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Posts from the ‘cat’ category

Embracing Imperfection: Life’s Beautiful Cycle (Look what the cat left behind)

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – October 2024

Maybe the best example of perfect imperfection is the cycle of life we see every day around us. When the leaves fall in Autumn in fact nature is preparing for its next Spring. This week’s Lens Artists Photo Challenge #322 is ‘there is a crack in everything, that’s how the light gets in’. The quote is from a verse by Leonard Cohen about imperfection and beauty, redemption, healing and growth.

‘Ring the bells that still can ring
Forget your perfect offering
There is a crack, in everything
That’s how the light gets in‘

Shot with iPhone 15 Pro Max edited using Snapseed and Marksta Click the picture for a larger version

Cat in Grass

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – April 2024

Shot with iPhone 15 Pro Max edited using Snapseed and Marksta Click the picture for a larger version

TUI

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – June 2022

This week’s Lens Artists Photo Challenge is #206 ‘Treasures’. One of my treasures is not seeing these big birds approaching Schiphol Amsterdam. 

Shot with iPhone 13 Pro Max edited using Snapseed and Marksta Click the picture for a larger version

Cat/Chat

France, Luc-en-Diois – August 1998

The theme for Lens-artists Weekly Photo Challenge #121 is ‘Focus on the subject’.

One from the archives. A cat in descent at Luc-en-Diois.

The B4 retouch series
I browsed my archive for pictures to publish. All of them are not completely retouched yet. Scratches, dust and stains are not removed.

Shot with Nikon F90 on Kodak TriX, scanned from film and edited using  Snapseed and Marksta, Click the picture for a bigger version

Chilling Cat

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – 1980

Mazzel, a chilling cat in the lazy sun of a Summer afternoon, in the garden.

This one is for Dutch goes the photo’s weekly photo ‘rest’ theme.

About the B4 retouch series:
I browsed my archive for pictures to publish. Some of them are partly retouched but most do have scratches, dust and stains.

The  picture was are originally shot with a Pentax K1000 on Ilford FP4, scanned from negative and tweaked using Snapseed and Marksta. Click the picture for a larger version.

Dutch Cat

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – 1979

Meet Mazzel, a cat my family picked up on a holiday after he was left behind as a young kitten.

This one is for Dutch goes the photo’s weekly photo ‘cat’ theme.

About the B4 retouch series:
I browsed my archive for pictures to publish. Some of them are partly retouched but most do have scratches, dust and stains.

The  picture was are originally shot with a Pentax K1000 on Ilford FP4, scanned from negative and tweaked using Snapseed and Marksta. Click the picture for a larger version.

Friends

This weekly theme is ‘friend’.

Two long gone cats, in memory of Mazzel and Boef.

About the B4 retouch series:
I browsed my archive for pictures to publish. Some of them are partly retouched but most do have scratches, dust and stains.

The Netherlarnds, Oegstgeest – March 1981

The  picture was are originally shot with a Pentax K1000 on Ilford FP4, scanned from negative and tweaked using Snapseed and Marksta. Click the picture for a larger version.

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