• Members 535 posts
    Nov. 26, 2023, 2:38 a.m.

    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 announced shuttering of DPReview (which did not happen), the last Sunday Cat! there was hosted on 2 April 2023. After taking a leap of faith, the Sunday Cat! landed here at its new home on 9 April 2023.

    Undisturbed Kitty of the Week!

    Smokey

    Smokey, attentive but relaxed. The thumbnail here doesn't really do the image justice. Be sure to click on it to see the full size copy.

    ~~Image by @Bryan

    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, #840 / DPRv #33

    Thread Manager's Corner:
    A little late today so I could capture some images just before and after the sunset. :) And unwind from Black Friday shopping. :D The kitties of course do not shop, or worry about getting anything for anyone or even what they might be getting. They just live in the moment, give us their love and (sometimes) pose when we ask them to. So let our weekly cat show begin!

    ~~~ Kim

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

  • Members 1087 posts
    Nov. 26, 2023, 8:53 a.m.

    Thanks for putting Smokey on the stage Kim. As you can see from the file name, that was only my 274th photo with a digital camera. And concepts such as composition weren't yet part of my thinking (and still a work in progress some 8,xxx pics later). It shows what the humble little FZ300 is capable of given good light. I still don't regularly get that level of sharpness and detail...

  • Members 89 posts
    Nov. 26, 2023, 9:34 a.m.

    Little big guy 😂

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    JPG, 470.2 KB, uploaded by AnnieNg on Nov. 26, 2023.

  • Members 535 posts
    Nov. 27, 2023, 10:06 p.m.

    Black, the color of stealth. And when they close their eyes they actually disappear! ;)