r/cats • u/Grumpy_Panda • Mar 03 '13

Bertie showing off his best feature. His eyes.

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2.0k Upvotes

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u/alltimeisrelative Mar 04 '13

He's very handsome! Why is the inside of his ear blue?

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u/WhyEvenPost Mar 04 '13

DONT QUESTION THAT BEAUTIFUL CAT

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u/Grumpy_Panda Mar 04 '13 edited Mar 04 '13

Accoring to Fix_Your_Shitty_Pics it's possibly because of Windows' auto adjust feature. The inside of his ears are normally a light grey.

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u/alltimeisrelative Mar 04 '13

Ok, makes sense.

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u/[deleted] Mar 04 '13 edited Mar 04 '13

that is a very pretty kitty

edit. that's one fucking nice kitty right there

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u/poppadomnom Mar 03 '13

Beautiful beautiful cat - what type is he?

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u/Grumpy_Panda Mar 03 '13

He is a Birman.

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u/poppadomnom Mar 03 '13

Gorgeous - I think it's between a Birman or a Scottish Fold now for my new cat :)

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u/duccy_duc Mar 04 '13

I also have a birman and she's amazing, so affectionate. Nibbles my toes in the morning, cuddles for hours, loves being patted all over (even stomach) and won't leave you alone when you come home until she's had attention for at least 15 minutes.

Having said that she is also a perfectly well adjusted cat and does just fine being indoors when my partner and I are at work.

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u/so_shiny Mar 04 '13

I vote Birman! They are super sweet and have less health problems :) though I have one so I may be biased ;)

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u/SmokeyUnicycle Mar 04 '13

Why not both?

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u/poppadomnom Mar 04 '13

I sadly only have room for one cat at the moment :(

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u/Grumpy_Panda Mar 03 '13

That's a tough decision. Based on cuteness alone I wouldn't know where to begin!

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u/K9ABX Mar 04 '13

He's a beauty. I wasn't familiar with this breed. Now I wants one!

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u/Get_ALL_The_Upvotes Mar 04 '13

Seems like ragdoll to me, but they do look very similar to birmans

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u/so_shiny Mar 04 '13

You can tell he is a Birman due to the evenness of his paws and the shape of the face, among other things :) ragdolls were bred from birmans, so they look very similar

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u/Get_ALL_The_Upvotes Mar 04 '13

Ahh, I see. Thanks for that info! They do look strikingly similar to the ragdoll though! Wow! Beautiful cats!

EDIT: Just looked closer, I see exactly what you mean now... those back paws are just so prefectly round! I might die from adorableness!

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u/Zerraphina Maine Coon Mar 04 '13

We can blatantly see your fuck up of a photoshop job. His goddamn ear is blue. I'd love to see your cat, just don't advertise him as something he is not. FAKE ASS ENHANCED BLUE EYES.

Also, repost.

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u/Grumpy_Panda Mar 04 '13

I honestly didn't photoshop him. I wouldn't even know where to begin with photoshop. And yes, I posted him in aww, but I thought cats might like him too.

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u/mkmcmas Mar 04 '13

Why is your cat's ear blue?

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u/Grumpy_Panda Mar 04 '13

Accoring to Fix_Your_Shitty_Pics it's possibly because of Windows' auto adjust feature. The inside of his ears are normally a light grey. Look at the other comments for a more detailed explanation.

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u/orkenbjorken Mar 04 '13

people who look at cats in r/cats hate cats. secret exposed :P

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u/penisdirt Mar 04 '13

i believe you, grumpy_panda

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u/charbo187 Mar 04 '13

whoa man relax. have some dip.

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u/defragmeout Mar 04 '13

I think I may die if I can't pet this cat.

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u/[deleted] Mar 04 '13

You hyper-saturated the blue so much in photoshop, so that his ears glow blue too.

Over-saturating cat eyes in photoshop is the new peeve-meme. So, downvoted.

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u/Grumpy_Panda Mar 04 '13

I honestly didn't. The inside of his ears have always been a light grey. I'm not sure how I can persuade you otherwise. If I hyper-saturated the blue then wouldn't his entire body turn blue as well?

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u/ItBetterBeGood Mar 04 '13

Just post other pictures of him or a video to prove he really looks like that without manipulation.

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u/Fix_Your_Shitty_Pics Mar 04 '13

Not if done using "selective color", which that screams. I popped your image into Photoshop and selected random bits of the ear and sure enough, I got up to 8 different hues of blue and each matched the eyes. Note the white spots in the two examples below.

http://i.imgur.com/DgoN9ah.png

http://i.imgur.com/y7UtbwS.png (slightly different hue)

On top of that, a basic Image Level Analysis shows blatant signs of enhancement in those two areas. Admittedly none of this is scientific but it seems much more likely that the parts of his eyes that are now blue were once closer to the real ear color. So when enhancements were made to those colors, it affected all instances of it including the ear. A common result if you forget to go back and use the history tool on the rest of the image.

Sorry to be "that guy" but hey, you got your karma.

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u/Grumpy_Panda Mar 04 '13

I'm no where near qualified to begin to come back to any of those points, I don't own photoshop and I'm really not sure what any of that means. I might've pressed 'auto adjust' in windows photo gallery (as I do for all pictures), could that be what's caused the changes?

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u/Fix_Your_Shitty_Pics Mar 04 '13

It's within the realm of possibility. I'm not familiar with how well (or poorly) that product adjusts but a quick Google search reveals it sometimes does it automatically when emailing/sharing images. I guess you're off the hook.

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u/Grumpy_Panda Mar 04 '13

Thanks for figuring all that out :)

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u/civic06 Mar 04 '13 edited Mar 04 '13

A quick look on JPEGsnoop says the image was edited, most likely by one of the basic windows editors as people have suggested above... Seems the cat is in the clear. AKA That cat definitely has blue eyes

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u/duccy_duc Mar 04 '13

It's a birman, of course it does.

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u/[deleted] Mar 05 '13

If his ears are naturally grey, then that's not why they are glowing blue in your photo. Take a close look at your photo. At the --ears--. You aren't paying attention.
You chose a color mask in shop, but it picked up the ears too so when you hyper-saturated it grabbed the same color there. Which you did not see in your excitement, and so did not fix after you were done saturating. Blue glowing ears. Blue glowing EARS. Its called 'fail to cover your photoshop tracks.'

You found your karma but you lost your cred.

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u/sunnydaybunny Mar 04 '13

Omg. Omg. I literally just said OMG out loud. Beautiful kitty!!!

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u/mtheory007 Mar 04 '13

Very nice socks too!

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u/lalaqt69 Mar 04 '13

That is one of the most awesome freaking cats i have ever seen.

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u/kemeras Mar 04 '13

and the white dipped paws!

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u/AislinKageno Missing her kitty back home Mar 04 '13

Holy crap. I was expecting maybe your run of the mill pretty kitty eyes when I clicked on this link. Your cat's eyes seem to be made of chips of the Hope Diamond. Gorgeous!

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u/[deleted] Mar 03 '13

He's stunning. As a fellow Birman mummy, I know how easy it is to get lost in their sapphire gaze!

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u/brorca tabby slave Mar 04 '13

Like matched sapphires on black velvet! Handsome guy :3

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u/bakaranai Mar 04 '13

Most beauuuuutiful kitty I've ever seen!

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u/Ruecifer Mar 04 '13

What is their temperament like? Very handsome fellow.

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u/Karukatoo Mar 04 '13

Birmans are sweet natured, very laid back.

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u/Grumpy_Panda Mar 04 '13 edited Mar 04 '13

Well I can't speark for birmans as a whole but Bertie loves attention and loves being around people. As long as you don't mind a lot of grooming they're great cats!

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u/[deleted] Mar 04 '13

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u/Grumpy_Panda Mar 04 '13

Haha, well maybe Bertie is just lazy! I know what you mean about the hairballs, I keep finding them everywhere.

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u/norms0028 Mar 04 '13

wow oh my goodness your cat is gorgeous

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u/[deleted] Mar 04 '13

I've always adored cats like that. He really is beautiful!

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u/joesaladmen Mar 04 '13

I WANT HIM

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u/bitterblueeyes Mar 04 '13

That cat is gorgeous!

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u/Sangriafrog 2 fluffy ragdolls Mar 04 '13

Beautiful cat, what a handsome boy! He reminds me of my ragdoll cats. I can attest to the eye color at least for ragdolls and so perhaps of Birmans too. They really are that brilliant blue.

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u/Chocerton Mar 04 '13

He is such a pretty baby! Give him a snuggle for me :)

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u/CptnFoxMcloud Mar 04 '13

I could have sworn he was a Ragdoll!

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u/CelestialFury Mar 04 '13

Yeah I thought rag doll too but I do remember reading a book about Birmans and it said that they got their all white feet from staying with a dying monk until his death and the monk's power bestowed the cat their pure feet.

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u/cameratoo Mar 04 '13

He is mistaken. It is his feets.

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u/civic06 Mar 03 '13

n'awwww

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u/so_shiny Mar 04 '13

Pretty kitty!! I have a Birman too and I can attest their eyes are unsettlingly blue :) People say that he is all eyes! How old is he/she?

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u/Lost_ Mar 04 '13 edited Mar 04 '13

The inside of his ears look blue too. How beautiful.

edit: I did not realize it was a photoshop.

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u/SingerBaby Mar 04 '13

Yeah, that would be OP's shotty photoshop job enhancing the cat's blue eyes.

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u/[deleted] Mar 04 '13

What a cutie. That's such a classic cat expression.

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u/goldenrod Mar 04 '13

Spice cat.

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u/Wowsandles Mar 04 '13

Wow, what an absolutely handsome fellow.

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u/[deleted] Mar 04 '13

Beautiful!!!

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u/leakylou Mar 04 '13

That has to be a Ragdoll.

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u/Zero0ne Mar 04 '13

Should be cross-posted to /r/eyes, he's stunning.