Having met both of your cats during my visit last September I can attest to the fact that Femmus is fearless and will climb on anything, regardless of the mess he might create. I recall when you told me he'd fallen off the balcony at the back of your home, down one flight to an adjacent rooftop. That is why I called him AcrobatCat on a photo of him I posted on this thread. And here is a photo of Japie at a regal moment that I also posted on the Manual Focus Nikon Glass forum...
Having met both of your cats during my visit last September I can attest to the fact that Femmus is fearless and will climb on anything, regardless of the mess he might create. I recall when you told me he'd fallen off the balcony at the back of your home, down one flight to an adjacent rooftop. That is why I called him AcrobatCat on a photo of him I posted on this thread. And here is a photo of Japie at a regal moment that I also posted on the Manual Focus Nikon Glass forum...
Haha Curtis, thanks for posting Japie, my great friend.
AcrobatCat, you mean something like these kind of actions? Turning around on a very narrow piece of iron. He's a dare devil, that's for certain!
Fantastic golden eyes with a beautiful black wet, shiny nose. Does he/she also have black nails like my Japie? Japie only has two white hairs on his chest.
AxisSally wrote:
She has white/clear nails, black pads & no white hairs at all, except for the moment she has some white paint from painting the incoming baby's room
We believe her to be a Bombay, bought as a tabby though. She has the same tones as yours through the skin, and a lovely nature to boot
All the best with the new coming baby! I hope she won't be jealous.
"Bombay" is a race, I guess, but a tabby has to do with color? I'm not at all familiar with English names of races. I always had simple domestic cats, 3 out of 4 from the rescue. No race or breed at all. We call those (roughly translated), dustbin cats.
Kubicide wrote:
Great shot Kaiserkudo - reminds me of a Balinese we once had. Pic thread: know the thread title says 'cat' and not 'cats' but thought this shot had an interesting character. Street cats in Athens after being fed by a street lady.
D700 24-70 @ 42mm, f/2.8
Thanks Kubicide and luminosity- I like the environmental shots of the strays in Greece, and that BW shot is cute.
As cat fanciers understand, these small creatures have learned the advantage on a cold day of a car hood still warm from a recent drive. I found my neighbor's cat Jake perched on the hood of a car as I was unloading groceries. The light was too good to pass up, so I grabbed the D700 from my trunk with the 200 f/4 AI-s attached and took a few photos. Just as I began the owner of the car and her daughter arrived on the scene to load up their car and leave. So I only had a couple of minutes and Jake was more interested in what they were doing that me. I did get his attention by making those strange sounds cat fanciers learn. I finally got the look I was waiting for...
As cat fanciers understand, these small creatures have learned the advantage on a cold day of a car hood still warm from a recent drive. I found my neighbor's cat Jake perched on the hood of a car as I was unloading groceries. The light was too good to pass up, so I grabbed the D700 from my trunk with the 200 f/4 AI-s attached and took a few photos. Just as I began the owner of the car and her daughter arrived on the scene to load up their car and leave. So I only had a couple of minutes and Jake was more interested in what they were doing that me. I did get his attention by making those strange sounds cat fanciers learn. I finally got the look I was waiting for...
magaron wrote:
I love that cat face. It's so unamused. Great shot!
Thanks Claire. What I love about that shot are all the reflections on the windshield and hood of the car. You haven't seen enough of what I post to know that I love to play with reflections off windows so that you see both the subject of the image and slightly blurred reflected setting. This was pure serendipity, but I really like the bare branches reflected on the black hood of the automobile.
Jake is not a warm character. He'll accept a few rubs but as happened when I saw him in the same place this afternoon, his tail soon begins to flick, announcing his ambivalence about the whole petting thing.
Here are two photos of neighbor cats, the second a shot of Jake taken shortly after I bought the Sigma 150 f/2.8. It is Tommy, the first photo, who is the love bug, though as he's matured he's a little bit more preoccupied with other matters.
