I went back to 2010 to find photos of Rosencrantz playing in the snow, and Guildenstern and Diné pussyfooting around in it… http://photos.tandlphotos.com/blog/2016/10/hospital-day-twenty-white-counts-gone-wild
Tag: Diné
Cat Four Friday
Comic Relief
More funnies at http://photos.tandlphotos.com/blog/2016/3/comic-relief
Of Dogs and Doppelgängers
Boxed and Sacked
Photos of annoyingly cute kitties: http://photos.tandlphotos.com/blog/2015/9/boxed-and-sacked
The Week: April 20th — 26th
Photo of the Day, Etc for the week of April 20th — April 26th:
April 20th: Betty Boop — http://photos.tandlphotos.com/blog/2015/4/betty-boop
April 21st: Annoying cute kitty photos — http://photos.tandlphotos.com/blog/2015/4/kitties-cute-abstract-and-otherwise
April 22nd: A very large tank — http://photos.tandlphotos.com/blog/2015/4/25k-gallons
April 23rd: First and last — http://photos.tandlphotos.com/blog/2015/4/first-and-last-blooms
April 24th: Seizures — http://photos.tandlphotos.com/blog/2015/4/seizures
April 25th: Pretty pinks — http://photos.tandlphotos.com/blog/2015/4/shades-of-pink
April 26th: Even more annoying cat photos — http://photos.tandlphotos.com/blog/2015/4/crazy-cute-kitties
A Furry & Feathery Merry Christmas
I photographed all the animals Christmas Eve, trying to get them to have a “Merry Christmas” look about them. The birds and Spunk were more than willing participants, Diné was okay with it as long as she didn’t have to get off the heater vent under the bed, but Rosencrantz and Guldenstern took quite a bit of coaxing. Blue, the Boa, opted out because she is getting ready to shed — she has milky-blue eyes and she’s a bit cranky — it’s best to leave a 7 foot long boa constrictor alone when she doesn’t want to be photographed.
Stumped
After getting “logged in” the other day, Mama Max got stumped today. Guildenstern is feeling better as you can see by his kingly pose, and Diné was looking at him like “Who do you think you are?” Rosencrantz was hacking up a hairball a few yards to the east of Diné when I did these shots. Rosencrantz is quite a hacker when it comes to producing projectile hairballs, but I figured I’d spare you the action.
Broken Lens Breakdown
Along with the Canon F-1, I ended up with three lenses: a Canon EF 35-105mm (digital), a Canon EF 35-80mm with macro (digital) and a Canon FD 135mm (film). The lenses were described as “For parts or not working…” I dinked around with each lens — cleaned up contacts, loosened up things that seemed to tight, tightened up parts that seem too loose, cleaned the elements the best I could, and then I tried them out. I tested the 35-105mm and 35-80mm on a Canon 5D and a Canon 1Ds (both full frame digital bodies), and the 135mm on the Canon F-1 (35mm film body). There are two photos produced with each lens in this series. I believe I got the broken lenses working pretty well — can you guess which lens was used to produce each photo? “If you can’t be handsome, at least be handy” and produce beautiful photos!
Cattywampus
Roscrantz was laying between my legs about 3:30 am when Diné attacked him, and a cattywampus ensued as they fought, tumbled and wamped each other on my legs before Diné jumped off the bed with Rosencrantz in hot pursuit. A few minutes later Diné returned to triumphantly claim the spot between my legs where Rosencrantz had been before their cattywampus. Rosencrantz made his rounds, came back in, walked up on my chest and gave me a security report before he snuggled inbetween Laurie and me. I got up early, so Diné and Rosencrantz, still worn out from their early morning tussle, dragged themselves to my spot and continued to snooze. Guildenstern seemed a little mystified that I was getting up after all that ruckus in the wee hours of the morning. Meanwhile Mama Manx caught the first rays of the sunrise in the catio.
Off Center & Not Even 