No confines of a comfy home for this cat. Instead, it’s the freedom of Tokyo’s dark alleys and dirty underbelly. An environment that, perhaps not surprisingly, it seemed perfectly content in. Well, content until some idiot came along with a camera.
Photographs from a small group of islands
No confines of a comfy home for this cat. Instead, it’s the freedom of Tokyo’s dark alleys and dirty underbelly. An environment that, perhaps not surprisingly, it seemed perfectly content in. Well, content until some idiot came along with a camera.
john says
“Come any closer and I’ll charge!”
Lee says
That seemed to be pretty much the message it was trying to get across!
john says
Blue tailed alley cat?
Lee says
Nah. A rather awkwardly lit alley cat.
Al says
Ha! You weren’t welcome for sure! 🙂
Lee says
No. Not in the slightest. That seems to be the standard reaction when I approach a cat.
Hans ter Horst says
Well, in Japan you always have the chance that the cat you meet is a yÅkai, always check to see it doesn’t have a double tail! 🙂
Lee says
Due to suffering from terrible cat allergies since I was little, they have always been monsters of sorts, regardless of how many tails they have!
AF says
That guy looks like it suffered (it is a bit skiny and he has damaged hair). Those are eyes of someone that saw some hellish life, perhaps stealing at dangerous places to survive. In my country the life span of a stray/street animal reaches generally 1-2 years at most because of diseases, acidentes, etc. Maybe in Japan they live a little more?
Lee says
Interesting. Not being a cat person, that’s the kind of thing I don’t really pick up on. Particularly so the eyes.
Generally speaking, strays are treated well here. Lots of people feed them, and a bit of affection is always on offer. So hopefully this fella’s life isn’t too bad.
d. minnis says
See why the comments are so important….I had google yÅkai, and I had to go back and check out the blue tail. You can never go wrong with a cat photo Lee. Well done.
Lee says
Cheers!
And yes, I learn an awful lot from the comments too. Plus it’s always good to hear other opinions and stories. I’m very fortunate to have a good number of intelligent, kindhearted commentators too!
cdilla says
That’s a particularly angular cat. But lovely amber eyes.
I wonder why the newer meter is reading all zeroes, and what the blue script on the wood bottom centre says.
So much colour, texture, detail and life in a two square metre swatch of alley wall.
I’m fascinated by shots like this and have many photos I’ve taken myself as source material for my CGI creations. I remember taking weeks to perfect a GCI scene of a similar size patch of old tarmac. Can’t beat the grime of the real world. Can’t readily emulate it either, yet.
Lee says
Hadn’t noticed all the zeros. That is odd. Hadn’t even noticed the writing either, but now that I have, it’s sadly not any clearer…
Ah, I’ve really thought about such textures from a CGI creation. But yes, even small areas like this must provide more than a few headaches… Is your work for films?
cdilla says
No, I don’t do CGI professionally, but have dabbled with 3ds max for many years – infact that’s where my name comes from; cdilla was the name of the original security system they used. Now you can get free educational licenses.
http://tinyurl.com/zsgusps is one I tried to make look grimy years back when my youngest was into the Eds.
Lee says
Interesting. Areas I’m not familiar with at all.
Definitely got a grimy, worn look.