STRAY CATS - FROM MONTALBÁN, VENEZUELA
The street landscape of my town (Montalbán, Carabobo, Venezuela) would not be complete without the magnificent presence of our adorable stray cats. So, for me, taking street photography almost always implies encountering cats and photographing them. Furthermore, I have been a cat lover since—about 7 years ago—someone abandoned newborn kittens at my garage door, and my wife and I raised and cared for them; they still remain with us and are part of our family. That is why today, while exchanging comments about cats with my friend @x-rain (an excellent street/documentary photographer whom I recommend following if you don't, and whose work frequently includes wonderful photos of stray cats), I couldn't help but feel that today was a good day to review my recent archives, select some photos of stray cats, and share them here on #Hive with all of you. Besides, it's #caturday and that makes the day even more fitting for that! 😺👍
El paisaje callejero de mi pueblo (Montalbán, Carabobo, Venezuela) no estaría completo sin la magnífica presencia de nuestros adorables gatos callejeros. Así que, para mí, hacer fotografías callejeras implica casi siempre encontrarme con gatos y fotografiarlos. Además, soy un amante de los gatos desde que —hará unos 7 años atrás— alguien abandonó gatitos recién nacidos en la puerta de mi garaje, y mi esposa y yo los criamos y cuidamos; aún estos permanecen con nosotros y son parte de nuestra familia. Es por eso que hoy, mientras intercambiaba comentarios sobre gatos con mi amigo @x-rain (excelente fotógrafo callejero/cocumentalista a quien recomiendo seguir si no lo hacen, y cuyo trabajo frecuentemente incluye maravillosas fotos de gatos callejeros), no pude evitar sentir que hoy era un buen día para revisar mis archivos recientes, seleccionar algunas fotos de gatos callejeros y compartirlas aquí en #Hive con todos ustedes. Además, ¡es #caturday y eso hace el día aún más propicio para eso! 😺👍
It's important to clarify that here in Montalbán, the term "stray cat" is somewhat relative. Just like with dogs, cats here can be found on the streets, crossing them, appearing in vacant lots, and wandering through alleyways and rooftops. But it's also very common for these same cats to visit homes almost daily and be fed by families, even interacting with cats that stay inside. In these small towns, people may lack many things, but they always seem to have something to give the cats, whether it's affection, food, or both. This is a small town with only two or three veterinarians, but it's quite common to see them treating stray cats and dogs free of charge, after being notified by neighbors about animals in trouble. So, here, these little animals don't have it as bad as they might in other places.
Es bueno aclarar que aquí en Montalbán decir "gato callejero" es algo relativo, pues, al igual que sucede con los perros, aquí los gatos pueden estar en las calles, atravesar por ellas, aparecer en los lotes baldíos y deambular por callejones y tejados; pero es también muy común que esos mismos gatos visiten casi a diario casas y sean alimentados por las familias en sus hogares, llegando incluso a interactuar con gatos que sí permanecen dentro de las casas. Y es que, en estos pueblos pequeños, las personas pueden tener muchas carencias, pero siempre parecen tener algo para dar a los gatos, ya sea afecto, comida o ambas cosas. Este es un pueblo pequeño, en donde apenas tenemos dos o tres médicos veterinarios, pero es bastante frecuente verlos a ellos atendiendo casos de gatos y perros callejeros de manera gratuita, al ser notificados por los vecinos sobre animales con problemas... Así que, entonces, aquí no la pasan tan mal como quizás puedan pasarlo en otras partes estos animalitos...
Cats are special beings; at least, that's how I understand it. Because, although they can be much less dependent on people if compared to dogs, they still seek to be close to us and generate empathy as soon as they connect their gaze with ours... I have seen practically wild cats in some rural areas of my town and they also approach and respond to any sign of affection... I don't know, there is something special about cats that interacts with people's souls; so it seems to me...
Los gatos son seres especiales; cuando menos, así lo entiendo yo. Porque, aunque pueden ser mucho menos dependientes de las personas si se les compara con los perros, ellos siguen procurando estar cerca de nosotros y generan empatía apenas conectan su mirada con la nuestra... He visto gatos prácticamente salvajes en algunas áreas rurales de mi pueblo y ellos también se acercan y responden a cualquier señal de afecto... No sé, hay algo especial en los gatos que interactúa con el alma de las personas; así me parece...
Thank you very much for your visit and appreciation!
¡Muchas gracias por pasar y apreciar!
ADDITIONAL TECHNICAL NOTE: Photographs captured with my Nikon D7000 DSLR camera in RAW format, then processed in Adobe Camera RAW for adjustments regarding light, sharpening, contrast and depth... They were then exported to JGP format on which minor modifications such as straightening and adding watermarks were carried out using PhotoScape v3.7
NOTA TÉCNICA ADICIONAL: Fotografias capturadas con mi cámara DSLR Nikon D7000 en formato RAW, procesadas posteriormente en Adobe Camera RAW para ajustes relativos a luz, afilado, contraste y profundidad... Luego fueron exportadas a formato JGP sobre el cual se llevaron a cabo modificaciones menores como enderezado y agregado de marcas de agua usando PhotoScape v3.7
"We make photographs to understand what our lives mean to ourselves." - Ralph Hattersley.
"Hacemos fotografías para comprender lo que nuestras vidas significan para nosotros mismos." - Ralph Hattersley.
Lens: Sigma 18-200mm f3.5-6.3 II DC OS HSM
Lens: Tokina ATX-PRO 100mm f/2.8 d MACRO
Lens: AF-S DX NIKKOR 55-300mm f/4.5-5.6G ED VR
Lens: AF-S DX NIKKOR 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6G VR
Lens: Nikon AF Nikkor 50 mm f/1.8d FX
Lens:AF-S DX NIKKOR 35mm f/1.8G
Lente: Sigma 18-200mm f3.5-6.3 II DC OS HSM
Lente: Tokina ATX-PRO 100mm f/2.8 d MACRO
Lente: AF-S DX NIKKOR 55-300mm f/4.5-5.6G ED VR
Lente: AF-S DX NIKKOR 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6G VR
Lente: Nikon AF Nikkor 50 mm f/1.8d FX
Lente: AF-S DX NIKKOR 35mm f/1.8G
Fantastic shots, just stunning!!
Each one deserves a separate share on Reddit, if you are thinking of sharing there through HivePosh. Please don't bury all these images in one huge mish-mash Reddit post - it's not an optimized way of posting on Reddit and these portraits deserve much more than being #12 in a huge set...
Anyway, thank you so much for your attention and your photography!!
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Oh my gosh, thank you my frien, but I already shared them all together on Reddit! 🤦♂ I suffer from anxiety disorder, I think, it's nothing new about me 😂🙃... But don't worry, I have more and more cats in my files and my streets, many more! I'll make another post later and share them like you said!... 😃👍
No problem then - it's a great gift from you for my subreddit, thank you a lot! You just don't know the real value of your cat photography - each one is precious!
Now I've read the post 😆 and writing another comment:
That's how the world lives - at least, what I saw. Many Westerners call each cat they see on a street in Asia or Eastern Europe "a stray" or even "a feral" while in most cases they see an owned cat exploring the outdoors. Many cats, who actually don't have an owner, have humans who care about them in one or another way - so-called community cats. But that's not the end of the story: there are wat cats living in Buddhist temples, mosque and church cats who are owned by a temple... but as you understand a temple can own nothing so there is a person or two or three in that temple who....... So, the world of cats is much more complicated than you can think at first sight. Like, some cats are owned and have a home but get so little food or/and love that they have to steal from trash bins of neighbors. That's why I like this term - street cats. Street cats are just cats on the streets, don't hurry to make a conclusion about them.
This is so true. One of the big reasons why I love cats so much - they connect to your soul through gaze, and they search for mutual respect and harmony.
My friend, you're quite the "old soul," I don't know if you understand me, but from my perspective, I sense you're an old soul who knows some truths that not everyone sees... Have a happy week!... And cheers to the "community cats", and to the kind people who give them some affection and care!... And not just to cats, but to any living being! 👍
This sounds inspiring, and it is probably true, lol 😄
Thank you!! Have a happy week, too!!
Thanks again for the amazing colorpoint kitty!! 😀 That's a real inspiration for making my own cat photography better (as soon as I am in a big city with enough kitties on the streets! 😭)
As a dictator 😀 of my subreddit: your content is a jewel for the subreddit, attracting many viewers and members, but when it comes with Hive links, it can make Reddit filters believe that my cat subreddit is a promotional platform, a puppet of Hive. So, if you share no more than 2 Hive links a week in the subreddit, that would be a good point. I don't feel happy to be a dictator, but a subreddit is a pure toy in the hands of Reddit filters - they can simply switch off the growth if the subreddit looks suspicious to them. They did it to me once when I approved 3 good cat posts of a new user, who Reddit filters considered a potential spammer - the subreddit had been hardly growing for 2 weeks. 😓
I hope you understand. Saying this to a photographer I've been dreaming of seeing in my subreddit for so long is not easy 😅
Hello again, dear @x-rain friend! 😀👋 I understand everything now! Don't worry, thanks for letting me know! Now, with what you've said, I understand Reddit filters and things like that much better, which was frankly difficult for me to grasp! In fact, I had no idea it worked like that! I'm quite absentminded about that sort of thing! 😂 I'll keep an eye out for sending you my cat photos, but without links, and only one a week with a link! Don't worry!
Thank you so much... 2 Hive links are perfectly fine. If you comment (or even post) without Hive links, that would be a very generous gesture, and I will love it, but only if you feel fun from this activity and don't spend too much time on that. 😊
If you want to build your own subreddit, I can tell you the most important "secrets" and ready to post in your sub if my photos would match it.
Every social media is special, you can't learn one easily. I have passively used Pinterest for a long while, and needed one year or so to understand how it generally works, lol, apart from the fact that you can click-and-save images there. 😄
Now I am writing a post about how Reddit works, how to avoid the Reddit filters issue and generally how to make a Reddit account healthy.
Hey friend, I'm a 55-year-old guy with a lot of free time, a not-so-mild obsessive-compulsive disorder 🤣, I love cats and photos, so I'll be posting cat pictures in your space frequently! Don't worry, it's both an honor and a pleasure for me!
I don't think I'll create my own subreddit. I know #Hive is small at the moment and affected by the crypto market and other things, but it's what I like best for sharing what's on my mind, and I feel a bit "trapped or limited" on other social media, especially when I write, so I use them much less than other networks. I wish everything were more like #Hive, man 🤷♂... However, it will be interesting to read what you're writing about Reddit; you're always quite pedagogical when you write! 😃👍
I can guarantee I have some lovely diagnoses too. 😄 Bipolar disorder, some sort of autism? Never checked myself.
Honor to me! 😊
I hate the feeling of the algorithm you should serve without knowing what exactly it wants. Reddit is the best place, compared to Instagram, Threads, etc.
😊😊 Thank you!!
¡Todas geniales! Parece que todos ellos estaban de humor para ser retratados 😃.
😀 Ya "huelo a gato" (tengo 6 en casa), entonces me ven como uno supongo, y es fácil hacerles fotos... 🤣
Gracias por el aprecio @sofathana, feliz semana!
Supongo que sí, eres Gato Linares jejeje 😸. ¡Feliz semana!
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Lovely photos dear friend ❤️ I need to catch my cat to take some shots ))
😹😹😹 Go for it!... And thanks for appreciating my work, have a great week!
They don't like to be photographed, I already know that for sure. Especially since I remember that I was once inspired by your photos of cats and wanted to take some photos of my own 😁😊
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