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Mar 30 2015 12 Comments

A cat boasting pearls perched amongst the cherry blossom

It’s that time again when the cherry trees bloom, people in kimono enjoy picnics and cats inexplicably bust out their best pearls.

cherry blossom cat

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  1. Al says

    3/30/2015 at 10:09 am

    Great colors, but love the pearls more! 🙂

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    • Lee says

      3/30/2015 at 10:55 pm

      Yeah, the pearls an interesting, if unusual touch!

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  2. Hans ter Horst says

    3/30/2015 at 2:51 pm

    Aren’t the sakura early this year? Spring must feel good if even the cats are enjoying a hanami!
    Great exposure, btw, I usually blow out these shots relying on the TTL exposure.

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    • Lee says

      3/30/2015 at 11:07 pm

      Good question. Hadn’t even thought about it to be honest. But yeah, probably a bit on the early side. It’s certainly warm enough. 20 degrees or so the last few days. Hence, perhaps, the pearls!

      Cheers. Likewise to be honest, but got lucky with this one. Had very little time to think about it due to everyone else looking for a similar shot. And for better or worse, a more spontaneous approach seems to suit me best.

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  3. Coli says

    3/30/2015 at 5:50 pm

    Beautiful colors. The Sakura still aren’t blooming yet where I’m at in kansai. Hoping they’ll be in bloom before the rain:)

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    • Lee says

      3/30/2015 at 11:15 pm

      Cheers. The sakura wasn’t in full bloom, but the wonderfully blue sky more than made up for it.

      Looking like the middle of the week-ish will be full bloom here, although some trees are probably there already. Then the weather is set to change here as well. Hope yours arrive before the rain does!

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  4. AF says

    3/31/2015 at 2:37 am

    Wow, in Japan firemen probably rescue sophisticated cats from trees too.

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    • Lee says

      3/31/2015 at 10:23 am

      Haha, quite possibly. They perhaps coaxed it down with offers of a nice cup of tea and a cucumber sandwich.

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  5. willy says

    3/31/2015 at 11:09 am

    That’s great!!!

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    • Lee says

      3/31/2015 at 3:40 pm

      It was. My aim was to get something different from the standard blossom shots, and a cat wearing pearls is most definitely different!

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  6. Linette says

    4/1/2015 at 3:25 am

    Wow. The composition looks too perfect. Like it was set up for a cat calendar shoot or something. Good eye.

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    • Lee says

      4/1/2015 at 9:55 am

      Thanks! It was simply a case of getting in the right position and then hoping the cat would oblige and turn round. And fortuantely it did.

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