Cat Photo Competition 2 2021
Results
Winning Photo

This is an interesting capture as the tortoiseshell cat blends right into its leafy surroundings. I have to imagine that if this image were presented in color, the cat would stand out in the dense green foliage, but presented in black-and-white, the leaves take on the same value as the cat, creating a real camouflage. Nicely done.

Thank you for the award. My name is James (Jim) Markus. While going through a rough patch health wise - this feral tortoise shell cat emerged from my collapsed swimming pool among trumpet vines. She became my muse, and it took a long time to befriend her and to stop the constant production of gorgeous kittens. I named her "momma cat". Eventually she choose to become an indoor cat. To be clear; she choose me. I found homes for most of her 6-7 litters of kittens, and adopted/rescued three of them to join us indoors. She has four colors in her fur blond, ginger, gray, and black plus various luminosity's of each. She used this to great effect while hunting, and she was an amazing huntress. Her last liter had one kitten of each color. Camera was the Canon 5D mark II, Lens EF 300mm f4 + the 1.4X TC. Software was Photoshop. My website is very out of date due to renal failure/transplant and then retirement, but here is a sample of my work which I do for pleasure now.