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Thank you. Those pics were taken within a hour of so of receiving a new camera. I used a Nikon bounce flash with TTL metering, which is why they are sharp without having any nasty flash look to them. As luck would have it, they are still the most attractive pics I've taken with that camera.

The cats are rescues. Dr. Evil is also known as Attila. A previous owner (he's had four) named him Langston, after the poet. He's tame now, but he was quite dangerous when we got him. He was on his way to the big sleep.

Harriet is 15 years old. Looks good for a dame her age.

Good photos, good stories!

Tripper was a rescue also. He was found hiding in our barn about 15-16 years ago. Didn't take too much taming, so we figure he was a drop-off.

The photo I posted above was taken with a Hasselblad, explaining the sharpness, then scanned at 4000 dpi. Had to toss almost all of the detail for the web, else you'd still be downloading.

Sadly, Tripper died a few months ago, but his eyes will live on here on FR, first on the ZOT threads, and secondly on cat-friendly threads such as this.

We have another cat, named Mikey (after Mike Tyson--darn quick with that left paw). Another drop-off. We live-trapped him and sent him through the animal rescue program, which neutered him and clipped his ear, finding him to be feral and untameable. Figured we'd have to turn him loose to fend for himself. Now I can't get him off my feet or my lap. He's not too feral this evening (but I can't move my feet just now). No good photos yet, but the year is still young.