Aawww. cute kitty...how did he lose his ear? ;P I have problems cropping too. I wish his whole ear would have made the shot, and his paw is in a weird position, looks like he's a double amputee'. nice color though. :) good job.
not fair! i'm soooo ready for a nap right now....i like this a lot but i think for the sake of composition, it would have been even better if you'd moved more to the left so the cat's face would be more toward the center of the photo, so there was less body...my eye wants to travel to the cat's neck which is not the point of interest
Lots of people have fallen into this B/W trap - while your image, as a whole, has a good dynamic range (black blacks, white whites) the subject itself shows much less contrast. My eye is drawn away from the cat to the bright white of the background.