{"id":680,"date":"2006-07-31T02:47:47","date_gmt":"2006-07-31T02:47:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/glaringnotebook.com\/?p=680"},"modified":"2006-07-31T02:47:47","modified_gmt":"2006-07-31T02:47:47","slug":"to-shoot-a-hamster","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/glaringnotebook.com\/?p=680","title":{"rendered":"To Shoot A Hamster"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Late, late at night, when I am the only one awake in the house, I am not alone; I always have hyperactive companions. They let me know that they&#8217;re awake with the rattling of hamster wheels.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.glaringnotebook.com\/zimages\/hamster1.jpg\"><br \/>\nHamsters are always a challenge to shoot, because they&#8217;re always moving. Normal flash would overexpose, so&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.glaringnotebook.com\/zimages\/hamster2.jpg\"><br \/>\nGet up close, real close to the hamster. Switch to manual mode, turn on Macro, set the flash to its lowest power, lowest ISO, <i>darkest aperture and fastest shutter speed<\/i> (if you can set it). Both shots were on ISO 50, flash, F8, 1\/500th of a second (I set it to 1\/2000 but my camera refused to go faster.) The flash is already too strong even when it&#8217;s turned down. The darkest aperture helps with depth of field, lessening the effects of flash, and keeping more of the furball in focus.<\/p>\n<p>Wow, my siblings have had them since the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.glaringnotebook.com\/?p=442\">23rd of August, 2005<\/a>. I&#8217;m not sure, but I think that&#8217;s a pretty long lifespan for hamsters.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.glaringnotebook.com\/zimages\/fdlm2006c4.jpg\"><br \/>\nOh, and I forgot to put this picture from the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.glaringnotebook.com\/?p=674\">Fete De La Musique 2006<\/a>. Even with a high ISO setting of 200, motion was blurred enough. Should&#8217;ve tried a slow-shutter flash, though.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Late, late at night, when I am the only one awake in the house, I am not alone; I always have hyperactive companions. They let me know that they&#8217;re awake with the rattling of hamster wheels. Hamsters are always a challenge to shoot, because they&#8217;re always moving. Normal flash would overexpose, so&#8230; Get up close, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-680","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-geek","category-pictures"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/glaringnotebook.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/680","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/glaringnotebook.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/glaringnotebook.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glaringnotebook.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glaringnotebook.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=680"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/glaringnotebook.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/680\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/glaringnotebook.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=680"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glaringnotebook.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=680"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glaringnotebook.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=680"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}