Nice cat photos, Chris. Thanks for looking. Yes, cats are in a class by
themselves when it comes to personnality. We have watched this one cross
the street into the next block just before dark, but there are too many
bushes and fences to be able to keep an eye on it as it makes its way home.
Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA
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From: "Chris Crawford" <chris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Olympus Camera Discussion" <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, January 08, 2009 12:41 PM
Subject: Re: [OM] IMG: Backyard Visitor
> That's a pretty cat. Reminds me of one that hung around the neighborhood I
> lived in in Santa Fe. No one knew who owned him or where he lived, but he
> was healthy and fat, so he wasn't a stray. The people in the neighborhood
> called him Hitler. Yes, Hitler. The cat somewhat resembled the Nazi
> leader...lol He was a white cat with black on the top of his head and a
> black spot under his nose, like Hitler's moustache. He actually answered
> to
> the name, and we tried to get him to change names to something less, well,
> racist. He refused to answer to any other name! People out there had been
> calling him Hitler for years.
>
> http://www.chriscrawfordphoto.com/oliver/
>
> Here's photos of Hitler fighting with Oliver, a cat who belonged to the
> girl
> I was dating there.
>
>
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> Photography & Graphic Design
> Fort Wayne, Indiana
>
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> On 1/8/09 12:50 PM, "Jim Nichols" <jhnichols@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> This well-fed neighborhood cat visits our fenced back yard on most sunny
>> days.
>> We haven't determined where it lives. Today, for the first time, I was
>> able to
>> get it to approach me close enough for me to scratch its head. Still
>> spooky,
>> posing it was not an option. I blew some highlights, but got a useful
>> image.
>>
>> Oly E-510 with Super-Multi-Coated Takumar 50/1.4, ISO 100, shot RAW and
>> post-processed in Elements 6.0.
>>
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Backyard+Visitor.tif.html
>>
>> Comments and critiques welcomed.
>>
>> Jim Nichols
>> Tullahoma, TN USA
>
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