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Donna has the doggy zoomies

On September 24, 2013

It is quite possible for time to stand still… if you capture it in a snapshot. :P And lots of things can be done with it when it comes to changing that moment to becoming something more or less than what it is. I am talking about picture editing, of course, where Donna’s shenanigans at the dog run is partaken in this picture by her photoshop clone Donna-02. :P

Roxy the Travelling Dog identified that what Donna was doing in this post – Dog Run – was called the zoomies. If you’ve not heard about it before, you’re not alone. Neither did I. :P

Phoneography Weekly: Departure

By weliveinaflat

On September 23, 2013

In Photography

Lines and Patterns at the Singapore Changi International Airport departure hall.

Inside the crate staring out

By weliveinaflat

On September 22, 2013

In Training

Looking out through the bars of the crate, what patterns does she see?

Dog run

By weliveinaflat

On September 21, 2013

In Explore

The dog was perhaps 8 metres away from me. She was stooped facing me, peeing with one leg lifted slightly off the ground. She was staring at me all the while, a glimmer in her eyes, a roguish smile. I looked on. She was done. And then she launched toward me. A hurricane of a dog barreling closer and closer. Closing in. 5 metres. 3 metres. Half metre away from me, she veered off to the right.

How I took this picture of the dog with books

By weliveinaflat

On September 19, 2013

In Training

I seldom set up anything for the photos on this blog. Alot of it was: it is happening, quick get the camera/phone. So a lot of the photos were really candid, although some became an exercise in stay, stay, stay… because I am too slow and need her to hold on doing whatever she was doing. :P

Sometimes it works, most times it doesn’t because looking at the human to see if she will get a treat for staying became more important, or she looks away and stops doing whatever cute thing she did.

But I did have to jump some hoops for this shot. And so did Donna.

I said Walk, not Stop…

By weliveinaflat

On September 18, 2013

In Behaviour

So we go for a walk. A walk is when you put one foot in front of the other continuously and that movement carries you away to some place else.

Lately, she has decided that a walk also requires you to stay in place for a long time. A loooonnng time. Donna decidedly enjoys just standing in one spot, sniffing the air, listening and observing passerbys.

Rooted in the same spot, observing the world go by.
This is the cute, happy face you see if you are walking towards us.

Sprawl

By weliveinaflat

On September 18, 2013

In Behaviour

My Best Photo of the Week (MBPOTW) Challenge – week 4

My Best Photo of the Week (MBPOTW) Challenge – week 4

By weliveinaflat

On September 18, 2013

In Photography

LAST WEEK’S ENTRIES: My Best Photo of the Week (MBPOTW) Challenge – WEEK 3 (4 – 11 Sep)

Top: The Breath of the Morning, completelydisappear.wordpress.com
Bottom left: Paris in Colour Contrast, 1stworlddog.wordpress.com
Bottom right: Touching Noses, www.weliveinaflat.com

Last week’s entries explored Colour and Contrast in different ways.

Completely Disappear and 1stworlddog both had three dominant colours in their pictures, with very different results. The Breath of Morning (pic 1) pushed light and shadow to the extreme, but allowed a hint of red to nicely warm up a moody picture of the morning. Paris in Colour Contrast (pic 2) went with rich contrasting colours that show up against the natural colours of a tired Paris, sleeping with her prize wrapped snugly around her. Glorious. Meanwhile, Touching Noses (pic 3) contrasted the dark form of two dogs against the light coloured sand, the emotion of vibrant colour is not present in this picture, compared to the other two pictures. It was the subjects themselves and their actions that was significant to me.

All personal favourites or important to the photographers because of the circumstances or thought behind them. You can read more about each picture by clicking on the links above and visiting the specific pages for the pictures :)

Not keeping calm but carrying on – another update on managing thunder phobia

By weliveinaflat

On September 17, 2013

In Behaviour

Note: Thundershirt kindly arranged with their local partner, Hound Habitat, to send to me a sample of the Thundershirt for trial after I wrote to them about Donna’s thunderstorm phobia.

Donna’s thunderstorm phobia seemed to have decreased in the last update.

But it wasn’t going to last.