Baci and his aliases

[Wicked Dark]

Reason #1 to like my furred cats - they bathe themselves. Yes, it is stinky, but at least I don't have to do it. I got it bad enough what with the turd-shoveling.

[Hillbillygirl]

Love that shallow dof Marko, brings the attention to those amazing sharp eyes and head features.

[casil403]

Wow...that's awesome Marko! I love the DOF choice here!

[QuietOne]

That's a face with personality! Good luck with the bath. I've done one or two of them using a pillow case to contain the cat. It's still a hazard to life and limb.

[Bambi]

that whole expression says 'what are you doing minion?'

beautiful cat, fur or no fur and I love how you took the photo.

[casil403]

Just outta curiosity Marko do these cats clean themselves like furry cats do? Also interesting that there are no whiskerswhich for some reason I would have thought they would have.

[Marko]

Thanks so much for the comments - God bless my 105mm nikkor on this one, I'd shot MANY portraits with this lens already even though most people buy it for Macro.

These cats do indeed groom themselves as other cats do (grooming is hardwired behaviour in all domestic cats). A cat that stops grooming itself is generally in a nervous state or ill.
Our cats need the extra bath because their skin gets too oily and there's no hair/fur to absorb the oil.


and yup - no whiskers in some hairless breeds. (some do some don't). Personally I love whiskers but both our newly adopted sphynxes are whisker free.