My Cool Cat

Uploaded: December 10, 2004 23:17:01

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S J December 11, 2004

Wow! So cute, Donna! Love that pose!! #195631

Eric Schneider December 11, 2004

Nice kitty shot! Gotta love those legs... I just posted a kitty shot if your interested. #965483

Karen Engelbreth December 11, 2004

I agree with Sanjay! #965518

Dan Holm December 11, 2004

Wow! Awesome catch and capture, Donna!! Nothing short of EXCELLENT! #965528

Janet L. Skinner December 11, 2004

Love the reflection. It emphasizes the profile of this adorable kitty. Great job, Donna!!! #965736

Deborah C. Lewinson level-addict December 11, 2004

Terrific image, Donna, love the pose and reflection!

-Debby #965956

Leanne M.E. Boyd December 11, 2004

Sweet shot Donna! #965994

Terry R. Hatfield December 11, 2004

Now Isnt This Cool Donna,Excellent Capture:-) #966020

Jill Flynn December 11, 2004

Love this Donna! #966021

Donna J. Taff December 11, 2004

Great image; love that pose, Donna!!!! #966112

Phil Sauvey December 11, 2004

Donna,

What a great capture! I love the angle and the reflection. Such a pretty pose especially with the paws crossed there. You DO have a cool cat! #966329

William C. Raco level-classic December 11, 2004

Very nice reflection and pose.
Well taken, Donna

bill #966368

Donna La Mattino Pagakis December 11, 2004

Wow!! I am overwhelmed by the great responses!! I really appreciate the feedback, this is one of my favorites of this guy. He is such a cool cat in every way!! I want to thank all of you and hope you have a wonderful weekend. To all my friends at better photo, your awesome!!!! #966647

Anette Linnea Rasmussen December 11, 2004

Very cool Donna! love the shot!

Best wishes
Linnea #966951

Kristi A. Howson December 12, 2004

Love the perspective on the paws and the reflection. Great photography!!!!! #967956

Donna La Mattino Pagakis December 12, 2004

Thanks for your comments Linnea and Kristi!!! #968157

Mellanie December 14, 2004

Great perspective and reflection, Donna! I just love orange tabbies! #971820

Donna La Mattino Pagakis December 14, 2004

Thanks so much Mellanie!!! #972043

Danilo Piccioni January 18, 2005

Congratulations Donna!
very beautiful shot and cat!

Dado #1040779

Kip T. Berger January 18, 2005

Congratulations on the finalist Donna!!! :) #1040829

S J January 18, 2005

Congratulations on this cute finalist, Donna!! Good luck in the next round of judging!! #1042096

Jill Flynn January 18, 2005

Congratulations Donna! Love this photograph. #1043496

Donna J. Taff January 18, 2005

Congrat's to you, Donna !!! I love this photo also!!! #1043969

Jonna Bergström January 18, 2005

Congratulations, Donna!!!! #1044251

Kristi A. Howson January 18, 2005

Congralations Donna...I just love this:) !!!!! #1046234

Debra Booth January 18, 2005

A very cool shot of your cool cat, Donna! Congratulations! #1046275

Nobu Nagase January 18, 2005

Congratulations, Donna!
Fantastic!!! #1046579

Jennifer Rennison January 18, 2005

Fabulous capture of a great pose, Donna!! Congratulations! #1046589

Dale Ann Cubbage January 18, 2005

Yay Donna! Many congrats on your finalist selection!

da #1046593

Colette M. Metcalf January 18, 2005

Congratulations Donna!!! #1046619

Phil Sauvey January 18, 2005

Donna,

I love this!!! Congrats on your finalist and best of luck in the next round. #1046736

Mata Patan January 19, 2005

He is really cool! Congratulations for this finalist! #1047567

Terry R. Hatfield January 19, 2005

Way To Go Donna!!!I Like It:-)Congratulations On Your Finalist!!! #1048929

Donna La Mattino Pagakis January 19, 2005

Thanks to all of you who commented on this image. I so very much appreciate the encouragement and support. You are all a great group of photographers!! Thanks so much!!!!!!!!!! #1049352

S J January 20, 2005

Many CONGRATULATIONS on your second place win, Donna!!! #1049489

Danilo Piccioni January 20, 2005

He/She made it!
Congrats on your win!

Dado #1049656

Janet L. Skinner January 20, 2005

Congratulations, Donna!!!!! #1049710

Deborah C. Lewinson level-addict January 20, 2005

Hearty congrats on your second place win, Donna!

-Debby #1049804

Colette M. Metcalf January 20, 2005

Congratulations Donna!!!! #1049942

Patricia A. Kuniega January 20, 2005

Congratulations on your wonderful win, Donna! He looks like a sweetheart! Make sure this Cool Kitty gets a treat too! : ) #1050269

Kara L. Hendricks January 20, 2005

Congratulations on your second place win Donna!!! #1050462

Donna J. Taff January 20, 2005

Congratulation's on your second place win, Donna!!!! That's one cool cat!!! #1050481

Darren K. Fisher January 20, 2005

What a great capture, congrats on the win. #1050620

Karen Bacon January 20, 2005

Congratulations on this adorable win Donna! #1050631

Karen Engelbreth January 20, 2005

Congrats on your win, Donna! #1050660

Noel Baebler January 20, 2005

Congratulations Donna! Great cat! #1050784

Jill Flynn January 20, 2005

Congratulations to you and your cool cat on this well deserved Second Place win! Way to go! #1050881

Sharon Day January 20, 2005

Cute shot, Donna!!!! Big congratulations! #1051041

Susan T. Evans level-classic January 20, 2005

Awesome "cool cat", Donna, congrats on your win!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! #1051353

Terry R. Hatfield January 20, 2005

Congratulations Donna!!!!,This Is Awesome,A Great 2nd Place Winner!! #1051358

Patrick Campbell January 20, 2005

Congrats on your win, Donna! I love the mood of this shot~ #1051548

Laurence Saliba level-classic January 20, 2005

Congratulations Donna!!! Wonderful capture. #1051560

Wendy Stevenson January 20, 2005

Congratulations Donna on your win with this very cooooooollllll cat shot!!! Love that reflection! #1051828

Stanley J. Contrades January 20, 2005

Way coooooolll on this 2nd place win, Donna!! CONGRATULATIONS!!
Much Aloha,
Stan #1051845

Donna La Mattino Pagakis January 20, 2005

You have all been so supportive!! I really appreciate each and every one of your responses. So VERY COOL!!!! Thank you and keep shooting. A big THANKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! #1051937

Jonna Bergström January 20, 2005

Congratulations!!! #1051978

Debra Booth January 20, 2005

Congratulations, Donna!!! #1052140

Jennifer Rennison January 20, 2005

Congratulations, Donna, on your second place win!! #1052146

Dan Holm January 20, 2005

Congratulations, Donna!!! #1052241

William C. Raco level-classic January 20, 2005

This is cute....
Thanks for the smile ;-)
Congratulations, Donna

bill #1052425

Phil Sauvey January 20, 2005

Congrats, Donna!

1 Cool Cat + 1 Great Photo=GOLD!

Awesome! #1052534

Kip T. Berger January 20, 2005

Great job; congratulations on your win Donna!!! :) #1052636

Donna La Mattino Pagakis January 21, 2005

I just wanted to thank each and everyone of you again. Your comments and support have been wonderful. Thanks so very much!!! #1053606

Mary K. Robison January 21, 2005

A cool cat, and a VERY cool photo, Donna ~
CONGRATULATIONS on your win!! #1054239

Evy Johansen level-classic January 21, 2005

Big congratulations on your well deserved win, Donna! Wonderful image! #1055222

Robin L. Wehrman January 22, 2005

A big congratulations to you, Donna on a well deserved win!!!!! #1056094

Nobu Nagase January 22, 2005

Congratulations, Donna, on your great win!
Fantastic!!! #1056413

Kristi A. Howson January 22, 2005

I just love this Donna...it's sooooo cute and sweet. Congratulations on your win!!!!! #1056524

Donna La Mattino Pagakis January 23, 2005

Once again a BIG THANK YOU to each and every one of you!! Your support is so very inspirational!! #1057319

Anette Linnea Rasmussen January 23, 2005

Very nice Donna, love it!
Congrats on your win!

Best wishes
Linnea #1057343

Stephen Zacker January 23, 2005

Congratulations Donna #1057707

Leonard Pierce January 23, 2005

Congratulations on your Second Place win Donna!!! #1058878

Donna La Mattino Pagakis January 24, 2005

Thank you Linnea, Stephen and Len for the congrats. I appreciate all the support you have given me over the past year!!! #1060212

Andre Marhaug January 30, 2005

Congrats!. Cool cat indeed :-) #1074175

Donna La Mattino Pagakis January 31, 2005

Thanks Andre!! Your work is amazing! I liked browsing your gallery!! #1074185

June 21, 2005

I'm partial to kitty photo's, I breed ragdolls... Your COOL cat is sooo cute! You captured him perfectly! I love the angle you shot this photo at! Great reflection in the window!!! :) #1497209

Chris Welch March 21, 2006

Congrats. I love it! My cat sits the same way... lol

Very nice flowrider photos also in you gallery. #2557435

Karen Slagle May 04, 2006

This truly is a cool cat, Donna. I love how relaxed he looks and his reflection in the mirror. Cool gallery also. #2725171

Donna La Mattino Pagakis May 04, 2006

Thank you Hannah, Chris and Karen for visiting my gallery and commenting on this capture. I miss Ozzie very much. He was the COOLEST CAT!!! #2725719

Susan Jane Allen level-classic May 05, 2006

Definitely cool! Great perspective! #2729134

Donna La Mattino Pagakis May 05, 2006

Thank you Susan, I will never forget Ozzie! I really miss him. #2729377

Gary Sagnor May 05, 2006

Susan said it before I could Donna. Cool cat and great perspective!! We are blessed with them for only a short time. Its great to have the photo memories to look back on and smile:) #2730009

Donna La Mattino Pagakis May 05, 2006

You said it Gary!! We have two kittens now. Jethro is 6 months old and Shadow is 3 months. They are great friends and we are truly blessed. I braved a bath for each of them today. And I mean BRAVE, with Jethro. Anyway, thanks!! #2730052

Alice Lero July 10, 2006

So cute! :) #3010805

Donna La Mattino Pagakis July 12, 2006

Thanks Alice!! Ozzie was one cool cat!! #3021467

Kcalpesh B. Ajugia July 23, 2006

This is Really Great. I love Cats and ..wow.. amazing photograph...:) #3064668

Donna La Mattino Pagakis July 23, 2006

Thank you Kcalpesh very much! #3064703

August 09, 2006

A very cool cat indeed! Adorable! Love the reflection, love the feet! Well done Donna! And congrats too!!! :} #3143246

Donna La Mattino Pagakis August 09, 2006

Thanks so very much Angela!! #3144369

September 04, 2006

Beautiful shot and title Donna!
Congratulations on your win! #3263706

Donna La Mattino Pagakis September 04, 2006

Thanks Reine!!! #3266187

Kathleen Brennan October 08, 2006

Fabulous perspective and portrait of this handsome guy! #3424542

Donna La Mattino Pagakis October 09, 2006

Thank you Kathleen, he sure loved hanging out on the window sill. #3426837

Larissa M. October 11, 2006

Toooooo cute!!!
Can I have him? lol ; )
I love the picture, Donna, excellant work!!

~Lue... #3434641

Donna La Mattino Pagakis October 11, 2006

Thank you so very much Lue!!! #3436238

Kaye Burazin October 19, 2006

Note to self. Give cat lots, and lots of treats and see if I can capture as great of a photo has Dinna has done here! Fantastic colors and composition. #3473401

Donna La Mattino Pagakis October 19, 2006

Thank you very much Kaye!! Ozzie loved to hang out!! #3473608

Jenny D November 15, 2006

Very cute image of your very cool cat! #3591426

Donna La Mattino Pagakis November 15, 2006

Thank you JD!!! #3591566

Stacy L. Robertson November 21, 2006

I can't believe I haven't seen this before! What a pretty kitty, and the angle and depth of field is awesome, no wonder you got a winner on this! #3611932

Donna La Mattino Pagakis November 21, 2006

Thank you Stacy very much, Ozzie was a VERY COOL cat and I miss him!!! #3612832

Vladan D. Djordjevic January 11, 2007

So cute! Great composition, lighting, portrait! #3809728

Donna La Mattino Pagakis January 12, 2007

Thank you Vladan!! I really appreciate your great compliments!! #3813513

Dirkje Diana Fem. Reuvekamp January 25, 2007

What al lovely picture..I like cats..
Very nice picture..:)
Dirkje;) #3866621

Donna La Mattino Pagakis January 27, 2007

Thank you Dirkje for your great comments!! #3879577

April 09, 2007

the cat is truly cool and relax ;-)
thanx for sharing.
jovie #4148360

Nancy (Peaches) Harker April 11, 2007

This is so cute. He looks pretty comfy. I like looking at all the animal photo's on here. Most my pictures are of my animals. I looked at some of your gallery pictures, and you have some amazing photo's. Coongrates on all your wins. Keep it up! I hope I can do that well, as I just started. #4156767

Donna La Mattino Pagakis April 11, 2007

Thank you Jovie and Nancy!! Ozzie was always hanging out on this windowsill. I miss him dearly!!

Thanks for stopping by! #4156860

Jennifer Cuscino June 09, 2007

GREAT portrait. Love the angle. Well done! #4381335

Donna La Mattino Pagakis June 19, 2007

Thanks you Jennifer VERY much!! #4414687

Taylor July 21, 2007

This is an excellent photo. You deserved the win. #4535830

Donna La Mattino Pagakis July 21, 2007

Thanks Taylor, I truly appreciate it VERY much!!! #4536119

Colleen Farrell September 01, 2007

Fantastic capture, Donna! My cat sits like that too, and it does give him a "cool" look, LOL Beautifully done! #4732502

Debbie E. Payne October 11, 2007

I love this image, Donna. A well-deserved win. In fact, I love your gallery. Lots of inspiration, here\! #4913373

Debbie E. Payne October 11, 2007

I love this image, Donna. A well-deserved win. In fact, I love your gallery. Lots of inspiration, here\! #4913374

Steven E. Ray October 15, 2007

I had not seen this one before, but it is great. I don't think I have seen so much "human" in a cats expression before. The crossed paws and side look up is a one in a million photo! Exceptional capture and worthy winner! #4930467

Donna La Mattino Pagakis October 16, 2007

Thank you Colleen, Debbie and Steven!! Ozzie was so COOL!! He loved sitting by the window!! #4935011

Dorann Weber October 16, 2007

This has got to be the sweetest photo Donna !... #4935168

Donna La Mattino Pagakis October 16, 2007

Thank you Dorann!! #4935185

Melissa McCabe November 25, 2007

Donna, this is fantastic!!! Love the look, the crossed paws, the reflection - well seen and great point of view! Congrats on this win, totally deserved!!! -mm #5123108

Donna La Mattino Pagakis November 25, 2007

Thank you Melissa!!! #5123837

Ivan Chacon December 05, 2007

Congratulations on all of your Gallery Donna! Remarkable work! :) #5172894

Donna La Mattino Pagakis December 05, 2007

Thank you Ivan, it's so nice of you to stop by!! #5173606

Lisa J. Boulden level-classic December 13, 2007

Such an amazing gallery you have, Donna!
You're such an artist!!!
--Lisa #5205766

Donna La Mattino Pagakis December 13, 2007

You are so kind, thanks so much Lisa!! #5205775

Louise Kumpf December 14, 2007

What a great capture, Donna! Ozzie was a doll, and this image is a wonderful memento of him. Belated congratulations on your second prize honors! #5208166

Donna La Mattino Pagakis December 15, 2007

Thank you Louise, I really miss him!!! But I am blessed with another cat that I love very much too!!!

Ozzie was so cool and very photogenic!! I will never forget him!!!

Take care!!

Donna #5210698

Elina April 07, 2008

Another great one, made me smile. :)
Congratulations on your great second-place winner!
-Elina #5755445

Amanda Chapman May 17, 2008

Fantastic!!!!!
Congrats on the win :) #5935793

Carol Engstrom level-classic February 17, 2009

I love this! He is soooo cool! #7175018

Donna La Mattino Pagakis February 17, 2009

Thank you Elina, Amanda and Carol!!! #7175658

Christine Lobsinger level-classic June 11, 2009

Hi Donna, wanted to check out your gallery again.... your cat is KewL....
Congratulations on your WINNER!!!
CHRISTINE
SMILING WITH YOU... #7618850

Gary Sagnor June 25, 2009

Hey Donna! I was checking out your amazing gallery and saw one of my favorite photos again. I can’t believe I'm commenting on it again after my last one 3 years ago!! You’re a great photographer, I love looking at your gallery! #7676104

November 12, 2009

I Love this Pose. A job well Done.

Brian #8125960

Chris Budny level-deluxe March 23, 2010

While hopelessly checking to see if Finalists were out yet, this great image popped up on the Contest Page... I love it!! A belated congratulations! #8476261

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