Yes, I Am On the Verge of Overdoing Both Cat and Sunset Photos

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1. Michael Kirkland says:
   June 29, 2008 at 12:03 am

   Wow, that’s really nice.
2. chang, who is not chang says:
   June 29, 2008 at 12:12 am

   O Great Scalzi, it is impossible to overdo cat pictures. You of course are quite expert at vastly underdoing them.

   Is this a picture of Her Supreme Illumination allowing the sun to set so that She might rest? We cannot tell due to our tears of joy, Her Shimmering Glorious Radiance so brilliantly lighting the sky, and your poor photographic skills. Particularly the latter.

   The Official Ghlaghghee Fan Club
3. John Scalzi says:
   June 29, 2008 at 12:22 am

   Oh, it’s her.
4. JJS says:
   June 29, 2008 at 12:28 am

   A cat interrupted a nap to watch the sunset? Now that is amazing!
5. Harvey the Puca says:
   June 29, 2008 at 12:28 am

   Beautiful shot.

   There is no such thing as overdoing beauty, and capturing it is the mark of a quiet soul.

   Sharing it is the mark of a sensitive person who likes to make people happy.

   I be happy now.

   P.S. Send more
6. Steve H says:
   June 29, 2008 at 12:35 am

   Overdoing? Maybe not. However, you may have done the ultimate there, making all future cat or sunset photos meaningless and unnecessary.
7. John Joseph Adams says:
   June 29, 2008 at 12:36 am

   It looks like your cat just cast a spell that incinerated a flock of birds.
8. Domini says:
   June 29, 2008 at 12:58 am

   Out of curiosity–is there any photoshopping going on in there? Hard to tell; beautiful photograph, either way. You now need to write a book about a sorcery-wielding cat, just to use that photo as coverart. (I’d buy a book with that on the cover!)
9. joshferrin says:
   June 29, 2008 at 2:29 am

   Mmmmmmm. My favorite! Steamed cat.
10. Wim L says:
    June 29, 2008 at 2:56 am

    Hey, I bet you can’t tape bacon to that sunset.
11. zeph says:
    June 29, 2008 at 3:17 am

    The death-angel of cats, crucified on the left, and the Lord of Light on the right… is that two different kitties, or two Jungian archetypes of the same animal in different moods?

    We have much to contemplate, tonight.
12. Rosie says:
    June 29, 2008 at 4:29 am

    For some reason, to me it looks more like the end of the world, as indicated by the ominous sky and the Mutated Cat Thing that is five times the size of a house.

    PS
13. Patrick M. says:
    June 29, 2008 at 7:38 am

    Did you punch up the colors in photoshop or is that straight from the camera?
14. Kurt says:
    June 29, 2008 at 8:37 am

    Pretty cool shot is an understatement. Very contemplative of the power and beauty of nature.

    How long till we see the Whatever Book of Photos?

    Throw in some gems of Scalzi wit and you would have a coffee table book actually worth having on the coffee table. Can I pre-order that?
15. John Scalzi says:
    June 29, 2008 at 8:54 am

    Yes, it’s punched up a bit in Photoshop. But it looked a great deal like that in real life.
16. Nathan says:
    June 29, 2008 at 9:05 am

    The only thing it’s missing is the other three cats of the apocalypse.
17. MarkHB says:
    June 29, 2008 at 9:08 am

    http://www.imaginetix.co.uk/Images/lolpocalypse.jpg

    I need to get out more…
18. Josh Jasper says:
    June 29, 2008 at 9:09 am

    Hey, it’s almost book cover size. Room at the top for text, even.

    “Revenge of Zoe’s Cat, a novel in the Old Man’s War universe”

    Chapter One:

    As the sun set over the peaceful farm, no one suspected that the next alien threat to Humanity would be one only a cat could save them from. But I wasn’t any cat, I was BACON CAT!
19. hugh57 says:
    June 29, 2008 at 9:26 am

    Scalzi @15: Yes, it’s punched up a bit in Photoshop.

    Well, of course it is. Book deadline, after all.
20. Marko says:
    June 29, 2008 at 9:29 am

    Dramatically Backlit Cat controls the sunset.
21. John Scalzi says:
    June 29, 2008 at 10:00 am

    It’s not a book deadline, hugh57. It’s a novella deadline.
22. John Lenahan says:
    June 29, 2008 at 10:20 am

    Is Ohio still there?
23. htom says:
    June 29, 2008 at 11:04 am

    I am inclined to think that it’s too punchy, but that’s a matter of taste, and it’s a good shot. I think that the popular color films are too saturated, too, and that most restaurant food is too sweet.
24. hugh57 says:
    June 29, 2008 at 11:30 am

    Scalzi @21: It’s not a book deadline, hugh57. It’s a novella deadline.

    Which explains why the Photshoppery isn’t quite as Weird-Ass as it would be for a novel deadline.
25. Warren Terra says:
    June 29, 2008 at 11:45 am

    @#18 I thought all the characters in Zoe’s Tale already were cats, and that’s why they had to be shapeshifters?
26. J.K.Richard says:
    June 29, 2008 at 11:53 am

    I knew it…
    Cats can summon clouds! Someone call paranormal investigators quick!
27. Warren Terra says:
    June 29, 2008 at 12:25 pm

    Those aren’t clouds, they’re celestial hairballs.
28. MarkHB says:
    June 29, 2008 at 2:49 pm

    I haven’t totally taken leave of my senses, have I? I’ve been reading Ghlaghghee as “Fluffy”.
29. John Scalzi says:
    June 29, 2008 at 3:01 pm

    That’s correct, MarkHB.
30. Christopher Hawley says:
    June 29, 2008 at 3:07 pm

    Marko @20, J.K Richard @26:

    Cats can summon clouds and control sunsets. The latter start when She says okay, MEOW.
31. Gillian says:
    June 29, 2008 at 6:27 pm

    Doh! For a couple of moments I thought that was a picture of a tornado, with the cat being the column. Then I spotted the fur and the ear. Doh again!
32. MarkHB says:
    June 29, 2008 at 7:15 pm

    Gillian,

    Still looks like burning to me. Oilfield fires or Mordor’s blasted borders.
33. Yeff (Jeff Soesbe) says:
    June 29, 2008 at 7:26 pm

    in which Apocalypse Cat, the Feline of Doom, considers its next move…

    - yeff
34. Mark Evans says:
    June 29, 2008 at 8:04 pm

    Cat belches fire towards Indiana. Happens all the time in Ohio.
35. Omaha Lisa says:
    June 29, 2008 at 10:14 pm

    DAY-UM

    That’s mega cool!
36. Gillian says:
    June 30, 2008 at 5:22 pm

    MarkHB @32 – Fair enough! I could see burning too. Tornado was just my first impression.
37. Zoltania says:
    June 30, 2008 at 5:51 pm

    Don’t stop posting the sunset (and sunrise) pictures. They make the best desktop backgrounds ever.
38. Nance says:
    July 1, 2008 at 2:26 pm

    John, may I have your permission to LOL this? Because I have an idea for a caption.
39. John Scalzi says:
    July 1, 2008 at 2:35 pm

    Go right ahead, Nance.

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