:-)) Sunday Cat! #864 May 5, 2024 ((-:

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. When DPReview was threatened with closure in March 2023, the last regular 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.

Unflinching Kitty of the Week!

If the eyes are the window to the soul then this kitty's look penetrates deeply into ours.

~~Image by @NVC

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, #863 / DPRv #56

Thread Manager's Corner:
As I come up for air after my weekly immersion of work and caring for Palmer, I can say that Mr. P is still with us, but sometimes it can be a roller coaster ride! There were definitely a couple of days where he looked like he was giving up, but today he seems to be better. So today is another day and hopefully tomorrow will be also. :) Meantime, let's see how the other kitties are doing!

~~~ Kim

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

I meant to post this image from last Saturday but didn't get there. This is when Palmer was having one of his better days. He's outside in his specially constructed shelter, where he can watch the birds in the backyard, or the grass grow, or the rain fall, while comfortable in his own bed.

The other week the shot was taken with the mZD 12-40 f/2.8. This one is from the mZD 12-50 f/3.5-6.3. While I find it sharp, the lens has always left me a little cold somehow.

Well, as I resurface from my immersion in work and Palmer's care, I see that it was a very quiet week here at the Sunday Cat! I remember during quiet weeks back at DPR Robert J would often come to the rescue with images of his clowder. Unfortunately, I believe that he is no longer with us so nobody swooped in to save the day this week. Since he stopped posting I've always wondered how his kitties have been doing, especially Kraken, once the name came into the spotlight a few years ago. Kraken was a celebrity on the Sunday Cat! for his long tail. Maybe he's a more widely known celebrity now. ;)