In the 8th grade I learned something valuable. In the middle of band class, the director began talking to a particular section about a specific action to clarify their sound, referring to it as “as if you were about to yawn.” Then it began. The first yawn. One thing led to another, and I was stifling my own in the front row.
(Damn flutes.)
Yawning is, definitely, contagious – a thing you can pass from one person to the next. Scientifically, it’s actually been proven to be connected to empathy – by watching someone else yawn, you naturally feel the urge to do the same.
Truth be told, Zora is really predictable when it comes to her yawn patterns. She’ll wake up. She’ll stretch. She’ll yawn. Talo will strut around a bit before he decides to give in to the cat-yawn, so it’s a lot harder to grab a photo of.
That said, it’s more or less impossible not to yawn when working around the critters who sleep for 2/3rds of their lives.
Details of the shoot:
Camera model: Nikon D90
F-stop: f/2.8
Exposure time: 1/30 sec
Focal length: 67mm
Mode: Auto, no flash
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