Free roamers

[Bobobird]

Tons at an old fishing village that we visited on Tuesday.

#1 finished his nap soon after I went past, then ambitiously went after an egret.

#4 is a clean freak and good citizen. Saw him on a grassy patch of ground next to the bus stop where we were waiting for the return bus. Dug a small hole in the ground, poo'd and then pushed the soil back into the hole. Went back to the hole 3 times and each time pushed more soil in until he was satisfied with his work Pic snapped as he was leaving.

#5 was the only "house" cat of the 15-20 we saw.


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[Geoff F]

I think, Bobo, I would crop the first shot tighter to remove a lot of that object in the bottom left corner which I find to be distracting from the sleeping cat.

The second image is an excellent action shot.

[MrB]

Bobo, the colour balance of these images doesn't seem quite right to me - what I would imagine to be the white parts of the fur appears to have a yellow tint. As photographs, I like 4 and 5 - 4 is an endearing portrait, and 5 makes me think that action is imminent - he looks totally focused for attack!

Philip

[Dave Humphries]

#4 is a clean freak and good citizen. Saw him on a grassy patch of ground next to the bus stop where we were waiting for the return bus. Dug a small hole in the ground, poo'd and then pushed the soil back into the hole. Went back to the hole 3 times and each time pushed more soil in until he was satisfied with his work Pic snapped as he was leaving.

Yeah - great, except we have 4 cats that all do it on my lawn - still, better that than the neighbours lawn, I suppose (they are our cats afterall).

I agree the WB is off.

For me, #4 and #5 are best, but both cropped a little tight.

HTH,

[Bobobird]

Thanks guys, appreciate the c&c.

Agreed WB is off. Camera was set to cloudy and I forgot to adjust that during conversion from RAW. Looked ok to me at the time as the yellow cast appeared to complement the cat colours but apparently not.

Will redo.

[JohnC]

They cover their poo so as not to attract predators not because they're particularly clean which a lot of people think is the reason. Striking colours, they certainly have a presence about them.

[Bobobird]

Thanks John.

Makes sense.