Saturday, June 2, 2012

Choosing a Different Critter

Stan (69018)
This assignment was to choose a different critter to photograph.  I went into the critter room and photographed hamsters and rabbits.  This was challenging in that I am not a huge fan of these animals as pets.  The hamsters were cute and I almost wanted to take one home, but I remembered they are nocturnal.  I do not do well with nocturnal animals.


So that was my challenge.  Hamsters are nocturnal, meaning they sleep during the day and are awake and playful at night.  I had to wake up the little critters to take their pictures!  You can still see how sleepy Cartman is in his photo.  I woke him up from his sleep. 
Cartman (69021)



Cosma (72101)
Other than that, I found the hamsters to be cute and curious.  The challenge with photographing the rabbits was that they wanted to be left alone.  They really weren't very sociable and it seemed they hated having their pictures taken.

4 comments:

  1. You did a great job photographing these little critters! I found it really difficult to photograph the bunnies too. They wanted to stay in the back of the cage and it was hard to get the grass away from their faces. I really like the picture of Stan he looks like he's in his element with all of the toys in the background. Great job!

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  2. I love seeing photographs of little creatures like these hamsters and rabbit. You did a great job photographing them!

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  3. Karen you did a great job photographing the little critters! I too found it very challenging to photograph the rabbits as they did not want to have their picture taken. The rabbits went to the back of the cage! I really like that you added that hamsters are nocturnal animals and I like that you have a picture of Cartman to show that these animals have to be woken up for a picture during the day. Great job!

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  4. These photographs give the litte critters such personality. You have made them look like loving pets by capturing their gestures and interaction with the camera.

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