Richard’s Notes

Warren, Connecticut. So, could the Canon EF 180mm f/3.5 L macro lens be used as a general purpose telephoto? Yes.

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Oh, we so know this cat. Fantastic.

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Warren, Connecticut. Our wonderful old cat had her eighteenth birthday today. She’s quite arthritic and has a tough time getting around these days but she does have her moments and we do our best to keep her happy. The Kitty was born a month before I met Anne and has been with us through three [...]

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Dang, what a soft heart, this made me tear up.
[via David Darling]

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Warren, Connecticut. I have all kinds of mini-ceramic animals from years of buying Red Rose tea but this is the first cat I’ve gotten. I must say, the smug look is quite cat-like. Those Brits know their cats.

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Warren, Connecticut. I know, this is not a great image but I like it anyway. I was trying out Gary’s Canon EF 24mm f/1.4L USM lens and even though the light in the room made this a tough exposure (for me), it demonstrates what’s so interesting about shooting with a fast wide angle lens (subject [...]

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My friend Linda Potter sent me a news clipping about this cat, which, looks a heck of a lot like our 17 year old cat Kitty. They must share a longevity gene…

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Warren, Connecticut. Our seventeen year old cat, Kitty spends most of her time hiding these days but every now and then she comes out for a pet and the possibility of a photo op. She was a black cat at one time but has now turned very gray, just like her "parents" and one of [...]

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Every now and then Jim Lehrer (The NewsHour) interviews John F. Burns, the New York Times’ Baghdad bureau chief and I look forward to those interviews because Burns is fascinating both to hear and to see. I was surprised and delighted to read this more casual piece of his on cats in Baghdad: What [...]

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My flickr conact junku is releasing a book of pictures of his great Airborne cats photo collection. It’s on Amazon in Japan but hopefully will migrate to Amazon in other countries as well. Congratulations junku.

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Warren, Connecticut. Our cat, "The Kitty" turned 17 today and given what this cat has been through as a "professional cat" living to 17 is akin to one of us living to 100. Here’s the back story I wrote on The Kitty on her 16th birthday.
The Kitty has had arthritis for a few years and [...]

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Warren, Connecticut. Our 16 year old cat somehow made it up onto my desk and found my favorite pen (uni-ball vision elite) and proceeded to bat it around, messing up all of my important papers and walking across the computer’s keyboard a few times. Instead of picking her up and tossing her on the floor [...]

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Warren, Connecticut. Testing out a friend’s Canon 24-70 f/2.8 L. I’ve had and used one before but never on a 5D. Fun. The Kitty was a willing subject. Here she is scent rolling.
Posing.
Ecstasy.

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My wife Anne and I were standing in the doorway of my office, talking when I noticed the cat listening in around the corner. She knew we were talking about her and she looked up at my wife lovingly. I got a glare after taking this picture.

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Our arthritic cat was soaking up the sun on her stiff back when I distracted her from sleep with my camera. She’s blissfully out of it enough so that she’s not focused on being irritated, just semi-curious.

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Our cat Kitty curled up by the wood stove and when she woke up, well, she looked like this (face full of wood ash). Of course, she jumped up onto the table and took a bath on the new sweater Anne is knitting which will have the added “features” of cat hair and wood ash [...]

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From Faint Meows, a Frenzy Grows: “In Greenwich Village, the fate of a trapped cat named Molly captivated New York and much of America.”
(Via NYT > Business.)

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I really did not want to take this picture with my 85mm lens but how the heck am I supposed to get at my other lenses to get this shot?

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Anne’s younger daughter Bonnie was given this cat for her 15th birthday by her then boyfriend. The cat was one of a large litter and the owner was unsure about giving a kitten to a couple of kids. She called Anne who okayed it.
That was in May and by June I’d met Anne. That summer [...]

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Anne’s knitting, the Kitty is laying by the woodstove and I’m seeing if I can get back into the swing of taking pictures. Holding this 85mm f/1.2 lens is wearing me out. I think the Kitty’s got the right idea, time for a nap by the stove.
The Kitty loved her mouse enough I thought I’d [...]

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