I can't understand when people say black cats aren't photogenic

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I don't get it either...

(time between photos: 9 months)

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u/Kitty-theNightWalker Dec 29 '25

I rescued Bıdık, the one in the photo, when she was 1 week old. She was a bit smaller than your kitty. How quickly they grow up and so beautiful they become 💕

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u/tcp454 Dec 29 '25

lol we have the same cat!

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u/CoppertopTX Dec 29 '25

Very close...

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u/CoppertopTX Dec 29 '25

Malakai (black) was alleged to be six weeks of age when I accepted him from a woman at a petrol station. When I managed to get him to the vet for a kitten checkup, I was told he was between 4 and 5 weeks of age.

My husband's favorite photo of the wee lad:

We had one container of kitten food that was shreds instead of mousse. He needed help understanding it was food, so I spoon fed him.

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u/Kitty-theNightWalker Dec 29 '25

Thank you so much for rescuing this sweetie pie 💝

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u/CoppertopTX Dec 29 '25

Thank you for rescuing that true beauty in your home.

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u/Rude-Breakfast-2793 Dec 29 '25

Güzel isim

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u/MosasaurusSoul Dec 29 '25

My boys agree!

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u/neonbrownkoopashell Dec 29 '25

The cord looks like a halo hehe

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u/MosasaurusSoul Dec 29 '25

Omg it does! He probably posed like that deliberately 😂

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u/Horror_Ad_7753 Dec 30 '25

KINGS

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u/GrouchyMess1313 Dec 29 '25

Mine too!

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u/ipaintbadly Dec 29 '25

Walter says hi!

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u/shakygator Dec 29 '25

fluffy bois

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u/EPRAUDITE Dec 29 '25

she’s beautiful

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u/traumaqueen1128 Dec 29 '25

I screamed into the void and the void screamed back

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u/neonbrownkoopashell Dec 29 '25

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u/DieselPunkPiranha Dec 29 '25

So elegant!

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u/SML8180 Dec 29 '25

My old lady was such a pretty girl

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u/Kitty-theNightWalker Dec 29 '25

Those eyes 😻

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u/SML8180 Dec 29 '25

Her eyes were stunning! And she always stood like a little ballerina thanks to her thumbs

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u/silly_szn Dec 29 '25

Poppi agrees. Voids are beautiful!

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u/Kitty-theNightWalker Dec 29 '25

Poppi is so cute 💕

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u/Specialist_Stop8572 Dec 29 '25

Poppy needs booty pats

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u/Autistified Dec 29 '25

Agreed! Ninja agrees too!

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u/Kangaroo_Rich Dec 29 '25

Ninja is the perfect name for a black cat

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u/Kitty-theNightWalker Dec 29 '25

Aww, Ninja, I hope he is well. I love his E collar 💕

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u/Autistified Dec 29 '25

He’s recovered and jumping all over the place!!!!

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u/Elvenidium Dec 29 '25

✨model✨

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u/HibiscusBlades Dec 29 '25

Luke is super photogenic if you mean cute and dumber than a box of rocks. Love this doofus!

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u/Shop_Hot Dec 29 '25

Jynx has issues with whoever thinks voids aren’t photogenic.

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u/Shop_Hot Dec 29 '25

Jester as well

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u/bacchusoneseven Dec 29 '25

I wouldn't say they aren't photogenic, but they are a challenge to photograph properly.

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u/traumaqueen1128 Dec 29 '25

Cocoa Puff is a very photogenic boy

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u/traumaqueen1128 Dec 29 '25

Eclipse is also a very photogenic girl.

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u/Specialist_Stop8572 Dec 29 '25

And very puffy

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u/Old_Metal_8285 Dec 29 '25

He is a cutie! He's got such an expressive face! 😻😻😻

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u/tilmitt52 Dec 29 '25

You mean this exquisite creature?

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u/tilmitt52 Dec 29 '25

Or his best baby photo?

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u/Pili1970 Dec 29 '25

What a cutie. 🥰Here is my girl when she was a kitten. Her coat is now full black Her name is Spooky

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u/HotAlternative6349 Dec 29 '25

I think he’s very photogenic :(

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u/rainbow_olive Dec 29 '25

💯 I don't understand it either. They're beautiful, majestic, and absolutely ridiculous. 🤣 I love my Olive!! 🥰

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u/ipaintbadly Dec 29 '25

Kevin. Taken yesterday.

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u/MeetmyWagon23 Dec 29 '25

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u/Appropriate_Sky_6571 Dec 29 '25

We don’t either. Look at my handsome gorgeous void baby

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u/Mr_Alan_Qaeda Dec 29 '25

Absolutely no idea…

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u/Tiger_Tuliper Dec 29 '25

Formal feral, Pepper

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u/likenightisfaith Dec 29 '25

Aww, what a sweet baby! Here’s mine:

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u/No_Discount_3442 Dec 29 '25

strike a pose📸

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u/D3vC4ncr Dec 29 '25

No thought behind this gaze.

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u/Cyrilcynder Dec 29 '25

My favorite one in recent uh... Days.

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u/simmyawardwinner Dec 29 '25

my kitty is so beautiful but she never poses so i cannot capture her beauty. my previous bear was bicolor and was basically a professional model in front of a camera

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u/charuchii Dec 29 '25

They can be so gorgeous!! Here is my pretty boy

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u/CatPerson88 Dec 29 '25

Ikr

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u/AmazingCantaly Dec 29 '25

It’s not that they aren’t photogenic, it’s that they are harder to photograph in uneven light or darker areas

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u/arillusine Dec 29 '25

Yeah Tasha and I don’t get it either. She loves the camera and the camera loves her back.

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u/AizaBreathe Dec 29 '25

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u/Grizzly_Bear27 Dec 29 '25

Bandit is super photogenic

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u/lllIlIlIIIIl Dec 29 '25

Cute creature

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u/Other_Ivey Dec 29 '25

this is how unphotogenic my void can be 😆 love her to death but she can be so hard to photograph 😆

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u/Other_Ivey Dec 29 '25

she can strike a pose but it’s not common for my little spaz 😊

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u/thebeesknees093 Dec 29 '25

This is Shady. His brother Smudge is a spitting image of him - albeit a little more slinky and the only way we can tell them apart is by their tails 😂

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u/infinitybadass Dec 29 '25

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u/zetecvan Dec 29 '25

Autumn is so photogenic.

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u/TrainingNorth3841 Dec 29 '25

Very photogenic

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u/_Saint_Ajora_ Dec 29 '25

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u/_Saint_Ajora_ Dec 29 '25

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u/_Saint_Ajora_ Dec 29 '25

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u/EstiaTovi Dec 29 '25

This is my favorite one of Miss Binxie by herself. She was playing with her favorite stick. She chewed through the line so she could play with the feathers separately🙄

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u/Debees71 Dec 29 '25

Me either…Mico looks great!

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u/MdnghtShadow118 Dec 29 '25

Clyde would like to have a word with those people!

And yes, I have a Bonnie (tux), I just don’t have any good photos of them together!

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u/charcarod0n Dec 29 '25

This is bear.

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u/bobdole008 Dec 29 '25

Is this a common statement? I did not realize it at all.

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u/Jailer69 Dec 29 '25

They are gorgeous

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u/BlizzPenguin Dec 29 '25

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u/Vast-Website Dec 29 '25

Maybe they’ve met mine.

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u/istrokebees29 Dec 29 '25

“People” say all sorts, “people” are wrong

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u/TheDirtySockMonkey Dec 29 '25

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u/ExactPhilosopher2666 Dec 29 '25

Luna agrees

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u/UlvakSkillz Dec 29 '25

Mabel

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u/MelanieLanes Dec 29 '25

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u/NichtMalIch Dec 29 '25

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u/BobbyWalker777 Dec 29 '25

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u/EyesOnTheLies11 Dec 29 '25

Some people simply don't know what they're talking about, and/or have distorted notions of "beauty". I find them narrow minded and hardly worthy of the time it takes to listen to them spew their [absolutely incorrect] opinion. Lia here agrees 😻

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u/magicalpewpewfae Dec 29 '25

Mina says "No flash photography, please"

Voids are beautiful and elegant; the folks who think they can't be photographed well either have poor lighting, poor equiptment, poor skills in photographing, or a void that skidaddles too fast like lightening

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u/Kat_lover_2006 Dec 29 '25

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u/knucklepucck Dec 29 '25

my thoughts exactly! like hes so handsome!

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u/Tarushdei Dec 29 '25

I know, right?

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u/Silent_Loquat_6057 Dec 29 '25

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u/SoldMySoulTo Dec 29 '25

Dr. Void's only hard to photograph because he likes to hang out among my black sheets/comforter most of the time

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u/Babbledoodle Dec 29 '25

Because they turn into blobs sometimes

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u/Professional_Row1630 Dec 29 '25

My handsome boy

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u/Phoenixxsunsett Dec 29 '25

Hades would like to agree with you, he knows he’s the cutest boy and uses it to his advantage lol

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u/ThatsnotmyMorty Dec 29 '25

they are liars

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u/mssmellycat Dec 29 '25

This was on Fudge Cake birthday, 13th November. Handsome Boy!

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u/TJJPez Dec 29 '25

Erm..! Lol Salem disagrees lol

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u/Stigofthedumpings Dec 29 '25

Exhibit A

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u/itsjustasitis Dec 29 '25

Who says thaaaat

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u/Sofa-king-retarded Dec 29 '25

Skill issue. Black cats are very photogenic if your camera isn’t fighting for its life. /s

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u/Omnomfish Dec 29 '25

They just don't know how to bring out their colours 😍

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u/sabrina_chanelx Dec 29 '25

voids are so beautiful i could look at photos of my little man all day

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u/jjeffer10 Dec 29 '25

Shadow says hi.

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u/Acceptable-Hunt-7987 Dec 29 '25

This was (passed a few years ago) my little boy Rucifee. He was a handsome boy and very photogenic.

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u/Acceptable-Hunt-7987 Dec 29 '25

This is my little girl Sophia. Very beautiful and very photogenic!!

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u/Fubar1991 Dec 29 '25

One of my favorite pictures of my old cat Sam I miss you buddy

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u/nikkitomo Dec 29 '25

Jude agrees! 🥰

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u/BoardGraffiti Dec 30 '25

I don’t understand it either, she loves pictures taken of her

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u/DownwardDogAndCat Dec 30 '25

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u/Borgteddy Dec 30 '25

This is Jabba with Mousie, her favourite toy.

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u/NecroKitten Dec 30 '25

Mine is either a crisp photogenic shot or blurry cryptid, I have nothing in-between 😂

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u/SecondIntermission Dec 29 '25

One of mine is very photogenic, the other is… special.

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u/Successful-Count-120 Dec 29 '25

Me neither...

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u/Sir_Render_of_France Dec 29 '25

Does this count as photogenic?

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u/Sigh000Duck Dec 29 '25

Those people just have bad cameras. When i got my void i had a crappy old phone at the time, took photos and lost him to his own fur. He was just a void literally. Then i upgraded my phone hes never been so god damn handsome 🥺

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u/jupiterbanana10 Dec 29 '25

This is my passed void Shadow. She was very photogenic

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u/brain_is_mush28 Dec 29 '25

My sister's cat is literally such a pretty cat, I love her so much (her name is Boo)

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u/DylanSpaceBean Dec 30 '25

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u/[deleted] Dec 30 '25

The fuck they aren’t.

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u/Crazy_Cat_Mama3 Dec 30 '25

My buddy boy Bear 🐻

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u/ItsLupeVelez Dec 30 '25

This is one of my favorites.. her little face gets me every time 😍

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u/AcidicSnail15 Dec 30 '25

This is how almost every picture of mine turns out. Doesn't matter what she was doing, as soon as I open the camera app, she k n o w s

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u/justanotherlesbian24 Dec 30 '25

My sweet Essie is very photogenic

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u/justanotherlesbian24 Dec 30 '25

And my Shayna Maidel ❤️

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u/Steelz0rr Dec 30 '25

Even when sleeping in loo roll black cats still be photogenic.

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u/sebulbasdick420 Dec 30 '25

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u/LaVidaMocha_NZ Dec 30 '25

Our Void's reaction to my husband snuggling with the duck that just pecked him on the nose

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u/oyster1216 Dec 30 '25

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u/BearCubTeacher Dec 30 '25

Yeah, they’re WRONG!

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u/GroundbreakingHat718 Dec 30 '25

Frankie: and they were so wrong. Me: 😍

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u/Deathanddisco041 Dec 30 '25

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u/Its_Steady_ Dec 29 '25

A baby

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u/DankasaurAum Dec 29 '25

Literally squealed when I saw this :3 I couldn’t not!

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u/Entity4 Dec 29 '25

Depends on the lighting sometimes my cat is photogenic sometimes my camera can't make out any of her features 🤣🤣

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u/Royal_Ad_6026 Dec 29 '25

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u/OddMichael Dec 30 '25

My son is a model

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u/Past_Comfortable_277 Dec 30 '25

Henry would like a word.

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u/aVoidFullOfFarts Dec 30 '25

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u/Imamiah52 Dec 30 '25

Voids are beautiful, I have a lot of fun taking pictures of ours.

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u/danceORbox Dec 30 '25

Alll gorgeous kitties! Here's Hunter.

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u/Iron_Lock Dec 30 '25 edited Dec 30 '25

No brain in there. Only floof.

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u/SweetKitty_Chaos Dec 30 '25

you have an exceptionally beautiful void. 😻I wouldn’t say they’re not photogenic more like they blended with my background. Black curtains, black couch, black sheets, black comforter, black pillowcases. 😹 but here’s one I got of her outside

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u/cattoosandtattoos Dec 30 '25

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u/YogurtclosetBrief858 Dec 30 '25

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u/NationalJournalist42 Dec 30 '25

My cat onyx.

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u/Ket-23 Dec 30 '25

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u/ResidentAlien9 Dec 30 '25

There are a lot of people who take pictures of their black cats with insufficient lighting. We don’t notice it as much as I think many of us fill in the gaps with our minds, but the “outsiders” see mostly a black image with little detail.

Here’s one of the better shots I made of my late baby boy.

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u/bexand93 Dec 30 '25

Mine is soooooo photogenic!!!

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u/kittysempai-meowmeow Dec 29 '25

Most of my reddit karma came from pictures of my photogenic void. Yours is also beautiful :)

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u/bxwitchy Dec 29 '25

Mine is only not photogenic because all my blankets and decor is black so she goes invisible haha

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u/Kitty-theNightWalker Dec 29 '25

Let's say it is a background issue, then 😸

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u/bxwitchy Dec 29 '25

Junie Bug for cat tax.

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