Don,
JRW. Is it my imagination, or is there a shadow on that picture.
Not your imagination at all. Look at the left and lower edges of the subject matter (cat and hunter). In particular...the lower & left edges of the front paws, the cat' s forehead, and the left edges of the hunter. Notice those shadows appear against the garage door and not the hunter' s body? That' s because there' s more distance between the cat and the door than there is from the cat to the hunter.
Simple answer...camera flash. The flash and lense are not in the same line. The flash on a camera is usually above and to one side of the lense. This causes border shadows opposite the flash. If the flash is to the right of the lense, the border shadows will be on the left, above the lense and they will be below, and so on. Photography 101.
If you' ll look at the photo I posted of the deer, you' ll see the same thing on the bow' s riser from the grip to the base of the upper limb...the back of the buck' s neck below its ear, and even along the top edges of the deer' s upper legs.
It ain' t rocket science...it' s just the way a camera flash works.
