It's a beautiful cat Cindy, nicely composed with a good depth of field. I would have liked to see some fill light to get a good catchlight in his eye like you have in your kitten photo. This could be achieved with a flash (and probably red-eye correction) or postprocessing exposure adjustments. He could be cropped a little closer as well. Nice snapshot. anne :-)
Tell me if you like it or don't but be sure to tell me why! I promise to always give honest and sincere (albeit gentle when necessary) critiques. MY NEW YEARS TIP for all, go have some fun with your new gear you got for Christmas. Do some things you rarely or never do. If you always shoot scenics, go shoot macros (or as close up as you can get.) Practice on different subjects, try new lighting techniques, bracket your shots (shoot the same image at different exposures and different apertures), get down low and shoot from your back, your belly, and your knees. Bend, twist, lean and climb up on things. Shoot toward the sky (carefully - blown out sunlight is NOT attractive :-) Just do something different and amaze yourself then share with us :-) Love you Caedians.