The Righteous Cats Brigade, Today (03.26.13)

Captain Wu-Wei on Patrol

Tempo, scheming some scheme

Kamu looks grumpy

 Asha, the Beauty Queen look

Shingen, giving his EVIL LOOK

January 4, 2013

Shingen, looking pretty.  He's pretty, but he's a BAAAAAAAAAAD BOY!

Handsome Tempo

Unfortunately, Tempo & Shingen do not get along. It's mostly Shingen's fault for being a punk, and always pushing the envelop with the other cats.

Tempo weighs less than Shingen, but he still bests him. Although he's only the second in command of the Righteous Cats Brigade,  he is the de facto leader of the felines.

January 3, 2013

Happy New Year 2013 (Day 3)

So far Asha is not very impressed with the New Year. Ho, hum, everything's the same. The boys are not very bright, Kamu is positively retarded, and the dogs are beneath notice.

(Don't be that way, Asha. We know you're superior, so be a bit more generous! Not every cats, dogs, and human can be like you! And if you ask Dasein, she may object to you Weltanschauung.)

Tempo cleans Kamu's face as usual.

Shanti is wondering... something... 

Shingen is usually planning some mischief.

Buhi-Nyans Today (March 8, 2012)

Today was very warm for early March in New York. I think it was in mid-60s in the morning, and during the day maybe it was in the 70s. It's been a exceptionally mild winter this year. Probably that was a good think for us because from Nov. last year to now, we have been living in the basement floor, where it can get quite cold. 

I took these pictures this morning, and I thought that, for me with my lousy photographic skills, they turned out quite well. Since I can only  post one to the 365 Project, I thought I will post some of them here.

Asha

 Asha likes to survey the world from a higher vantage point. You often find her on top of the tall bookshelves. You can't tell in this picture, but she's looking down at me from the top of a bookcase.

Kamu

 I'm pleased that this picture of Kamu actually look like her. She's so hard to photograph because of her dilute colors, her pictures usually turns out very fuzzy.

Promise

 Another unusually clear shot, this one of Promise. Too bad he has something on his head...probably, a piece  of his breakfast.

Asha & Shanti

 These two are not friends, but this morning Asha was in a very friendly mood. Shanti is usually so sweet, and quite submissive to other dogs, but she's not too fond of the cats. I wish she would be nicer to the cats.

Kamu & Tempo

 This picture was taken just after Tempo was grooming Kamu. Tempo's allo-grooming must be what's keeping The Righteous Cats Brigade together.

Tempo

 Picture of Tempo in which you can actually see his eye color.

Shingen

Shingen, our trouble maker (not counting Dasein)

365 Days of Buhi-Nyan

Dasein likes to sleep all wrapped up in sheets.

There's a website called 365 Project; it's a photography site where people try to post a photo a day. The goal is to have pictures for every day of the year. I found out about this site recently, and I opened an account to keep photographic records of my daily life with my animal kids. 

It also works a bit like social network site, so you can look at other people's pictures, and follow particular photographers, and comment on their works. There are many really stunning and beautiful photographs. I get the feeling that the majority of the people there are pretty serious photographers unlike me, who's a pretty lousy photographer. My page at 365 Project is rather embarrassing, really, in comparison to people who really knows what they're doing with a camera.

I would like to learn more about photography, and get better, since almost all my pictures of my kids disappoint me. I wish I can capture their individuality, quirkiness, and all the funny, entertaining, and wonderful  moments, but most of the time my pictures are out of focus or blurry, and they just don't do justice to their subjects. 

These are some of the problems:

1) Most of the pictures are taken indoor, and the lighting is inadequate, yet using the flash does not provide a solution. 

2) My subjects (the furry-blurries) wouldn't sit still. And they are very fast when they move, unlike me, who is pretty slow. 

3) My hands are not that steady. 

4) The furry-blurries are low on the ground most of the time, and I would need to grovel on the floor to get to their sight line. 

A better camera with higher shutter speed may solve some of these problems, but with my limited photographic abilities, I'm not sure whether it's going to be worth the investment. It's a dilemma.

Tempo & Shingen, this morning (Jan. 27, 2007)