Photograph of the Month February 2024 – Regal Cat

The photograph of the month for February 2024 comes from my recent expedition to the Steppe region of Mongolia (Read the Trip Report) to find and photograph the enigmatic Pallas Cat. Taken right at sunset, the stance and demeanour of this Pallas Cat (Manul) ‘make’ the photograph. Composed with the cat to the right-hand side of the frame and looking into the image to minimise the negative space, the soft evening light that paints the snow is the icing on the cake for what is one of my favourite images of this wonderful cat.