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Guinea Pig (c)

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Posted by Tom Smit on March 19, 2010 at 12:40 PM
A few weeks ago our guinea pig family was extended with to little gp's
I had the experience that insects are difficult te photograph, but this is even more difficult, they never stopped moving around.
I did try to make some pictures of them using a ministudio and my ringflash.
I did use my 16-35 mm lens on F8 with 1/200
This is the one I like most.


If you want to see the rest of the family look at
http://www.natuurfocus.com/site/forum/51-Series/90713-Gezinsuitbreiding.html#90713

Please feel free to comment these picture, so I can learn something. I do not use my ministudio much so I did some experimenting.

Thanks.
Posted by Justin on March 19, 2010 at 1:21 PM
I don't know the first thing about studio photography so can't offer any helpful suggestions but it's certainly a very striking portrait of a really cute looking animal. The eye level viewpoint is particularly striking, as is the guinea pigs stance. :cool:
Posted by Stephen Kaluski on March 19, 2010 at 1:36 PM
Tom, great shot for a Friday afternoon, love it!. :toast:

Echo Justin's comments re clarity, pose, POV & sharpness, perfect. Might crop a tad off the lhs. BTW, Dare I assume Hammy might show up at some point? :biggrin:

TFS
Steve :wavey:
Posted by Karen Summers on March 19, 2010 at 1:42 PM
Awww lovely shot great colour
Posted by Terry Whittaker on March 19, 2010 at 2:36 PM
Nice GP portrait and well done for getting him/her to stand still. I'm not too keen on the black background though. I think black works well for some things but maybe not this.

Cheers

Terry
Posted by Andy Shepherd on March 19, 2010 at 4:43 PM

Super shot Tom :toast:

Andy...
Posted by Phil Mclean on March 19, 2010 at 4:50 PM
Great portrait with that wideangle bulldog type stance.Really like it.

Phil. :toast:
Posted by Maggie Campbell on March 19, 2010 at 5:46 PM
That is one little cutie pie. Beautiful detail right down to the whiskers. Love the composition and think the black background works really well. :smile: :jump:
Posted by John Chapman on March 20, 2010 at 5:55 AM
Wow this is stunning Tom and I like the BG. :toast:
Posted by John Robinson on March 20, 2010 at 6:47 AM
Excellent stuff !
JR
Posted by Sandra Hendrikse on March 20, 2010 at 2:03 PM
What a cute little animal. I think you did a great job, Tom. :smile:
Posted by David Taylor on March 20, 2010 at 6:59 PM
Superb shot and as you say really difficult to capture. I'm not surprised as apparently the Peruvians consume an estimated 65 million guinea pigs each year. :eek:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guinea_pig

I love the black background. :smile:

:toast: :toast: :jump:
Posted by Tom Smit on March 22, 2010 at 4:59 AM
Hi all,
Thanks for all the compliments. I had a great time doing this and the compliments gives me a good feeling.
:wavey: :wavey: