A mouth full of mouse

This one I took during my last holiday (last week) when I was looking for some birds of pray in the early hours. This cat was passing one of the bird within a few meters and he was walking right to me.

I did a little cropping on al sides.

Shooting Mode Manual Exposure
Tv( Shutter Speed ) 1/800
Av( Aperture Value ) 4.0
Metering Mode Evaluative Metering
ISO Speed 100
Focal Length 500.0 mm
Flash Off
White Balance Mode Color Temperature(4000K)

Enjoy it. C&C are always welcome.
Thanks.

Now there's a reason to keep those damn cats in the house if ever I saw one.. I think it's a female field vole that she has there and a pregnant one at that...! You can see her teats..! Anyway, I think some of the charitable organisations might like to use this..

When you cropped did you take any off the bottom..? Just wondered if you might have the end of the tail of the vole in..? Did well to capture an unlikely encounter through the lens.

Brett.

Hello Brett,

Is there a mouse expert speaking? (-:
I did crop a little from the bottom, but I can not see much of the tail of the vole (not much more then there is on the picture).

Hi Tom,

You've captured the natural predator instinct that these animals still process very well! I could never fully understand why they are pets even after having two so called domesticated cats myself! Numerous times I’ve found birds and small mammals have been caught by cats, just like their cousins that roam parks in Africa! Stunning detail!

Nice opportunist shot Tom; Brett's right, I would think this would be a useful journalistic image.

I enjoy having a pet cat, but it is definitely one of the downsides of these creatures. The number of animals they kill every year is shocking.....

Cheers,

Dan.