Twenty years ago I took a photo of the family cat, Puss, and The National Geographic book, “The Photographs”. That’s the one featuring the striking portrait of Sharbat Gula on the front cover.
| Aperture | ƒ/2.8 |
| Camera | FinePix2800ZOOM |
| Focal length | 6mm |
| ISO | 100 |
| Shutter speed | 1/4s |
Just in time for #caturday and this photo from long ago of a cat helping themselves to the milk from a jug seemed appropriate.
| Aperture | ƒ/9 |
| Camera | Canon EOS 20D |
| Focal length | 200mm |
| ISO | 800 |
| Shutter speed | 1/400s |
It’s not every day you see a man walk by with a cat lying across his shoulder, but this day in Malaga I did.
He was squeezing some kind of paste on to his finger, which I presume may have been a treat for his cat. That cat was very interested in what he was doing!
| Aperture | ƒ/8 |
| Camera | ILCE-7M3 |
| Focal length | 24mm |
| ISO | 640 |
| Shutter speed | 1/500s |
I’m 99% certain I took a photo of this cat a few years ago and published it here but I cannot find it. The original photo was shot as we walked past at night and the cat was asleep in the window, just above the painting on the wall so it’s memorable. If I find it, I’ll link it here!
Dingle, July 2021.
Edit in September 2021, his name is Angel! Kieren Frost took a wonderful photo of him too.
| Aperture | ƒ/1.8 |
| Camera | SM-G998B |
| Focal length | 6.7mm |
| ISO | 50 |
| Shutter speed | 1/800s |
Fort Street, Cork. October 2014.
| Aperture | ƒ/8 |
| Camera | Canon EOS 6D |
| Focal length | 17mm |
| ISO | 320 |
| Shutter speed | 1/60s |
Hoppy, Blarney. 2013.
| Aperture | ƒ/4 |
| Camera | Canon EOS 6D |
| Focal length | 73mm |
| ISO | 12800 |
| Shutter speed | 1/20s |
| Aperture | ƒ/11 |
| Camera | Canon EOS 40D |
| Focal length | 21mm |
| ISO | 400 |
| Shutter speed | 1/250s |
One of my first RAW images.
| Aperture | ƒ/4 |
| Camera | Canon EOS 20D |
| Focal length | 18mm |
| ISO | 100 |
| Shutter speed | 1/640s |
A cat in a pub, in Amsterdam.
| Aperture | ƒ/3.5 |
| Camera | Canon EOS 40D |
| Focal length | 18mm |
| ISO | 400 |
| Shutter speed | 1/2.5s |
A white cat that lives at the top of Patrick’s Hill, taken very near to where this was taken many years before.
Lots more Life photos of Cork too. Many of recognisable locations.
| Aperture | ƒ/6.3 |
| Camera | Canon EOS 40D |
| Focal length | 200mm |
| ISO | 100 |
| Shutter speed | 1/125s |
This is Mother Cat. Matriarch of the local cats. Her litter of kittens are growing up and make a daily appearance in our garden. They’re all a little wild though. The kitten’s dad, Patches, was the polar opposite. He was friendly to us humans and loved to be rubbed and scratched behind the ear. He adored my wife, and even put up with Adam chasing him around!
Unfortunately he disappeared a few weeks ago, on the very day my wife bought antibiotics for a bad cut on his leg. A few days later a neighbour reported seeing his remains on the back road. A car must have hit him.
I think the cats noticed his disappearance. Or it could just be us projecting our human thoughts and feelings on a sad situation. The kitten in the background of this photo is the spitting image of Patches. He’s also the most friendly, even coming up to me and eating from my hand on occasion. What d’you think? Is he the tiny kitten I photographed last May? His colouring looks very similar!
Anyway, they’re well cared for. The mother cat has come up to our back door and meowed to be fed, only to call her offspring when food has been put out. It’s great to see it!
| Aperture | ƒ/5.6 |
| Camera | Canon EOS 40D |
| Focal length | 106mm |
| ISO | 800 |
| Shutter speed | 1/100s |
An (ancient?) Mini, one of the older British design, not the new fangled BMW ones that are as big as a Yaris, and of course a pussy cat watching me carefully.
This was shot near Shandon Bells after we braved the heights of the tower to shoot the City of Cork. Now take your minds out of the gutter. 🙂
I really must upload some of that day’s shoots to Pixie!
| Aperture | ƒ/7.1 |
| Camera | Canon EOS 40D |
| Focal length | 200mm |
| ISO | 400 |
| Shutter speed | 1/200s |