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This 1961 photo is called “The Mob”, and was shot by professional cat photographer Walter Chandoha. Originally a WW II combat photographer, his signature style was filming cats at their eye level. He collected nearly 100,000 cat photographs and it’s pretty cool that someone made a career out of this.
#catsofmastodon
This photo makes me hear the title sequence of "West Side Story". With snapping fingers.
@nyrath -- See the Alt-Text I placed on the photo?
Me too.
Ah, I clicked the alt-text, and it just gave me the web address of the image
@nyrath -- "Walter Chandoha photo of a group of cats glaring and moving as a group (reminds me of West Side Story how they are lined up behind the leader)."
I didn't see "(reminds me of West Side Story how they are lined up behind the leader)"
@nyrath -- Hovering over the photo in a web-browser on my PC shows the mouse pointer turn into a magnifying glass with a '+' symbol and up pops the alt-text.
When I try to take a screenshot, the alt-text bubble goes away so I cannot "show" you how it looks on my end. Hopefully my description helps.
The main point being, I had serious West Side Story vibes too and this was taken the same year as the movie.
In the browser, I wish there were a way to copy the alt-text. Or is there and I just haven't figured it out?
@swordplay @nyrath -- No... It is a limitation of the graphics file formats as well.
This is why I don't believe it is beneficial to berate Mastodon users about alt-text and how it IS beneficial to do #alt4you and simply add it as a comment. HELP instead of COMPLAIN.
The comment on the post will also give it a notice from the algorithm which is used to populate the local and federated timelines.
In fact, from my experiments, adding an #alt4you comment is BETTER than giving it a boost.