The Degerfield Bunnies

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[align=left]Well, we've gotten ourselves back on track with bonding Ollie and Mango, and to my surprise they seem to remember each other and have remained sort of at the stage where we left off. They're quite happy to hop around on the bathroom floor together, and after a few more sessions we'll be trying them in the living room. Then all being well, onto Ollie's home - the kitchen.

Here are some photos from our latest session...

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Mango is a real camera hog...

But that's okay with Ollie, because he really doesn't like having his picture taken...

Cuddles!

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[JadeIcing]

Bonding looks promising!

 

[delusional]

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[/align][align=left]Raspberry and Cordie went to the garden to play yesterday. The grass was all wet and of course their favourite spot to play was the mud patch.

[/align][align=center]"Cord, do you see that mud?"

"I see it Rasper, is mum looking?"

"I don't think she is...."

"Just be real quiet..."

"And stay low!"

"Sneaky, sneaky, now!"

"Drat, she caught us!"

"Oh, hi mum! (Just play dumb...)"

"Get rid of the evidence..."

"How ya doin' mum? Mud? I ain't seen any mud... What do you mean I have something on my nose?"

"Must have been from when we were eating grass, all nice and well-behaved-like..."

"...honest..."
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[delusional]

I'm feeling quite not-satisfied with a lot of my photos at the moment. I'm still taking the same amount when I'm out, and coming back with less and less that I actually want to use, and even those aren't as good as I'd like them to be.

I think a lot of it is that the ground is so wet, and I can't get down on the buns' level with them properly. And the light is changing and... I'm just blaming outside factors for me not getting the shots I want.

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[align=left]There was a bit of sun today so I thought the ground mught be a bit dryer (wrong...), but by the time we got out to the garden, the sun had gone in.

[align=left]I only really got a couple of actual 'bonding shots', though I promise they were both in the same pen all afternoon - they just ignored each other most of the time.

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delusional wrote:

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OH MY GOSH!!!

Those 2 pictures are just soooo cute! Probably my favourite bunny pictures for a loooong time

I think your shots are great, too! I'm finding it difficult at the moment - with the rubbish weather we've been having, I find my pictures either come out over or underexposed, cos the sun keeps almost coming out and then going in again, making it darker.... :?

 

[delusional]

Hehe thanks.

Yeah I know the changing weather is so annoying.. solves the problem if you switch to auto, but takes some of the fun out of things a bit.

My main problem I've had with switching to DSLR is that I think I rely to heavily on the LCD still. The screen on the camera shows the photos darker than they are (at least on my monitor - out of interest do any of the photos appear too dark on anyone else's?) so I up the exposure and then they look okay on the LCD but when I get them back to the computer I find they're overexposed and blown out in places. I've lost some really nice shots to that.

 

[Haley]

Your babies are all so adorable! Did you make that "Bonding Bunnies" graphic? Its so cute!

I love Alfie inthis pic:

Is he standing on his ear there? Lol

 

[mouse_chalk]

Yes! I have that problem too! I think that things appear darker on my screen as well, so I will switch to a slower shutter speed, and it'll look all nicely exposed on the screen, but then overexposed when i load them onto my laptop.... :X I'm not sure how to go about that though other than not trusting the screen too much...

The other problem is that the exposure changes from bunny to bunny- when I take a picture of Snowy it can come out perfect but if I then take one using the same settings of Barney, it'll come out too dark.. I've only just managed to master manual settings so I'm a bit reluctant to go back to auto modes lol..

By the way, I joined a photography forum last week- the website for the magazines Digital Photo and Practical Photography (I subscribe to both, and they're great!) it's pretty good, and there's loads of helpful advice to be found on there...

www.photoanswers.co.uk I've only got about 3 posts so far but I'm a big lurker lol

 

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Hayley - Thanks! I did make the bonding bunnies graphic, yes. I've discovered a fondness for sketching in Flash 8, because I love the brush tool. I did a few other bunny sketches too...

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And yes I believe Alfie is standing on his ear there, as usual.

Jen - yeah I'm thinking I need to just not trust the screen too much. I've been trying to judge what a picture will look like after I put it on my laptop, and letting them go darker on the camera LCD but then I overcompensate and they end up to dark on my computer too.

Thanks for the link! I'll definitely check it out. I like http://digital-photography-school.com/ they have loads of great tips and a forum too.
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[JadeIcing]

I think you need to draw pictures of them and send them to me! I think all of your bunnies would fit in just nicely.

 

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[delusional]

Haha! Alright Ali, I can take the hint...

I actually got halfway through doing Dallas' portrait and then took a break and for some reason haven't picked it up again yet... :rollseyes

I shall get back on that.

By the way - you missed out Wyatt's picture in that set!

 

[SOOOSKA]

Wow what a GREAT looking Bunny Family you have. Too much cuteness for one person so I think you should ship a few off to me.

Your pictures are great to me, but then all you have to do is look at my pictures and you will see I'm no photographer. LOl

What exactly is Flash 8? Is it a free program? BTW I love all the drawings you do to.

Susan

 

[delusional]

Thanks Susan! Unfortunately there are just too many bananas, crasins, and various other treats to be found and devoured in the Degerfield house for any of our bunners to even think about leaving.
However Bunny would appreciate it if you could send Daisy Mae over to assist him, since he thinks she is ever so pretty.

Flash 8 is Macromedia Flash 8, it's not free but my mum had an extra copy at work so she brought it home for me. (Adobe's taken over Macromedia now so it's now called Adobe Flash CS3)

 

[JadeIcing]

delusional wrote:

Haha! Alright Ali, I can take the hint...

I actually got halfway through doing Dallas' portrait and then took a break and for some reason haven't picked it up again yet... :rollseyes

I shall get back on that.

By the way - you missed out Wyatt's picture in that set!

Sheesh I knew something was missing! No hint I just had all day and did a few things.

 

[Becca]

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Awwwwhhhh - Look at the licklle teeth:shock:

:biggrin2:Their soooo sweet!!

 

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[delusional]

Yey that's better, Ali! I'm only joking anyway about the hint thing, I do need to get finishing the rest of your buns' portraits.

Becca - Ollie doesn't have front teeth, those are his squishy little gums.

 

[Bunnys_rule63]

Becca you are so talented! Your photos and sketches are amazing!:great:

Plus can I just say your avatar is adorable. Look at that little nose!

 

[delusional]

Thanks Jess!

The light was perfect the day I took the avatar picture, and Bunny was being cooperative. I think the full sized picture is somewhere further back in the blog, too.