:-)) Sunday Cat! #822 July 16, 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.

Enigmatic Kitty of the Week!

@JosephS's colorful kitty, who visits without revealing to us who she is. :D

As said by Warriormouse, "Photos can be more than just art, they can be memories, so come share your picture and stories of your feline companions with us."

“Official” posting time is every Sunday at 0000 UTC. Because this is Saturday afternoon for me, posting time may vary to accommodate my schedule. I'll try to post a message if I know I will be very late. Anyone anxious to start the new week is free to do so. But if you do, please PM me so I don’t accidentally double post.

Come one, come all! All cats, all cameras welcome. Images from any time, any place. Let the Sunday Cat! be a refuge where nice comments abound and only constructive criticism is given when it's requested.

The Sunday Cat! is now open for business. :D

Last week's purrs, #821 / DPRv #14
And a reluctant visitor in the old forum. Nadie

Thread Manager's Corner:
No matter where we are, there's a good chance that our kitties are feeling the heat this weekend! Fortunately Mr. P and Mr. Me seem to be enjoying their canned food that I've been storing in the refrigerator. I still don't have a good cooling solution for them other than cool air and cold food. I hope kitties everywhere can beat the heat this weekend!

~~~ Kim

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

Street cats of Istanbul

The look is one of confidence, but also watching out for oneself. A tiny slice of time out of their daily lives.

This black cat started coming to our house last Fall. We used to leave him food in the front porch or the lawn. He ate and left.

After few weeks he was getting desperate to come inside the house. He was getting closer to me and letting me pet him. It was not hard to trap him and get him inside. Not wanting to leave him alone, I left him in my son's bedroom, and I slept in that room for the night.

This first one was him staring at me (most of the night) from the table next to the bed.

This next one was him on top of my bed.

The animal control officer came first thing in the morning and picked him up. Not sure where he ended up.

We have Coffee here again. Sorry that I could not freeze her motion.

Action photos are enhanced by blur, which highlights the motion. It might even be better in this case for there to be a bit more blur!

I agree about the blur in action photos. Yes, there could be a bit more here as well.

Obviously not a feral if he could be so calm after bringing him indoors. Let's hope for a happy ending to this story, even though we will never actually know.

I'll just echo everyone else's comments. The motion really does add to the image, where Coffee is doing something that is quite typical of kitties, but not a typical capture. :)