nice cat xcel, it has a lovely DOF i guess it was shot with a macro? lestat, i like the way you have taken that image it's nice great pics everyone, keep up the good work!

i have been away from my camera for quite a while and haven't been active with shooting and visiting this thread. i feel i'm on a decline of interest to photography (was never serious in the first place though) so i decided to get myself a cheap speedlite (nissin) to get my feet wet again and to my surprise i find the results with the speedlite to be miles away better than with the pop-up flash i was saying to myself why i didn't get this in the first place! anyways, i hope i can be motivated again with photography

here's one test shot with my new nissin di866 + 45" brolly



7D, 55mm, F3.5, ISO 100, 1/40