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Posted: 19 Apr 2019

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1/60 • f/8.0 • 50.0 mm • ISO 200 •

Leica Camera AG LEICA M10

Summilux-M 1:1.4/50 ASPH.

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Ailurophobia ...

Ailurophobia ...
AS SOME OF YOU KNOW WHEN I SEE A CAT I FREAK OUT, EVEN IN YOUR PHOTOS... EVEN IF I TRIED TO TAKE A PHOTO OF CATS ONCE OR TWICE...
SO I AM GOING TO TELL YOU WHAT HAPPENED TO ME SOME TIME AGO. I WENT TO THE TOWN NEARBY TO DO SOME SHOPPING AND WHEN I CAME BACK I HAD THIS CAT OVER THE DRIVER'S SIDE... I SHOUTED: NOTHING, I BANGED ON THE CAR: NOTHING, I TOOK A PICTURE: NOTHING.
I DECIDED IN DESPAIR, AND AS I WAS STARVING, TO GO TO A RESTAURANT HOPING NOT TO FIND THE CAT WHEN BACK.
ONE AND A HALF HOUR LATER HE WAS STILL THERE. SO I ENTERED MY CAR ON THE PASSENGER SIDE, PUT THE ENGINE ON... AND SAW IT JUMPING DOWN...
MY FOLLOWING NIGHT WAS FULL OF NIGHTMARES, FOR THOSE WHO DO NOT NOW I HAVE BEEN ATTACKED BY WILD CATS WHEN I WAS 4 YEARS OLD, NEVER GOT OVER THE TRAUMA.

Rob, LotharW, John Sheldon, and 13 other people have particularly liked this photo

33 comments - The latest ones
 Jeff Farley
Jeff Farley
Phew Isobel, what a story - this must have been very hard for you to take !!!
5 years ago.
Xata club has replied to Jeff Farley
I hate when I go to put my rubish on the container, it is surrounded by street cats because people feed them there...
5 years ago.
 Ernst Doro
Ernst Doro club
ich mag Katzen!
5 years ago.
Xata club has replied to Ernst Doro club
Not me!... I would not harm an animal (except mosquitos and ticks) but I really dont like felines...
5 years ago.
Ernst Doro club has replied to Xata club
Du hattest Horror? Aber das Bild zeigt mir ein sympatisches Tier!
5 years ago.
Xata club has replied to Ernst Doro club
Not for me... I could not get in my car, read my comment on the photo for explanation!
5 years ago. Edited 5 years ago.
Ernst Doro club has replied to Xata club
ich habs versucht und halbwegs verstanden. Mein Englisch ist schwach und der Google-Übersetzer wa hier wenig hilfreich.
5 years ago.
Xata club has replied to Ernst Doro club
WIE EINIGE VON EUCH WISSEN, WENN ICH EINE KATZE SEHE, FLIPPE ICH AUS, SOGAR AUF EUREN FOTOS..... AUCH WENN ICH VERSUCHTE, EIN FOTO VON KATZEN EIN- ODER ZWEIMAL ZU MACHEN.....
ALSO WERDE ICH DIR ERZÄHLEN, WAS MIT MIR VOR EINIGER ZEIT PASSIERT IST. ICH GING IN DIE STADT IN DER NÄHE, UM EINZUKAUFEN, UND ALS ICH ZURÜCKKAM, HATTE ICH DIESE KATZE ÜBER DER FAHRERSEITE..... ICH HABE GESCHRIEN: NICHTS, ICH HABE GEGEN DAS AUTO GEKNALLT: NICHTS, ICH HABE EIN FOTO GEMACHT: NICHTS.
ICH ENTSCHIED MICH IN VERZWEIFLUNG, UND ALS ICH VERHUNGERTE, IN EIN RESTAURANT ZU GEHEN, IN DER HOFFNUNG, DIE KATZE NICHT ZU FINDEN, WENN ICH ZURÜCK BIN.
EINEINHALB STUNDEN SPÄTER WAR ER IMMER NOCH DA. ALSO STIEG ICH IN MEIN AUTO AUF DER BEIFAHRERSEITE EIN, STELLTE DEN MOTOR AN...... UND SAH, WIE ER HERUNTERSPRANG.....
MEINE FOLGENDE NACHT WAR VOLLER ALBTRÄUME, FÜR DIEJENIGEN, DIE ES JETZT NICHT TUN, WURDE ICH VON WILDEN KATZEN ANGEGRIFFEN, ALS ICH 4 JAHRE ALT WAR, UND KAM NIE ÜBER DAS TRAUMA HINWEG.

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5 years ago. Edited 5 years ago.
 Reyk
Reyk club
Katzen sind schon was wunderbares
5 years ago.
Xata club has replied to Reyk club
You didn’t read what they represent for me then... potential ennemies!
5 years ago.
 Boro
Boro
Jolie !!! Le début du traitement ;o))
5 years ago.
Xata club has replied to Boro
No hope... sans espoir.
5 years ago.
 rdhinmn
rdhinmn club
Being a dog person, I don't have much use for cats, but I must say that this one is sorta cute. I can see though if you have a phobia concerning them, how "cute" didn't matter. Congratulations on overcoming the fear enough to post the shot!
5 years ago.
Xata club has replied to rdhinmn club
You understood my problem well... obrigada!
5 years ago.
 William Sutherland
William Sutherland club
Fabulous capture!

Admired in:
www.ipernity.com/group/tolerance
5 years ago.
Xata club has replied to William Sutherland club
Obrigada William
5 years ago.
 Karen's Place
Karen's Place club
Wow, that's quite a story. Maybe the cat was showing you a kind and harmless side to help you through your trauma.

Good for you being brave enough to take a photo, Isabel!
5 years ago.
Xata club has replied to Karen's Place club
The photo was an atempt to scare him... unfortunately it did not work... he costed me a lunch in the restaurant and some nightmares the following night...
5 years ago.
 Sami Serola (inactive)
Sami Serola (inactiv… club
I understand =/

Such a lovely scene it is still for me =)
5 years ago.
Xata club has replied to Sami Serola (inactiv… club
We are not all alike, fortunately, LOL!!!!
5 years ago.
 Gudrun
Gudrun club
You were brave to get a photo and get into your car!
I don't care much for dogs and try to give them a wide berth as my aunt used to have a succession of spoiled and misbehaved ones- "der will nur spielen!" (he only wants to play), jumping at us little kids...
5 years ago.
Xata club has replied to Gudrun club
Some people hate spiders or reptiles, I love them... we all have our issues!
5 years ago.
 John Sheldon
John Sheldon club
This is a really good picture of a c** despite your problems with them - your photography skills were obviously undaunted! I have a problem with spiders, but ironically one of my most successful pictures (in that I was asked to licence it to a university) is of a spider!
5 years ago.
 Marta Wojtkowska
Marta Wojtkowska club
Oh dear, what a traumatizing encounter :o
5 years ago.
Xata club has replied to Marta Wojtkowska club
Indeed...
5 years ago.
 LotharW
LotharW club
"L"uxus - Bed! :-)
5 years ago.
Xata club has replied to LotharW club
But not Lexus, just Toyota rav4,!!!
5 years ago.
 Rob
Rob
You were attacked by wildcats here in Portugal?
5 years ago.
Xata club has replied to Rob
60 years ago... reality was very different!
5 years ago.
 Paulo Moreira
Paulo Moreira club
Ok Isabel, fica para memória futura.
Confesso que há um aspecto que eu aprecio nos gatos é o papel de "Terminator" do horroroso Rattus norvegicus, esse sim o meu inimigo figadal. Nunca percebi porque é que na banda desenhada o rato leva sempre a melhor sobre o gato mas enfim...
5 years ago.
Xata club has replied to Paulo Moreira club
Bem... se algum dia nos encontrarmos é melhor não ser à frente dum Tom & Jerry, LOL!!!!!!
5 years ago.
 David G Johnson
David G Johnson club
An amazing story there.. Xata'.. I guess a fear of cats is something that many will have...
I must confess that I didn't know of the term.. 'Ailurophobia'
Keep well.. and best wishes from...
David J'.. UK.
5 years ago.
Xata club has replied to David G Johnson club
Obrigada David
5 years ago.

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