of Coke?!

2008-07-02T10:26:00.000-07:00

All of that typing and TV watching makes little FURgie really thirsty! FURgie watched it for a while from every angle as she plotted her next move with my glass of Coke (and for FURgie, the glass is always full). This sequence of shots is hilarious, so stay tuned!

Mine, all mine!

2008-06-27T18:41:00.000-07:00

FURgie owns LCD TV's, KEF's, leather table, scratches on leather table, orange and green ball-feather things, lots of fur, crappy photos of herself, the people that live in the apartment with her....

Aaarggghhh first I eat your finger, then your hand!

2008-06-26T10:24:00.001-07:00

This little kitty ate my hand with sharp little teeth. Nuff said.

FURgie's professional kitten pose complete with background!

2008-06-23T17:21:00.000-07:00

This little kitten is really photogenic, sometimes, but those times are great. We've only had her for about two weeks and already she has grown a lot. The SB100 flash worked perfectly by bouncing off of the ceiling. Also the exposure compensation on the Nikon D40 had to be increased.

Kitten falls asleep again

2008-06-21T17:28:00.000-07:00

FURgie the kitten falls asleep again and this is proof that it happens however and wherever she wants, again and again. Also found out that I can only get about 300 shots with the Nikon SB400 external flash before the 2 AA batteries are discharged. Before the batteries died completely, I noticed that the red light on the back of the flash was blinking and most photos were dark even though the flash flashed (low power flash).

Kitten gets comfortable with a paw over paw move

2008-06-19T16:48:00.000-07:00

She is really photogenic. I am starting to think she knows what I am doing when I am photographing her.

This little kitten sleeps anywhere and everywhere

2008-06-17T11:43:00.000-07:00

ZZZZZZZZ.... FURgie is so comfortable with us and our apartment that she falls asleep wherever she wants!

FURgie does a Clint Eastwood impression

2008-06-17T11:24:00.000-07:00

The combination of FURgie's little squint and mustache looks hilarious. I'm really liking what Nikon's SB400 flash can do. So far it seems like a really powerful flash for indoor shooting.

FURgie the inquisitive

2008-06-16T18:30:00.001-07:00

This photo really shows how fluffy FURgie is and the kitten's unique colour patterning, peach(!) with gray. She was busy looking at the D40's external Nikon SB400 flash.

FURgie the kitten poses for the Nikon D40 SLR

2008-06-16T18:29:00.001-07:00

FURgie is surprisingly photogenic and seemed to want to pose for the SLR!

FURgie learns to climb

2008-06-16T18:16:00.000-07:00

The little kitten FURgie learned to climbed her scratching post on the second day home but was afraid to get down. The Nikon D40 shutter may have surprised her just a little.