The weather is good in London, UK, at the moment, so I took Charlie outside and plonked him on the grass, grabbed the camera, waited and took a decent photograph. I love to see him in the grass; rolling in it, luxuriating in it. He is still out there, right now. I think he asked me to take him out. Well, he enjoyed it and he should go out if the weather is good.
The picture is published upside down deliberately to make it a bit more interesting.
Do you think the feel of the grass on their backs is pleasurable to a cat and a dog or other animal? Foxes roll around like this. It has to be pleasurable. Why? Is it the cool roughness that gently scratches the back and cools the skin? Is rolling around in the grass simply an act of pleasure; a gesture and expression of temporary contentment?
The original photograph is a lot sharper and carries much more detail. The internet has difficulty presenting large, heavy files. This is a reduced size version but it has the feel of the original.
Great photo Michael – it’s nice that Charlie can enjoy the outdoors.
Yes, except when they put bloody weed killers on it ;).
Thanks Marc.
Oh I love that photo,Charlie is one gorgeous boy.
Thanks Rose. You are kind. Charlie says thank you too.
What a wonderful photo! Charlie is so very handsome and just look at those beautiful trusting eyes, I’m sure Charlie loves you Michael as much as you love him.
And his cute little chin whiskers? what do you mean, that you had more detail than this originally? the length of field? You captured him, beautifully.
The original picture is huge, about 3 feet long if your printed it out full size, and you can’t present that on the internet. The camera I have creates super-high quality images. About 20 million pixels per image. Something like that. You can see every hair and blemish in the original.
Charlie has small black whiskers which can be hard to see.
Okay, maybe three too many comments out of me. But, I just have to tell you this, Michael. I like scrolling down on this shot of “rightside up” Charlie, so that I can only see his nose–the bottom half of your jpeg above. His nose and mouth pointed down towards the sunny sky! I simply love it.
Pleased you like it. Just a snapshot really but the light was good and the grass was green and Charlie is always handsome. Although he is getting a bit old these days.
Could we have an upside-down cat photo “contest?” I mean, of our cats lying on their backs in grass, shag carpet, silk, whatever they fancy? I would fancy that. It might motivate some of us to get off of our duffs, cats oustretched on our legs, and maybe we all would get some exercise. 😉 hmm-mm? sorry. “hmmMM?” my favorite expression to Shrimpie, who is lying on my legs right now…
That is quite a neat idea, Caroline. All the pics would be upside down but the cat would be rightside up.
lol I bet everyone here has hundreds of photos of their cats in every position possible, I know we have, cats are such unselfconscious natural posers.
They are great posers and photogenic. Our cats give us such a lot of enjoyment and opportunity for fun.