14.12.08 Meet Socrates
by suemack

Comment by KarenNfld:
Oh so cute!

14.12.08 Meet Socrates
by suemack

Comment by Jutilda:
I think this is charming. Reminds me of the story of Algernon although he was a mouse. I don't mind the pet kind but when they were living in my attic - I had a totally different perspective. The overlay couldn't be more perfect. I love his little eyes. :~)

14.12.08 Meet Socrates
by suemack

Comment by phreak:
love the processing, and color, basically everything. good job. and rats arnt that bad, i dident think id like them either but they can be pretty cool.

14.12.08 Meet Socrates
by suemack

Comment by MattO:
The processing reminds me of something you would see on a horror film, and the use of it on the rat only makes it better. I dont mind rats, but I also dont think they make good pets..........I'm weird but not that weird. :D

7.12.08 Smiles
by suemack

Comment by CNovack:
B&W tones are good but I think it could use jussst a touch of brightness contrast adjustment for the lighter tones of the dog to pop more off of the dark backdrop (in other words lighten the light tones and darken the darker ones) I really like the subject of the photo...nice candid capture. The sparkle in this delightful doggie's eyes and the wide open mouth really gives us the feeling she is happy, happy, smiley, smiley. This is a really happy feel photo.

14.12.08 Meet Socrates
by suemack

Comment by Melethia:
He's adorable!! Rats are critters, too, you know. :-) And perfect processing - enough and not too much. You do very good work with overlays and such - very skilled handling of the tools.

14.12.08 Meet Socrates
by suemack

Comment by Hipychik:
I don't do rats either but I like this pic. Nice processing and I really like the crop.

14.12.08 Meet Socrates
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Comment by Starbanana:
Love rats, have 2 of them. The picture is really nice, love the curious expression

14.12.08 Meet Socrates
by suemack

Comment by MaryO:
I do rats as part of being a small animal lady. Primarily The Rabbit Lady, but someone has to make sure the other little furry things have been sexed correctly and handled once in awhile. And photographed, of course! Which I usually do without an assistant, but having a clearly comfortable person happily holding a rat is a good "sales" tactic. Most of them are really quite personable; just don't look at the tail end too often and avoid the hairless ones ==:-p

14.12.08 Meet Socrates
by suemack

Comment by hajeka:
Hi Socrates! You better stay away from our home. Too many mice didn't survive.

Wonderful DOF!