Look at him! What do you think he is trying to do? He looks as if he is getting ready to launch some sort of attack. These cats are really wacky and funny when they are in action. I can’t remember what happened during the photo shoot that caused him to present himself like that. Perhaps it was just one of those lucky shots again.

Nowadays, whenever we are back from somewhere, he would be either waiting somewhere near the house or inside the house for us. When we have stopped the car inside the porch and opened the door, he would approach us and ‘collaspe’ near our feet, roll to the left and right, presenting his tummy to be rubbed or wanting a pat on the head or a touch under his chin. And he will purr. Haha… We once read about this from a book and it says that if the cat does that, it means the cat trusts us. But once we shake his food container, he can get up faster than you can say ‘IT’S MEAL TIME!’

This is what you’ll see when he is targetting at something.

This is when he’s trying to listen. Take a look at his ears. Funny guy!

Day by day we see them grow. They have become an important part of us now. If we are back from outside and don’t see them, we will worry about them. Are they safe? Are they being bullied by stray cats who are undeniable stronger than them because they have developed self protecting skills as they are always on their own? When they were kittens, we were afraid to let them out because we have seen too many dead kittens or even cats lying flat on the road. When they have grown into beautiful cats, we are still worry about them. I believe they can feel our love towards them. We hope that we can grow old together with them.

It’s our lucky day again to be able to capture some funny post of cats. This time it is Orange. He likes to lie down on the ground when there are no cars in the porch. There he was, doing the classical cat action, scratching himself and feeling so enjoyable just because he was able to do that without any interruptions. Of course, after he noticed us spying on him and taking his pictures, he stood up and approached us…for food.

After a light meal, Orange began to clean himself by licking using his tongue. And we caught that moment too…in a funny way. What would you have in mind when you look at this picture if I hadn’t told you that he just had a meal?

This one is great. I like this one. It brings light and hope. The future is bright and the road ahead is smooth and steady. A very positive post.

Well, we also went for up close and personal with Orange that day. Strange, he also has this dirt like my Mr. Yellow. Could it really be a sign of aging because I don’t find the dirt on the Siamese.

We were moving around trying to have fun with him but he seemed to be too lazy to play. Perhaps he is not into playing anymore. This picture feels like he wanted more pampering and love because he has been out there all by himself. Who knows what he has been through? Maybe he was bullied? No one knows and nobody will ever understand how he feels.

This one is trying to be firm. Yesterday, I talked about our Siamese and how he was trying to be firm but turned out funny instead. Well, Orange really did it. I mean he really look firm and not funny. Sounds like, can I have a word with you? Haha Enjoy your day!

Everytime we look at this picture, we would laugh to ourselves. His expression is just too hard to resist. I still remember that it was a hot afternoon and we were trying to train the cats to find a way to get down from high places. So, we put them on top of a van and observed how they will manage this.

After some trials and failures to get to the ground, this Siamese sat down and had a break instead. It was indeed a very hot day so the cats were constantly opening their mouth and licking with their tongues. It must have been one of those lucky days as we were able to catch this moment with the camera. It’s like he was trying to make a funny face and telling you to get lost. Haha…

Then, he turned away from the camera ignoring us who were so busy catching his moves and expressions.

Haha! I personally think that this is an extremely funny one. I couldn’t stop laughing too everytime I see the picture above. He was like very much attracted to something and don’t want any disturbance yet his facial expression tickles you to laugh at him. He’s firm and…funny.

The fact that the weather was burning was really an issue as it also made them tired and sleepy easily. I like his stripes. They are well balanced and that makes him a handsome little fellow…

Oh well, cats will always be cats! The slightest thing will draw their attention. But too bad that curiousity kills the cat. So it is better to stay put sometimes. I wonder if they know about this.

As amusing as he can be, he is still as normal as any other ordinary cats.

Was he sniffing? I am not too sure about that. Or maybe examining the material of the roof? Or maybe he was beginning to give up and just wanted to stay on top because it was definitely cooler there.

But you’ll never know what is playing on a cat’s mind. He stood up. Stretched his muscles. And was ready to give another try. And tell you what? They made it!

We call it ginger flower.  I didn’t know that it is actually edible until I googled about this flower.  I thought that it is one of the beautiful flowers in my garden for decoration only.  But I don’t think I dare to eat it, because I am not sure the species mention on a website (Little Chi) is same as mine.

The scientific name of this plant is called Etlingera elatior.  It is also known as Torch Ginger, Red Ginger Lily, Torch Lily, Wild Ginger, Combrang, Bunga Siantan, Philippine Wax Flower, Xiang Bao Jiaing, Indonesian Tall Ginger, Boca de Dragon, Rose de Porcelaine, Porcelain Rose.  - info from Wikipedia.

I like its colours, its shape especially the white border of each petal.  The petals looks like many people wearing red and white clothings and come together surrounding a center point and formed a harmonized-coloured circle.

The middle part of the flower is not fully come out yet.  If I have a video camera that can record the flower for long hours, and I play the video in fast forward speed, it will be a beautiful dance.  Let me call it the “Real Flower Dance“.

You may not agree with me and tell me there are other flowers which are prettier, but each flower has its uniqueness.  What I can say is this is one of the prettiest flower in our garden.

Do you dare to eat it?

A lonely boat accompanied by mangrove swamp.

We found a few small boats parking along the river coast.  They are really great subjects to be photographed.  Some of them are colourful, and things around them are naturally forming good pictures into my camera.  I did not cropped them in Photoshop, but I have practised my composition skills on the spot.

 Wow…  A tiny jetty.  Do you dare to step on it?

I have learned about golden ratio in photography.  I can’t remember how much is the ratio, but I only remember that do not put things in the middle.  That’s how I apply.  …  Next come the question, where should I put the things at?  Up, bottom, left or right?

For potraid, it depends on the eye direction.  If the person is looking to the left, leave more space on the left and vise versa.  I learn this rules from my first job working in a bridal photography company.  But at some early stage while I start apply this rules, I found that I have overly done which cause imbalance.  Then I slowly forgot all the rules, and try the way whichever I like.  May be I should try lomo.  Can I use my semi-pro high power zoom camera to take lomo pictures?

Which picture is better?  Vertical (above) or Horizontal (above above)?  They give different message.

A small jetty and a big city.

Another things that I can easily overly do is zooming, because I have a high power zoom 28-560mm.  Sometimes, I can overly zoom while composing the pictures without notice it on the spot, and it is too late because it can’t be corrected in photoshop.

SLR usually has only 92 or 95% viewfinder which means the things that you see from the viewfinder is only the said percentage (92 or 95 or some good camera can reach 100%) of the picture taken.  The disadvantage for not having 100% viewfinder is you may taken something you don’t want into the picture, but the advantage is it allow you to crop and save you from overly zoom.  Sometimes this “feature” does help a bit.

Zooming allow me to see detail of a far object.  I can tell if a photo is either zoomed or cropped in PS, can you?  They are different.  Look at the background, and you will know about it.

Depth of field control is a good feature in SLR, but sometimes I found that it can be overly used as well.  I have seen someone taking pictures of flower but only a small part of the flower was in focus, the whole flower mostly blurred.  What’s the point?  I suggest that the apeature size should be reduced.

These 3 medium-sized boats wear some colour T-shirts, but different colour pants.

Zoomed out and you see more things.

Sometimes I found that a zoomed or cropped photo should put together with a wide angle to tell better how a place or a thing look like.

I always have a feeling that the objects outside a picture either they have been cropped or zoomed will not show in the final outcome and it will become the imagination of the person who look at the photo.