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Thursday, May 21, 2009

Pet Pig

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I shot this pet pig at Hoffman Park as we were going back to the car on the Saturday before Mother's Day. She was near the parking area happily eating dandelions, which I'm told are like crack to her, but she stopped for a moment to give me a smile while I took her photo. I love pig snouts. They make me smile.

Nikon D700
Tokina 80-200mm f2.8
1/1000 second
F/2.8
ISO 400
110 mm

Labels: animals, D700, Hoffman Park, pets, Pig

posted by Laurie at 12:00 AM

24 Comments:

Anonymous Mindy | f-stopMarin said...

I love that face and how you bring our attention to it through the framing and shallow DOF.

2:26 AM, May 21, 2009  
Anonymous 10fraction said...

ha ha, I felt a little bit watched when I opened your blog. Superb

2:56 AM, May 21, 2009  
Anonymous Robert Kruh said...

Very nice portrait :) Great view!

3:18 AM, May 21, 2009  
Blogger yz said...

perfect shot!
very funny and clever use of shallow dof

3:54 AM, May 21, 2009  
Blogger Sidney said...

Awesome....sooo cute !

5:27 AM, May 21, 2009  
Anonymous Soe said...

Very nice portrait of my brother.. :P
Lovely capture! Nice and shallow DOF; and nice framing.

5:34 AM, May 21, 2009  
Anonymous Tom said...

When I was a kid, I had an uncle who looked just like this. lol He gave you a nice pose. :)

8:45 AM, May 21, 2009  
Anonymous roger said...

This is the best I have seen this week. I think pigs are the coolest. I want one but I can't get straight answers from owners about what they are really like. So... No pig for me

9:12 AM, May 21, 2009  
Anonymous ceanothe said...

A portrait very expréssif, all my congratulations!

9:34 AM, May 21, 2009  
Anonymous Denis said...

Congrats. I am less used to pigs than you, I would not have seen this sympathy in her smile. Did you let her kiss you??

4:45 PM, May 21, 2009  
Anonymous Andy said...

Now I feel guilty for having a Ham sandwich earlier!! What a cute face and great shot.

4:51 PM, May 21, 2009  
Anonymous Ian said...

Blimey, that's one heck of a snout lol! Fantastic DOF, works fantastically well.

9:39 PM, May 21, 2009  
Anonymous Leila said...

eheheheh! Is it possible to say that a pet pig is lovely??? I think this is right the case... (-:

10:08 AM, May 22, 2009  
Blogger Paul said...

She's cute. I guess that a dandelion eating pig could come in handy for yard work! :-)

10:18 AM, May 22, 2009  
Blogger Snapshutter said...

OMG just precious! How did you get him to smile? 'Say .. OINK':)

2:14 PM, May 22, 2009  
Anonymous Terry H. said...

Can't say I'm a lover of pig snouts, but it is a cool photo.

3:54 PM, May 22, 2009  
Anonymous martie said...

Well Laurie - I have to admit that I am not a fan of pigs but this one certainly is nicely done and it does make you smile. Wonderful DOF!

8:06 PM, May 22, 2009  
Blogger photowannabe said...

Talk about a perfect smile....Love this happy piggy.

11:17 PM, May 22, 2009  
Anonymous Bo said...

Gotta love all that ugliness! :-)

9:28 AM, May 23, 2009  
Anonymous Tom Sheehan said...

I love pigs. This is such a cool shot Laurie. :)

7:09 PM, May 23, 2009  
Anonymous beth said...

What a face. Fantastic.

4:29 PM, May 24, 2009  
Anonymous riesenriel said...

What a cool dude! :-)

11:13 AM, May 26, 2009  
Anonymous rian said...

he does look pretty cute and comical in this shot of yours.. well done! :)

6:39 PM, May 27, 2009  
Anonymous ankush vimawala said...

cool portrait!

8:34 PM, May 28, 2009  

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