My brood is now 3 weeks old

[psymonetta]

Lulu, one of our Buff Orpingtons

Sookie, our Light Brahma

Kiki, our only Salmon Faverolles has a crossed beak, but she's still full of pep

Coco, one of our Barnevelders. She's a cuddler. That's her in my icon too.

This is Obu "the other Bunny" one of our Standard Red Cochins

This is Oco "the other Coco" our other Barnevelder

Meg, our "strawberry blonde" Buff Orpington

Bunny is our baby. She's our other Standard Red Cochin

 

[damselfish]

Aww, aren't they cute! Good at posing too. Yours are more camera-cooperative than mine!

 

[psymonetta]

Ah...looks are a bit deceiving. Most of my pictures have them looking bewildered...or in a blur of motion. If you have a digital camera on a tripod, it's a little easier to "catch" them in a pose because odds are if you snap 50+ shots of each chick, one of them will work.

 

[Tom from Ditchingham]

Great pics and lovely names too!

 

[wings]

How did you take those pictures?

 

[psymonetta]

I set up a tripod so the camera was just above table height. The background is a piece of packing newsprint on the table and draped over a styrofoam block to make the "back". These pictures just use an overhead light source.

If I were to do it again, I would probably use some paper that didn't bounce the light as much...to get rid of a little more of the back-light and move the light source a little lower.