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Ruffy

by John Tobias

Gallery: Weekly ChallengePosted April 7, 201594 views5 comments

Ruffy, one of our 2 rescue cats has the sometimes irritating habit of rolling over on his back with all 4 paws tucked up.  But, also cute!

Canon PS SX50

1/200 @ F-7.1 ISO100

Canon 4.3-215 @ 30.1mm

flash

Comments

5 comments
Comment posted by Mark Seaver on April 7, 2015 at 3:58 PM

He's a beauty, John.  This pose is particularly cute especially with those yellow eyes.

Registered on January 23, 2011, 1103 Posts, 17270 Comments
Comment posted by Alberto Patiño on April 7, 2015 at 10:42 PM

A beautiful and very peaceful image, John, I can feel his trust cool Many years ago we rescued a 10 year old calico, Chloe, who did the same thing. She had been declawed as a kitten (an abhorrent practice that should be banned) and we always thought that this habit was some sort of reaction to either "ghost pain" from her lost phalanxes, or simply fear from having gone through that ordeal. 

Registered on December 2, 2014, 278 Posts, 1736 Comments
Comment posted by Gary Minish on April 8, 2015 at 2:18 AM

A beautiful red cat with very unique eyes, John. A nice sharp, perfectly exposed capture of him also.  I had a huge red cat like that once. He had unique paws with long opposable thumbs that he used to pick up and hold things just like we do.  We named him grip because of that unique feature. He was a great cat and I've had a soft spot for red cats ever since angel

Registered on February 4, 2006, 625 Posts, 3583 Comments
Comment posted by Albert Darmo on April 8, 2015 at 3:18 PM

Hi  john. crying     I  love the cute  pose of  Ruffy .  our cats and dogs  do the same  thing  when they are reposing.  a delightful  capture  of  a happy beautiful cat.laughcool

Albert Darmo

Canada

Registered on November 25, 2008, 1386 Posts, 11978 Comments
Comment posted by John Launstein on April 8, 2015 at 6:31 PM

I have always loved cats with coats in the orange and rust families, and Ruffy's coat is just gorgeous, John! Love the tones and patterns and those beautiful eyes. Cute pose as well with the paws tucked in! He looks spoiled in this picture. enlightened

Registered on April 5, 2011, 223 Posts, 1193 Comments