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argus
01-25-2008, 06:41 AM
http://www.katz23.de/

David H. Bebbington
01-25-2008, 07:01 AM
Strictly speaking, the cat is a tripod (camera support), although a rather wobbly one! A moderately interesting idea, essentially the same as any other randomly produced pictures, unfortunately there is not much sense that the pictures are from a cat's point of view. It would have been more interesting if the camera could have be programmed to take a picture once the cat had been motionless for a certain number of seconds, at least then in a way the cat would have been choosing what to take!

Trevor Crone
01-25-2008, 07:01 AM
http://www.katz23.de/

Only if it triggers the shutter as a response to stimuli or directs others to do it for him/her:)

HerrBremerhaven
01-25-2008, 01:40 PM
Considering how often many cats are somewhat motionless and contemplative . . . absolutely, Fritz ist ein Fotograf.

Ciao!

Gordon Moat Photography (http://www.gordonmoat.com)

Maris
01-25-2008, 10:17 PM
If you own a piano you own a piano. If you own a camera (hey presto) you are a photographer. This probably applies to cats as well.

Curt
01-25-2008, 10:41 PM
You bet that cats' a photographer, better than some in my humble opinion. I would love to see it switch to black and white film though. And it can send it in and not be required to get into the wet darkroom as it is naturally opposed to.

Cj

DBP
01-25-2008, 10:43 PM
If you own a piano you own a piano. If you own a camera (hey presto) you are a photographer. This probably applies to cats as well.
So if you own a cat you are a photographer? Or the cat is a piano?

dmr
01-25-2008, 10:52 PM
So if you own a cat you are a photographer? Or the cat is a piano?

Nobody ever owns a cat!

Just ask my owner.

David A. Goldfarb
01-25-2008, 10:57 PM
Better photographs by a cat of other things than more cat photos.

Doug Smith
01-25-2008, 11:51 PM
Go Fritz! I thought some of his photos were quite nice actually.

Mike Kennedy
01-26-2008, 02:38 AM
David Letterman's "monkey cam".
Captures the essence of why animals think we bipods are a bit off.

srs5694
01-26-2008, 07:49 PM
Some of the images are striking simply because they're taken from unusual vantage points (mainly low ones). IMHO, that's a lesson that's useful to many a photographer. I've found that getting down low, particularly with a wide lens, often produce a more striking image than one of the same scene taken at normal adult human head height.

Uncle Goose
01-30-2008, 11:01 AM
I find it amusing, and it looks a nice cat. I really like cats.

Murray@uptowngallery
01-30-2008, 11:28 AM
David B, a Quadpod, of course.

But I have a friend who years ago who rescued a cat that was hit by a car & had a leg amputated. He didn't hesitate to name it Tripod...not the first person to do that I'm sure, but one of those lemonade stories.

colrehogan
01-30-2008, 12:54 PM
I thought it was rather cute myself. My cats wouldn't want anything like that around their necks. All they want is a good neck scratch every now and then.

Dan Fromm
01-30-2008, 01:05 PM
Not mine. Beanbag, maybe, but not a photographer.

John Koehrer
01-30-2008, 01:14 PM
If your cat always lands on it's feet when you toss it, you're not throwing it right:p

Jarvman
01-30-2008, 06:52 PM
Forget the low vantage point, slap on some Hovis or Wonderbread as you call it across the pond and you've got some interesting aerial photography.

See fig. 1 below

Christopher Walrath
01-30-2008, 10:13 PM
Cats may not be photographers, but I have seen their lenses. Short and fat. Wonder why?

pauliej
01-31-2008, 05:53 PM
Arent cats color blind? Or is it dogs that are cb? Just a thought.

paulie

Dan Fromm
01-31-2008, 06:38 PM
All cats are colorblind in the dark. Grey, too.

pauliej
02-01-2008, 12:00 PM
Ok, let's call him a Chatographer...

paulie

nc5p
02-01-2008, 09:48 PM
My two cats stay indoors. I've lost too many fine felines to mean dogs outside. This could be tried on my Australian Shepard. Alas my poodle is blind now.

Murray@uptowngallery
02-01-2008, 10:27 PM
Compose by Nose

Jon Shiu
02-01-2008, 11:13 PM
yikes! the cat's pictures are more interesting than mine! maybe it could teach?

Jon


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