whatcha lookin' at?

The same cat from a couple of posts ago. Still hanging around and causing no small amount of grief to my cats.

By the way, I have an announcement to make. I will be gone for about two weeks as I go for the Umrah in Saudi Arabia starting from the 19th of this month and coming back on the 2nd of July. InsyaAllah. So there may or may not be updates in the meantime and probably a few days more after I come back. We'll see how things turn out.

who are you?

One of my cats (the white one) inspects a male newcomer.

I was bored the day I shot this so I decided to take out my uncle's old lens, the Nikkor AF-D 28-80mm f/3.5-5.6 from the film days, fixed it on my D80, and just walked around the house looking for things to shoot.

As it is, a couple of male cats from who-knows-where have been hanging around my home lately (and getting into frequent fights with my cats.. territorial dispute I'd guess), and the grey cat in the photo above is the less shy and less aggressive of the two (unwanted) visitors.

Needless to say, I'm pretty impressed by what this old lens can do, granted the lighting was really good at the time and I did sharpen the picture a bit; but only a bit mind you, even less than what I usually apply.

Well the bokeh isn't exactly creamy, I know. It's not exactly a wide aperture lens and this was shot at f/6.3 anyhow. But for such an old lens -and a cheap-o one at that- it sure offers a pretty good performance.

Hm, this has turned into a mini lens review hasn't it?

contemplation

Just a random cat I found at Serasa beach. Quite cooperative too.

the competition

As I said in my previous post, one of my cats is in heat and this is another would-be mate competing with the yellow striped cat. I gotta say I like this one because of the fine long whiskers, but the other one would produce a nice litter of striped kittens.

There's actually another cat lurking around, almost all white. I haven't managed to come across him on a good day or appropriate time to take some shots of him yet, however. Maybe one of these days...

mini tiger

One of my female cats is apparently in heat and this male cat from one of my neighbors is looking to mate with her.

Anyway, apparently I can't keep away from my camera for too long once I don't have anything to occupy myself with. I just took this photo this morning. Heh.

yet another cat portrait

Okay, so I like taking pictures of my cats. I'd take pictures of other cats too but I don't come across them as often as I do my own cats.

trapped

Once in a while, you will find yourself feeling like this little baby mouse, weak and defenseless. What will you do then?

behind bars

I came across this cat while I was walking about the Sengkurong commercial area. It seemed to like that spot for some reason because it was still there when I returned to its general area.

submission

blue

How's the post-processing done on this pic? Like it? No?

food stalker part II

EDIT: I posted up this pic earlier without saying a word. Just wanted to point a link to food stalker part I. The post can be found here.

food stalker

We were on a visit to Taman Mini Indonesia Indah back then, and while there we also had a picnic. As cats are wont to do, this one comes along and starts to sniff around and beg for food. I gave it food on the one condition that it allowed me to shoot some photos. The cat agreed and both parties were satisfied.

orphaned

These four little kittens just lost their mother today due to a serious illness. Here's to hoping I can take care of them well enough until they can better take care of themselves.

feeling sleepy

Here I am again, posting this in the wee hours of the morning when everyone, including me, should be sleeping. Having nothing to do all day for the past few months really screwed up my sleep patterns.

About the photo:
This cat belongs to my cousins and I took the pic while I was on a visit to their house. I'm not really sure if it's actually their cat or their neighbour's cat which just happens to like dropping by and hanging around for food. Anyway, I've warmed up the picture a bit to give it that golden feel overall. It was taken in the shade one late afternoon and the afternoon sun kinda helped me in that respect with the background too.