In order, we have Miz Bea, her daughter, Violet, and her son, Snoopy. Miz Bea is about 4 and the kids are almost 3. I took a ton of pictures; picked this one for the sort of symmetry in the side bunnies' heads pointing out. A little more interesting than all 3 of them looking the same way. Not directly engaging the viewer, but nonetheless looks pretty classic to me, even if they are all looking for a way to escape. That just adds a little dynamism.
Chose the bunny family as my subjects because 3 animals was way more challenging than one, and with an albino and a dark agouti (a.k.a., brown) I was making the exposure trickier. Extra points for difficulty, right?
Setup was pretty simple: draped a cloth over a chair on the kitchen table, pulled out the sides of the cloth and attached them to nearby objects for extra background, and positioned the bunnies on the chair. They were a little squooshed but didn't have any room to turn around, which was helpful ;-) Window on the left; table lamp on the right for a little fill and a guaranteed catchlight in all the eyes. Also a ceiling light above them but I don't think it was contributing much.
PP - converted from RAW, cropped, levels, increased contrast, dodged/burnt eyes, dodged brown on bunnies, cloned out or burnt wrinkles and bright spots in backdrop, made 2nd layer, cloned out wet spot near Snoopy's eye, blurred, merged in multiply mode at 30% transparency, added border, resized, sharpened, noise reduction.
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Rightmost bunny is a little too much in shadows, and the middle guy looks a little odd with one eye hidden, but otherwise a good effort. The one on the far left is just right.
Wow, it's hard enough to get one pet to cooperate in a photo shoot, but three pets must have been a challenge in itself. I only wish the white rabbit were lookin up a bit. Other than that, I think this is really well done.
Awe, I love bunnies :D. Really nice portrait of your little bunny family. I would have liked to have seen a little more light to highlight their fur more.
So how many carrots did it take to bribe this motely bunch. Splendid capture, clean crisp colours, the sharpness is just right. I bet you have tons of fun with this lot. 9
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