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Continuing with the series on superstitions:

Black cat - In ancient Egypt, the Goddess Bast was a black, female cat. Christians, wanting to rid society of all traces of other religions, convinced the ignorant that black cats were demons in disguise and should thus be destroyed. In the process, they also destroyed the kindly ladies who cared for the cats, believing them to be witches. Being demons, a black cat crossing your path would create a barrier of evil, cutting you off from God and blocking the entrance to heaven.

Model - Merlin

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~deekay156:icondeekay156: Nov 15, 2004, 3:24:21 PM
Oh, what a sweet little kitty! How could you call that bad luck? Very effective cropping!
:hug:

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$Moonbeam13:iconMoonbeam13: Nov 15, 2004, 3:26:35 PM
I don't I have 3 black cats :) but I'm doing superstitions how I could I deny him his chance at stardom!@

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~jerzchick16:iconjerzchick16: Nov 15, 2004, 3:34:49 PM
aww this is so wonderful! i love the closeup of merlin, and the superstition is definitly a new one for me! :D

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`superkev:iconsuperkev: Nov 15, 2004, 3:39:29 PM
this superstition series of yours is very fun. i'm enjoying it immensely. and apparently kitty photography is quite difficult. this is a very nice close portrait of merlin. i love his evil smile :P

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~iamshe:iconiamshe: Nov 15, 2004, 3:42:39 PM
yeah, right on! black cats are r0xx0rs. ^o.o^

Um.

sorry about that, the, um...

...momentary lapse of sanity.

Lovely photo, wonderful cropping! I'd love to see it "smoothed" somewhat to remove a touch of the highest-end glare...but it does provide lovely contrast!

He looks just as if he's grinning--PURRfect for this shot!!

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$Moonbeam13:iconMoonbeam13: Nov 15, 2004, 3:42:51 PM
It was certainly a test of patience!! It's coming up with interesting ways to photograph these superstitions that's getting me excited :)

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*hummuss:iconhummuss: Nov 15, 2004, 3:48:24 PM
whoa! /me sneezes

it's all good though. once again excellent. :D

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~dempski:icondempski: Nov 15, 2004, 3:50:07 PM
quality detail and focus. i really like how you cropped this in frame. the fade to black into the border is a really nice touch as well.

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~deekay156:icondeekay156: Nov 15, 2004, 4:31:36 PM
Yes, of course! He deserves the fame! I have had two black kitties - they are my favorite.

I love the idea of your superstitions project, too! I look forward to seeing the rest.

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*Homy:iconHomy: Nov 15, 2004, 4:39:36 PM
stranger and stranger thing become
for the list wich show a same sort of metamorphosis
then the photo of a black cat while I made the decission this weekend to take a cat into my house
I saw a pretty one on the website of an asylum .. but it was closed today

besides that all .. very nice photo