Here Kitty Kitty

[pschlute]

This is no pet cat, Felis Silvestris, the Scottish Wild Cat is a beautiful creature, but not to be messed with.

[DanK]

A beautiful capture.

[Manfred M]

Great capture, although I find the sharpening a bit over the top and getting toward the "crunchy" side. You might want to look at backing off a bit. Fur tends to look better soft rather than crunchy...

[pschlute]

Great capture, although I find the sharpening a bit over the top and getting toward the "crunchy" side. You might want to look at backing off a bit. Fur tends to look better soft rather than crunchy...

It is probably the crop that is causing that. It is a heavy crop from a 450mm lens. I used no output sharpening at all. I am not able to get out much at the moment so am going through lots of old photos and giving them a makeover.

This was not taken in the wild but shot at a wildlife centre where three of these beautiful but declining species live. This was actually shot through wire.

[DanK]

For a heavy crop, this worked very well. Nice and crisp.

[mugge]

I love it. The sharpening does not bother me much.
Cheers Ole

[Shadowman]

Nicely captured.

[Urbanflyer]

Love it!

[LePetomane]

My daughter had a Bengal a while back that was a mean little animal. Fine with humans but we had Doberman Pinschers at the time and they were scared to death of her. Don't mess with cats, especially a big Tomcat.

[pschlute]

Don't mess with cats

When i was a kid we had a Labrador, and a cat, a Siamese. No question who the boss was. One look from the cat was enough to make the dog get out of the basket and allow the cat to rest in the now suitably warmed bed.

The keeper at the wildlife centre where I took this picture told us that she had been feeding the wildcats almost daily for three years. Not a hint of recognition or acceptance. Just snarls, hisses and bared teeth if she steps too close.

[lovelife65]

superb.
Love the eyes and expression. However, don't most cats look like they are ready to take your head off? ;-)

Peter, we had a kitty that looked similar to this photo, and our previous male lab would try to mount her. She wasn't having any of it. She'd turn around, smack him down and bite his snout. He grew to fear that cat enough that he would not even retrieve a ball next to her.

[LePetomane]

One of my dogs mixed it up with the little cat in our hallway. The cat had her front claws. After all was said and done, the hallway looked like a crime scene minus the yellow tape.