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Published: 2015-04-24 14:09:36 +0000 UTC; Views: 5649; Favourites: 405; Downloads: 0
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Tintin saw a perfect opportunity to sneak up on Felix and I saw a good opportunity for a picture. Win-win, I guess.
I usually submit pictures of Tintin where he looks all cuddly - and he is very cuddly and superfriendly - but he's also a great hunter so I thought it was nice to catch that aspect of him on camera.
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Hah
I love his eyes, they remind me of honey ^^
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Yes, they can become really golden on photo if the light is right. I love that too.
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Looks like it, how do decide what angle you want on a photo ?
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When I take photos of my cats I don't have much to say about the angles. 
I take what I am given and try to make the best out of the situation, depending on what the cats are doing at the moment.
The good thing about cats are that they have no really bad angles. The look good in most photos.
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Cool!
What about other pictures?
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Hmm, I'm not sure. I usually don't think so much, I just try to take photos that I find pretty. Not sure that's a good answer. Β
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Haha, well kinda, it's the usual response ^-^
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I guess I use the golden ratio quite often, but not exactly consciously. It's always a good choice though.
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Very much attack in this case. His eyes are on the target.
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Awwww attack me felix, I will strike you back with love :3 :3
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This is Tintin, but don't worry. 
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Sorry, I read felix in the description and got the name wrong
Awww I would feed him something then :3 I love cuddly catsΒ
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No worries. It's not a requirement to keep track of someone else's cats. Even I mix up their names at times. 
My old ginger kitty was called Simba so sometimes I call Tintin by that name just out of habit because the brain says that ginger cat = Simba. Fail, brain! Tintin is even named after a redhead. I should be able to remember it.
Hehe, Tintin loves treats and he's a pro at noticing the smallest possible rustle of plastic from the bag with treats. He'll be there in a flash.
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I'm sorry that I'm replying so late! D: I only nter DA once in a while..
Nive to meet Tintin then, he seems lovely :3
And I don't mind knowing other peoples cats, I would have 20 cats if I could XD
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I like the color contrast between the blue flowers and the cat's orange fur.Β
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Yes, turned out so nicely.
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Oh Tintin did you jump on Felix? 
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He did and Felix beat him up. As usual. 
Tintin is a great hunter. Birds are his speciality. He can jump up and take them mid-flight and then land on his feet like an acrobat, which is quite terrifying because he's my fluffy cuddle kitty and I don't want him to be a little bird murderer, but he is. 
I scold him when he catches birds - because I love birds - but he doesn't care. Of course he doesn't. He's a cat.
He's always sooooooo happy when he catches one too so it's hard to not feel a little proud of him at the same time.
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aww poor birds. I know its their nature to be that way. But it sadΒ
also. But I understand what you mean. 
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Other way around: Felix beat up Tintin.
Probably because he's a year older (two years older compared to Oliver), but also bigger as well. He's 5 kgs while Tintin, Gizmo and Oliver are 4 kg each and that's pure muscles. Β
I try to stop the cats if I see them hunting birds. That's the least I can do for "my" birds. A lot of them nests in and around the garden.
By the way, right now there are a couple of tawny owls hooting somewhere outside my window. Owls are cool!
The Swedish name for "tawny owl" is "kattuggla" which means "cat owl". Apparently someone thought they looked like cats, but I don't think so. It's a funny name though.
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Oh just leave it up to me to get things mixed up
Oh that must be nice, an owl. They are pretty. That is
a strange name. lol. I doubt they would get along withΒ
a cat. Are they big?Β
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Hmm, let's see. "The tawny owl is a robust bird, 37β46Β cm (15β18Β in) in length, with an 81β105Β cm (32β41Β in) wingspan. Weight can range from 385 to 800Β g (0.849 to 1.764Β lb)" , says Wikipedia. So it's a fairly large bird, but light weight. I've never seen one in the wild, I usually only hear them at night. They make an eerie, but funny sound.
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Thanks for the info, I am going to look it up and see what
it looks like and check it on youtube to see if they have what
it sounds like.
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I was going to say, if Tintin was taking the prime opportunity to sneak up on Felix, then it wasn't a win for the latter...but if he won the fight it's win-win-win, even!
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Haha, yeah.
Felix always wins. He's a real fighter. He had to protect the territory alone for a whole year before I got Tintin and Gizmo and the neighbours' cats beat him up pretty badly at least once a month before he turned two years old.
As a result he had to become really though to deal with that. My younger cats haven't had such a hard time since Felix has been fighting the worst fights for them, and he now kicks the intruding cats' backsides. He really is the king of the area. Goooood kitty.Β Β
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Possums! What are they like? Can they be dangerous? We don't have possums in Sweden.
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They're quite vicious actually. One could mistakenly think that one is a "victim" character in a thriller movie if one is roused from half-sleep upon hearing a possum-fight in the backyard. They have very long claws, and some of them are sneaky little manipulative bastards who will pretend to be cute so that they can get close to one and either steal ones food or demonstrate how sharp their little cocking teeth are (as my left big toe will most enthusiastically testify!), though this normally only happens when they live in an area where they're exposed to people regularly (eg, the outskirts of a city or a heavily-visited national park) Technically they're a protected species, though goodness knows why, because they're fecking EVERYWHERE! I was originally a bit scared of my poor Pippin fighting with them, but I heard from someone - I think a vet, maybe - that in a cat vs possum fight, the cat will always come out on top, so then I was like "Go for it, little tiger! Show those twerps who's boss!"
...does that answer your question?
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Ah this picture is beautiful!
His orange fur and the blue flowers really stand out together <3
And I love his expression!
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Thank you so much! I really like those things about this picture too.
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Aww, then you must hug your cat from me.
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haha, love this picture!
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Thank you!
I'm not a fan of blurry backgrounds. I like when you can see the nature around the cat so it's a conscious choice not to use short focus actually. A matter of taste. Β
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oh, right
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You're welcome! 
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The colour constrasts are amazing! And your cat is adorable
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