We've all seen those funny photos of pets taken through a fish-eye lens. I
found a postcard at the post office with one of those pictures - a tabby
cat - and finally found out who takes these pics. His (her? I don't know
Japanese) name is Yoneo Morita and the series is called Hanadeka (which
apparently means "big nose"). There are some pictures, including the one on
the postcard I found (third row, second pic from the left, brown tabby) at:
http://www.passioncards.pl/en/?q=hanadeka

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Charleen Welton - 19 Aug 2004 16:04 GMT
Thanks for introducing me to the collection, it is wonderful!
Charleen
> We've all seen those funny photos of pets taken through a fish-eye lens. I
> found a postcard at the post office with one of those pictures - a tabby
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> http://www.passioncards.pl/en/?q=hanadeka
Karen - 19 Aug 2004 16:19 GMT
I find those a tad disturbing and yet they are cute. Kind of like those big
eyed flower children wall art that were popular in the 60's.
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> We've all seen those funny photos of pets taken through a fish-eye lens. I
> found a postcard at the post office with one of those pictures - a tabby
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> http://www.passioncards.pl/en/?q=hanadeka
Kreisleriana - 19 Aug 2004 17:46 GMT
>We've all seen those funny photos of pets taken through a fish-eye lens. I
>found a postcard at the post office with one of those pictures - a tabby
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>http://www.passioncards.pl/en/?q=hanadeka
Very cute! I always liked the doggie ones, too.
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Cheryl - 19 Aug 2004 23:50 GMT
In the fine newsgroup "rec.pets.cats.anecdotes", "Marina"
<frankiennikki@yahoo.co.uk> artfully composed this message within
<news:2ojpibFbm0smU1@uni-berlin.de> on 19 Aug 2004:
> We've all seen those funny photos of pets taken through a
> fish-eye lens. I found a postcard at the post office with one of
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> http://www.passioncards.pl/en/?q=hanadeka
I think they are adorable and they never fail to make me smile. :)

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Christine Burel - 20 Aug 2004 01:34 GMT
These are funny! I've bought some of these cards as gifts before at a local
arts and crafts store (Michaels).
Christine
> We've all seen those funny photos of pets taken through a fish-eye lens. I
> found a postcard at the post office with one of those pictures - a tabby
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> http://www.passioncards.pl/en/?q=hanadeka
LOL - 20 Aug 2004 06:24 GMT
> We've all seen those funny photos of pets taken through a fish-eye lens. I
> found a postcard at the post office with one of those pictures - a tabby
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> http://www.passioncards.pl/en/?q=hanadeka
See also: http://www.e-michael.jp/gallery.htm
I don't know if it's the same photographer, but they are similar cute bignose pics.
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