I have tried working with the dogs but find it very difficult not because they are so much harder to handle but because I hate to look into their faces, and once one pup is up they are all up and barking "come play with me!" As soon as I went into the first dog kennel I had to make a loop, get rid of my pup-eronni, and get the heck out of there. It was so over whelming for me I decided to shift my attention to the new small animals WCAS has recently acquired.
There are two new female guinea pigs and three large male rats. Being a former Guinea pig owner I of course ended up favoring little miss Ice Cream and Curious. Holding the two again brought back tender memories of my two girls I had in high school.
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| Curious giving me little kisses before our photo shoot |
This is a photo a had to get of me and Curious. They were both so patient and not skittish at all for how young they are. It can be very difficult trying to capture a good portrait of these babies without another volunteer helping with handling. However, I couldn't of asked for better subjects! I held them each against my chest so they would get comfortable with my smell and body temperature. Then I would hold Ice Cream
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or Curious
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| Curious |
In my left palm holding them out far enough that they were still balanced and I could rotate them to get the angles I wanted. Knowing how guinea pigs love to jump I had to make sure they didn't just decide to spring out of my palm at any given moment. But again they did not seem to be too afraid of me and were very cooperative with the camera.
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Do not let their size fool you these ladies are only 4 months old and seem to be sisters!
Holly, these are great. I imagine they were somewhat difficult to get still. The only thing I would suggest is to burn the second image a bit where Curious' back has the wall in the background. Maybe that might bring out a little more detail?? Love them...very cute.
ReplyDeleteI particularly enjoy the first photo of Ice Cream. The detail in the fur and eyes are exquisite. The OBX Animal Shelter does not have small critters so it's very interesting to see. Thanks for sharing!
ReplyDeleteHolly, I am so glad you have bonded with these little cuties. They are quite tricky to correct because their fur is made up of 3 distinct colors. Be careful not to blow out the whites. These images present an excellent opportunity for working with masking! Especially in separating the critter from the background.
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