:-)) Sunday Cat! #817 June 11, 2023 ((-:

Welcome all to the Sunday Cat!, a weekly gathering of image makers on a subject of mutual interest, our feline friends. The Sunday Cat! has appeared each Sunday, except for a brief interruption in September, 2016, since Anton AK started the thread at DPReview on 23 September 2007. Successive thread managers have been John King, Warriormouse, Robert J, Coldamus, Robert J again (with an assist by StanTsui) and since September 2016, former lurker, me. With the shuttering of DPReview, the last Sunday Cat! was hosted there on 2 April 2023. After taking a leap of faith, the Sunday Cat! landed here at its new home on 9 April 2023.

Senior Kitty of the Week!

Wishing Coffee, who turns 17 this year, the sweetest of dreams! Thanks @AnnieNg for sharing her with us. :)

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Last week's purrs, #816 / DPRv #9

Thread Manager's Corner:
I'm posting early today because I will be out of pocket for the rest of the day. Better to give the kitties a head start! Last week we had several kitties showing us that bliss can be found in a cardboard box, by lying in the sun or resting peacefully on one's own sofa. :D What other lessons do they have for us this week?

~~~ Kim

Though small in size, the imprint they make on our lives is huge.

Jasmine watching for rodents in the front lawn

Jasmine is very focused.

Rich

Talking about sweet dreams, Century Egg showed me an active cat can be great sleeper too 😴

And a small gift to all cat lovers 😆

An image I would probably just discard. Cell phone camera image of Arni, too close to focus, to slow a shutter speed (very dim light) but somehow interesting in retrospect.

Yes, sometimes a fuzzy image captures something of the essence, maybe even magic of the moment. You can see the wild animal in the image.

Arni's image reminds me of this one.

Nothing is sharp. I moved the camera. But Bugsy's pleading look while his sister Peaches walks around him just captures something of the moment.

I agree. The first image shows us their mastery of the cat nap. ;) I really like the second detail shot. Nailed it! At f/1.4 too! :) I've been trying to get something like that of my kitties since they spend most of their time napping, but nothing worth posting so far. :(

She is certainly very attentive to the possibilities! Nice capture of that moment.

Thank you both.

As they say, the best camera is the one you have with you. For this shot, it was my iPhone.
In fact, for many shots of Jasmine it's the phone. Either mine, or my wife's, whatever is there at the moment. By the time I find my camera, turn it on and start zooming, she moves.

I love this one. It reminds me...

When cats are sleeping, the way they close their eyes doesn't seem natural to me. It looks very deliberate. And they're not steady either. With the slightest of sounds, not only do their ears turn but also their eyes twitch. They are very alert even in sleep.

Cats never really go into a deep sleep. Not like humans or dogs. They are always able to become fully alert directly out of their "sleep" state. There may be other animals who maintain such ability but I'm not aware of any.

Rich

This one has been languishing in my cat pictures folder for a while.

One of the kitties I sometimes see when I take a walk in the morning.

I would think that an active cat would HAVE to be a great sleeper, to recharge for all the activity. 😸