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It's a truism that black cats are hard to photograph. Pantera is no different, but sometimes I get lucky. Like many black cats, Pantera's coat tends to bleach out a bit during the summer like a surfer. It doesn't help that Rio de Janeiro only has two seasons, Hot and Hell. As a result, sometimes under the right lighting you can see that Pantera has very faint tabby striping under the black. It's interesting that she has nearly no white on her, only a few hairs in her ears. Even her undercoat and roots are dark brown.
I finally managed to photograph Pantera with her striping almost visible. Normally, Pantera looks a uniform black under anything less than the direct noonday sun. The photo is low quality; it was taken directly in the noonday sun in a rush*, but the tabby striping is there. Interesting to note that Pantera has tiger striping, very different from Pimenta's classic/marble tabby striping
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* the angle of the lighting sucks as does the resolution, but at least the colors are accurate
I finally managed to photograph Pantera with her striping almost visible. Normally, Pantera looks a uniform black under anything less than the direct noonday sun. The photo is low quality; it was taken directly in the noonday sun in a rush*, but the tabby striping is there. Interesting to note that Pantera has tiger striping, very different from Pimenta's classic/marble tabby striping
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* the angle of the lighting sucks as does the resolution, but at least the colors are accurate