Garfield, alive and well in Greece

**Done_Fishin** · 10-05-2009, 03:57 PM

Walking around with my brother on holiday we visited a local "zoo" (for the sake of a better description) In Zappeo Park behind the Greek Parliament building where I found Garfield, Happy & Contented in what one might have called a Chicken Coop or sanctuary.

This was what first caught my eye, thought it was dead at first but that wicked smile and the slowly moving tail convinced me otherwise!

Looked like the cat and it's friend were well fed and "sleeping it off!!"

The worst of it was that I just didn't have access for a great shot, there being a high fence all along that right hand edge .. I just managed to get my camera over the top of it for a candid shot .. thinking that I would get a slightly better view than that which I could see.

**wrench97** · 10-05-2009, 04:26 PM

Looks like he's just filled his belly up with Chicken

**WereBo** · 10-06-2009, 06:21 AM

Some great candid shots there DF

I found the worst thing when trying to photograph animals in sanctuaries and zoos, is trying to lose the fence/cage-wires

**Done_Fishin** · 10-06-2009, 08:30 AM

I needed height so it was stretch arms up over the top of the fence. Luckily I was the tallest member of our family

**WereBo** · 10-06-2009, 08:55 AM

That's where small children come in handy, they're just big enough to stand on, to see over walls etc.

**Done_Fishin** · 10-06-2009, 10:27 AM

why didn't I think of that before they grew up .. now they are big enough to fight back (and win!!!)

TJ Belfiore · 11-18-2009, 04:24 AM

This brings me great 'lulz', as I thought it was dead. Not that I would normally think a cat's death is funny, but when it's unexpected, it's called comedy.

10-05-2009, 03:57 PM	#1 (permalink)
Done_Fishin Moderator Hardware Team Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Brit living in Greece Posts: 7,521 OS: WinME, WinXP Pro SP3, Win7 Beta, Ubuntu 9.04 & Netbook Remix & CD2USB, Mepis 6.5, Fedora 10 My System	Garfield, alive and well in Greece Walking around with my brother on holiday we visited a local "zoo" (for the sake of a better description) In Zappeo Park behind the Greek Parliament building where I found Garfield, Happy & Contented in what one might have called a Chicken Coop or sanctuary. This was what first caught my eye, thought it was dead at first but that wicked smile and the slowly moving tail convinced me otherwise! Looked like the cat and it's friend were well fed and "sleeping it off!!" The worst of it was that I just didn't have access for a great shot, there being a high fence all along that right hand edge .. I just managed to get my camera over the top of it for a candid shot .. thinking that I would get a slightly better view than that which I could see. __________________ . . I'm not old!! I'm age impaired .. D_F I DON'T PLAY GAMES How to mark your thread as solved HDD DIAG UTILS TSF's Photographer's Corner

10-05-2009, 04:26 PM	#2 (permalink)
wrench97 Moderator, Hardware Team Join Date: May 2008 Location: S.E. Pennsylvania Posts: 18,605 OS: Win7	Re: Garfield, alive and well in Greece Looks like he's just filled his belly up with Chicken __________________ Power Supply and Selection

10-06-2009, 06:21 AM	#3 (permalink)
WereBo Resident Village Idiot Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: SE London, UK Posts: 14,480 OS: Win-7, XP-Pro SP3 My System	Re: Garfield, alive and well in Greece Some great candid shots there DF I found the worst thing when trying to photograph animals in sanctuaries and zoos, is trying to lose the fence/cage-wires __________________ I shall meet all of my deadlines directly in proportion to the amount of bodily injury I could expect to receive from missing them.

10-06-2009, 08:30 AM	#4 (permalink)
Done_Fishin Moderator Hardware Team Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Brit living in Greece Posts: 7,521 OS: WinME, WinXP Pro SP3, Win7 Beta, Ubuntu 9.04 & Netbook Remix & CD2USB, Mepis 6.5, Fedora 10 My System	Re: Garfield, alive and well in Greece I needed height so it was stretch arms up over the top of the fence. Luckily I was the tallest member of our family __________________ . . I'm not old!! I'm age impaired .. D_F I DON'T PLAY GAMES How to mark your thread as solved HDD DIAG UTILS TSF's Photographer's Corner

10-06-2009, 08:55 AM	#5 (permalink)
WereBo Resident Village Idiot Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: SE London, UK Posts: 14,480 OS: Win-7, XP-Pro SP3 My System	Re: Garfield, alive and well in Greece That's where small children come in handy, they're just big enough to stand on, to see over walls etc. __________________ I shall meet all of my deadlines directly in proportion to the amount of bodily injury I could expect to receive from missing them.

10-06-2009, 10:27 AM	#6 (permalink)
Done_Fishin Moderator Hardware Team Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Brit living in Greece Posts: 7,521 OS: WinME, WinXP Pro SP3, Win7 Beta, Ubuntu 9.04 & Netbook Remix & CD2USB, Mepis 6.5, Fedora 10 My System	Re: Garfield, alive and well in Greece why didn't I think of that before they grew up .. now they are big enough to fight back (and win!!!) __________________ . . I'm not old!! I'm age impaired .. D_F I DON'T PLAY GAMES How to mark your thread as solved HDD DIAG UTILS TSF's Photographer's Corner

11-18-2009, 04:24 AM	#7 (permalink)
TJ Belfiore title here Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: 530 Posts: 3,517 OS: 7 x64, XP x32 Blog Entries: 1	Re: Garfield, alive and well in Greece This brings me great 'lulz', as I thought it was dead. Not that I would normally think a cat's death is funny, but when it's unexpected, it's called comedy. __________________