~ Nosing ~
A wild living European Hamster (Cricetus cricetus-Feldhamster) in the evening just before sunset.
A wild living European Hamster (Cricetus cricetus-Feldhamster) in the evening just before sunset.
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kathymuhle
November 17, 2015
This picture is so amazing - is it all out of camera or do you post process? I love your style..
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HenrikSpranz
November 17, 2015
Thank you Cathy! As I shoot in RAW mode I need to post process, but I don't do a lot ther - just work on tones, contrast and details. It's a matter of 400/3.5 and pov here.
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Location
I took this photo in Vienna in Austria - the place I live.Time
Wild living European Hamsters are nocturnal and to have some light you need to try early in the morning or the very late afternoon. Experience tells me it's better in the late afternoon. It's not that easy to get good photographs of them because they are shy and easily scared. So you have to be very quiet. The plus is their eyesight is bad.Lighting
In the late afternoon you have either direct light - which can be good or very bad because of the scene being too contrasty or indirect light like here. So it's kind of easy to get a good exposure.Equipment
I've used my Canon 5d Mark iii and a twenty year old Canon 400/2.8 L USM ii for this shot. To get a nice pov and bokeh I've only used a beanbag to get as low as possible.Inspiration
I love shooting photos of these wild living European Hamsters. They're just cute and beautiful. It's not easy to take good photos of them because you almost can't see them in the grass, but sometimes they take a closer look on flowers like here and rarely even stand up. I was very happy to shoot a hamster in a special situation like here.Editing
There's not much post-processing in this shot. The bokeh is lens and pov made - but you have to know which situations are suitable to get a nice bokeh. I've used some post processing in Photoshop to optimize contrast, did some tonal correction and increased the crispyness of the image.In my camera bag
Canon 5d Mk III Canon 7D Canon 16-35/4 L IS Canon 50/1.4 Canon 70-200/4 L IS Canon 135/2 L Canon 400/2.8 L USM ii or OS Tamron 150-600 Tripod ND Filters, gradient filters, polarization filterFeedback
I've tried to get a photo like this for many weeks...so please don't give up! I was disappointed many times because no hamster showed up or there was no good photo possible, I've even missed some opportunities, but every time if it doesn't work you can at least learn from it. Learn how the hamsters or other animals behave so you can perhaps predict what they will do. This helps a lot!
