I missed writing up my Caturday post, but decided to make up for it with this post the following Sunday. Danï, for reasons only known to a cat, decided to come visit me while I was sitting at the kitchen table. She used me as a human ladder to move from the floor to the table top where she could be close. Danï could have just as easily leapt from the floor directly onto the table as I’ve watched her do countless times, but for that one moment I suppose she felt she could combine a quick direct visit with her travels up to the tabletop.

This photo was taken with my iPhone 11 and portrait mode. I wanted to play around a bit with it, especially the bokeh filter. Oh, you didn’t know about the bokeh filter? If you go into edit mode on your iPhone with iOS 17, you have the ability to change the simulated f-stop. I, in effect, closed down the simulated f-stop two stops to theoretically increase the area in focus, in the process sharpening up the out-of-focus background, but not so much that the background snaps into focus. The change in f-stop on the iPhone changes the in-focus areas only, not the exposure.

This second photo is Danï sitting regally with her polydactyl fore paws out for all to see. She’s proud of all those extra toe beans. And it’s just a regular photo with nearly infinite depth of field.