--- description: Photographer Seth Casteel's latest offering, Pounce, features a collection of heartwarming shots of kittens leaping through the air. title: Here Are Some Adorable Photos of Kittens Pouncing image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Newsfeed](/tag/time-section-newsfeed/) ## Newsfeed Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Here Are Some Adorable Photos of Kittens Pouncing by [Megan McCluskey](/author/megan-mccluskey/) and [TIME Photo](/author/time-photo/) Oct 19, 2016 4:37 PM CUT by [Megan McCluskey](/author/megan-mccluskey/) and [TIME Photo](/author/time-photo/) Oct 19, 2016 4:37 PM CUT [Seth Casteel](http://www.sethcasteel.com/#!/home "undefined") — who has previously gifted the world with photo books of both [puppies](http://time.com/3319170/puppies-underwater/ "undefined") and [babies swimming underwater](http://time.com/3319170/puppies-underwater/ "undefined") — is back with another adorable project. The photographer’s latest offering, _Pounce_, features a collection of heartwarming shots of [kittens](http://time.com/4376955/kitten-disrupts-live-broadcast/ "undefined") leaping through the air. “A beautiful, funny gift book with more than 80 previously unpublished photographs, _Pounce_reveals adorable cats and kittens as they pounce and jump through the air, arms outstretched–all in Casteel’s signature up-close, mid-action style,” a representative of publisher Little, Brown and Company wrote in a press release. Catch a preview of _Pounce_ in the gallery above.  Chicken Seth Casteel  Gummi Bear Seth Casteel  Fuzzbucket Seth Casteel  Bam Bam Seth Casteel  Dora the Explorer Seth Casteel  Petunia Seth Casteel  Zeppelin Seth Casteel  Bug-a-Boo Seth Casteel ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4419215/kittens-pouncing-photos/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4419215/kittens-pouncing-photos/"},"headline":"Here Are Some Adorable Photos of Kittens Pouncing","datePublished":"2016-10-19T16:37:54.000Z","dateModified":"2026-05-11T04:46:35.884Z","description":"This is the only thing you need to see today","url":"https://time.com/4419215/kittens-pouncing-photos/","keywords":["Newsfeed","animals","cats","photography"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Megan McCluskey","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/"},{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Photo","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-photo/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4419215/kittens-pouncing-photos/","name":"Here Are Some Adorable Photos of Kittens Pouncing"}}]}] ```