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  • Weekend Cat Blogging #271: iPhone and Orange

    For Weekend Cat Blogging #271, we put aside the “big camera” and present some images of Luna all taken with our new iPhone 4.

    This was taken with the Hipstamatic app. It emulates the classic Hipstamtic camera, including various lens and film options. This was taken with a Kaimal Mark II lens (not sure how it got an Indian name). It tends to give the image an overall orange tinge, and thus we squeeze into this week’s Photo Hunt theme of Orange.

    Here are two more photos of Luna taken with two other Hipstamatic lenses:

    And another in the clear (i.e., just the camera without additional apps or filters):

    She does lounge quite elegantly sometimes. I also tried out the video capabilities, here is a short clip:

    Yes, Luna is very much a cat. I quite like the look in her eyes at the end.

    Weekend Cat Blogging #271 is hosted by LB and Breadchick at The Sour Dough, where they are enjoying lots of relaxation, and a bit of golf and baking.

    Photo Hunt #226 is hosted by tnchick. This week’s theme is Orange.

    Carnival of the Cats will be up this Sunday at When Cats Attack!.

    And the Friday Ark is at the modulator.

  • Wordless Wednesday: Billboard Perpendicular

  • Wordless Wednesday: 6166 (East Oakland)

  • Wordless Wednesday: End Elizabeth

    [Please click to enlarge photo.  The details are an important element of this one.]

    Note: you can always see more photos, including past Wordless Wednesday images, at my flickr site.

  • Weekend Cat Blogging #267

    Between the Outsound Festival and other things going on here at CatSynth, we barely had time to squeeze in Weekend Cat Blogging.

    I returned home briefly last night between various events to rest for a moment and of course to spend a few minutes Luna. With camera already in hand and made a few photos of Luna near our favorite glass-and-metal table. It caught a bit of blue in the reflection, and inspired me to make this image with everything but the blue reduced to grayscale:

    Later that evening, I encountered some feline themed art:

    This is a moment from a 3D film/video by Kerry Laitala that was screened last night at SOMArts. I did not see the kitten featured on the exhibition website, though. I will have a review of the full event at SOMArts soon.

    Aside from brief excursions in photography and visual art, the last few days have been dominated by music.  For each of the groups I am working with, wehave compositions that we print on paper and then read during rehearsals and performances. It is a lot of work.

    But is sheet music tasty?

    On the subject of tasty treats, our friends Kashim, Othello, Salome and Astrid are hosting special edition of WCB dedicated to Sher, who passed away unexpectedly two years ago. In addition to being a dedicated and supportive member of Weekend Cat Blogging, she was also a food blogger who published many recipes which I have used over the last few years. We will go back to the archives and try some more as soon as things calm down a bit and we have time for luxuries like well-prepared home-cooked meals.

    Weekend Cat Blogging #267: In honor of Sher is hosted by Kashim, Othello, Salome and Astrid at PaulChens Foodblog?!.

    The Carnival of the Cats will be up today at When Cats Attack!.

    And the Friday Ark is at the modulator

  • Wordless Wednesday: 4517 (Parking)

  • Wordless Wednesday: Stripes (Contemporary Jewish Museum Plaza)

  • Weekend Cat Blogging #265: Health and Creativity

    The themes of this month here at CatSynth are health and creativity, and we reflect on those themes for Weekend Cat Blogging.

    We have started a recent phase in our beginning yoga practice centered on opening up creativity, prosperity and opportunity.  It is of course also good exercise and helpful for health and well being.  Luna enjoys joining in, too:

    Photography continues to be a central form of creative expression, even as I need to balance it with music, especially with several more shows coming up this month.  Luna obliged me earlier this week by posing in front of one of the patio sculptures on a warm afternoon:

    I got several great photos from this session, one of them appeared earlier this week during Wordless Wednesday.  Here is a small version, but readers are encouraged to check out the larger version in the WW post.

    Weekend Cat Blogging #265 will be hosted by Jules and Vincent. Because of the Independence Day holiday here in the U.S., the roundup will be up on July 5.

    The Carnival of the Cats, will be up tomorrow, July 4, at Mind of Mog.

    Nikita Cat will be hosting the monthly Bad Kitty Cats Festival of Chaos on July 4 as well.

    And the Friday Ark is at the modulator.

  • Wordless Wednesday: Asians.com

  • Wordless Wednesday: Fremont Street, Folsom Street