Monday's photograph (no painting today)

Photo taken in the early hours when I am half asleep. I was thinking at 2:37 am what shall I take a photo of today. I reached carefully and slowly for my phone, Popeye was lying under my chin. And I could see his white nose. If I have nightsight setting on my phone, as long as there is a pinprick of white or colour in a sea of black, nightsight will see more than I can with my naked eye at night. I can't move my body at all, because Popeye will move and he feels chilled out and relaxed and in a good position for a photo. 

But I couldn't do it, the phone screen just wouldn't find his nose however I gingerly angled the phone. So, then I took photos of other things. I was still barely moving, and only my right hand very gently (I was still hoping for some Popeye photos). There was the red dot of a switch turned on, and then a fan I had on, and then some white clouds in the night sky. They all made for intriguing photos.

I tried Popeye just one last time. This is my last shot I took. All I could see was a bit of the white of his nose, nothing else. I turned the camera round to self mode so I could see at least I got his nose. Then the Pixel did its magic with nightsight...

SUCCESS!!!!

This is exactly what the Pixel camera took! 

I am now going to have a cuppa and play with some digital software on the iPad with this to see what effects I can get. iPad has a bigger screen to work with!

The black and white stripes are my t shirt. This shot wouldn't have worked if I wore my usual coloured stuff. And it sort of looks like extensions of his whiskers :

I am pleased with this. I am not easily pleased with my finished work whatever it is.

As you can see Popeye has his eyes open. He is watching my face all night...
It is only when I get up for the day he then relaxes and goes into a very deep sleep.