Learning how to play soccer.
I was inspired by the European Soccer games this last june. (not really to be honest :)
Only wished the light was better.
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Jean M. Laffitau
LOL!!! This is sooooo fantastic!!!
hilarydougill
OMG!!! He is wondrous!!!! Look at his face as he shouts to look out he is going to get a goal haha. Fantastic capture, fantastic little chappie, Wondrous!!!!!! hugs
Sensiworld
Great Ellen !
Maybe he was able to help us ;)
Mui-Ling Teh
This is too cute Ellen. Wow, from musician to babysitter to athelete! Love how it’s sticking out its tongue to as though saying “YOU GUYS ARE GOING DOWN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!”
Curtiss Simpson
LOL love it a star soccer pose if I ever saw one, outstanding work as always you do with these adorable little creatures !
Linda Sannuti
OMG..this is fabulous!!! LOL I love the mouth!
Charlene Aycoc...
This is so cute…well done good work, good title
Catherine Veal
fabulous Ellen, did he win? x
Ellen replied
haha…..good question….i think he did :)
Richard Veal
Good goalkeeping Ellen.
Sign him up for Ajax. :-))
Ellen replied
Good idea Richard, i will!
lianne
Too adorable for words Ellen – look at that face!!!! He looks very determined to play well! Love it!
pinkyjain
That is just waaaaay adorable, he looks so thrilled. Stunning capture Ellen
Arie van der W...
The light is perfect Ellen….he looks like van der Sar with those ears!! =D
Wonderful and funny image!
Julie Langford
haha – I love these guys Ellen, but for me, this has to be the best one yet. The expression is just priceless – Wow on this.
haha – I cant stop giggling – it looks like he sort of going – It’s my ball, so there pffftttt, nannannnannnannna
Dennis Jones -...
Love the face….:O)
jbouzou
Still so cute and funny… Great capture, Ellen !
CinB
ah just check out that expression and he has the goalie stance mastered!
absolutely fantastic and adorably cute as always ellen!
Carlos D. Tole...
hahahaha, great!... ¿how long does it take you to get such a photograph? There’s an special chemistry between rats and you (that sounds kind of creepy, lol).
Ellen replied
Thanks! It took about 45 minutes….i took 300 photo’s, and this one was the most funny. The light was not really good today,but besides that,i thought it was a nice photo because of his tongue.
I think i love all animals and they feel that. These dumbo-rats are very affectionated (good english?) also.
Barry Norton
Stupendous, brilliant, magical, great capture, a fav
Marvin Collins
This is just too cute Ellen, I love these guys, he looks like he’s ready to play….......Great!!!
Douglas Hunt
absolutely amazing. A fantastic shot, Ellen!
AngelaFoster
aawww , little rattie is so cute
Stephen Thomas
Another very cute rat picture!
Matt Merritt
Wow! Great work! If he’s the goalie, he looks to be taunting the one who tried for the goal. :)
Ed Moore
Dang, Ellen…just when I thought I had seen my last best cute rat, you post this, which tops them all! Terrific!
Ellen replied
Thank you Ed:)
George Lenz
very cool
David Cortez
great shot
Craig Hender
LMAO….......... This is gold, what an expression.
Squealia
Oh, my stars…. I love these rats…... I hadn’t got this far down my bubble to realise you had posted another ratty picture…. Lovely little chap… you need to find him a miniture footie shirt! They really are great….. and so is your patience to get such humourous and fantastic shots.
Ellen replied
Thanks! Good idea about the t-shirt :)
cdwork
Sooo cute
barnsis
Amazing he looks like he is ready to kick off. Awesome image, well done.
samART
Brilliant!! Just brilliant!!
Gilberte
Ellen..dit is werkelijk onbetaalbaar…die uitdrukking op dat snuitje..heel zijn houding en ie houdt werkelijk de bal vast.
Maar jij hebt een engelen geduld om 300 photos te maken en ook nog eens te sorteren.Proficiat!
Ellen replied
Bedankt Gilberte! Ik hoop het nog eens over te doen met beter licht in de huiskamer. Dat licht eraan of het buiten helder is of niet. Ik gebruik n.l. geen flits .(meestal)
Elaine Harriott
LOL – so clever, love this shot Ellen, well done.
Sean Farragher
brilliant
Midori Furze
Looooooooooooooove it!!
Gorgeous!!!!!!
300 photos in 45 mins??!!
Wow!!!
Ellen, you are super!!!
Ellen replied
Thank you Midori :))
Per E. Gunnarsen
Ha,ha,ha So cool. brilliant!!
Janine Hewlett
AAAAWWWW VERY CUTE ELLEN!!!!
Artway
Oh Ellen Ellen Ellen!!!! These get CUTER! Is this possible?
? Awww, completely amazing again!!
Angela Harburn
Fabulous dear Ellen – what a fantastic expression on that darling face! xxx
cherylc1
adorable!!!
SharonD
So cute Ellen, I love it.
Leslie Wood
FANTASTIC!!! Looks like he stopped a goal and is sticking his tongue out at the opponent…..Yellow card!!!! :D
Ellen replied
Thank you Leslie….I can see you know much more about football than i do :)
Leslie Wood
p.s…..faveing this for my daughter….a former soccer player and current soccer fanatic! :D
Brad Sumner GLP
Cute, Ellen! You have such a way with your rats! Now, if we can get him to play for Team USA, we might win a few! lol
Ellen replied
Thanks Brad….i will ask him :))
tuffcookie
lol i love how you get them to do this stuff. leave the lighting its perfect :) so adorable and cute my friend
Sharon Hammond
he he he – hilarious & fabulous
arioso
Adorable picture, great work!
Ellen replied
Thank you Arioso!
John Wright
Very cute expression, great pose! I love it.
ferndesign
hehe this is so cool love it
Noelene Davies
Lol Ellen gorgeous capture.
Steven Agius
Fantastic shot Ellen, great pose and beaut image.
brian pendrey
l.o.l watch out he will want a transfer next ,brilliant
Siamesecat
Darling Creature I just Adore your Rodent Series, post some more..
Ellen replied
Thank you very much :)
Dave Law
Another excellent image Ellen. :)
principiante
how cute! this would be a good postcard for my husband—he loves soccer
Ellen replied
Thank you :))
frozenfa
hehehe.. oh my.. this is so darn cute!!! it’s like he’s saying,
“bleeeeh, am not passing you the ball!! :P”
rofl!! XD
Ellen replied
Thank you frozenfa :))
Marie Sharp
Love it—-another great one and an instant favorite!!
Lucindawind
LOL this is priceless … my son will love this ..he used top play soccer !
Ellen replied
Thanks Lucinda, its a real “man-photo”.....if this is good english?
Keeli
so very cute ;-)
Lucindawind
yes its perfect Ellen or manly also
Helene Kippert
Lol fantastic work ellen :o)
Aneta Adamkiewicz
brilliant!
msgigi
how you get these adorable little creatures to do this is beyond me! bit it’s genius!!!
Ellen replied
Thanks; I always use food,thats the most important :)
ANJacobsen
So, so amazing, how did you capture that! Its like one in a million
Karin Taylor
omi….omi….omi….this would have to be my favourite of all time, i just love his little tongue poking out!!! he’s gorgeous Ellen!! :D
handprintz
Ohhh very cute ! love it!!
AARDVARK
Here I see a whle new genre, sporting rats! What next? F1 motor racing! Sky diving!
Hidemi Tada
How do you make him posing? STAY HERE! BE QUIET! SMILE! like this? any way wonderful work !
Ellen replied
Thank you Hidemi, to answer your question: I always use food otherwise they wont do what i want them to do :)
cherokee
He is Beck..ham..ly….Beautiful, you really scored here. :)
Ellen replied
Thank you Jo :))
cherokee
Had to come back,just noticed his little tongue…bless
Jacqueline Bar...
:o) so cute! :o) love the tongue sticking out! :D
April Webb
This is so cute! i love the tongue sticking out too. and I think the lighting is perfect.
Peter Zentjens
These little guys really are busy!
Sticking out his tong like that, he (she?) looks really tired, ads to the overall concept of the image.
Christopher E...
lol awesome!! looks like he’s saying..Play Ball!!! and the lighting is perfect on this
Ellen replied
Thank you Chris:))
Jan Piller
Typical soccer player – tongue hanging out saying “bring it on”! hahaha
Krys Bailey
Ellen, I have SO missed your ratties while I was away! This is SOOOOOOOOOOOO cute! Love it!
Ellen replied
Thank you Krys:)
micmac
LOL LOL THANKS FOR MAKING ME LAUGH,SO COOL,WONDERFUL SHOT.
LaurenTaylor ...
this is fantastic!!!!!!!!!!!!! i love itt!!!! And the light is perfect.
Yuri Lev
This is amazing! It doesn’t matter HOW you did it.
Alf Caruana
Ah haha thats a great image…and I wouldn’t be too worried about the light it brings out the soccer ball
Ellen replied
Thank you Alf!
Leslie Battjes
So multi-talented! Musicians AND athletes! Very nice :)
ECGardner
Awwwww this one is so cute! I love her little tongue sticking out. :)
Ellen replied
Thank you :)
greenfrog153
Awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww
Ellen replied
Thank you ;))
MagnusAgren
haha great shot! :)
Carmen Mandel-...
Gorgeous radiant whiskers, telling how blissful this moment was. Your mutual love speaks wonder, Ellen.
Ellen replied
Thank you Carmen :)
Sandy Stewart
Oh my,.....this is way tooooo adorable! Love this and all your shots that include the adorable rats! They certainly make for wonderful character, story telling captures!
Ellen replied
Thank you Sandy!
Antanas
nice work
Gary L. Suddath
your work with these lit’l fellors is outstanding
Ellen replied
Thank you very much Gary!
jerry alcantara
oh my …this is soo nice ,my son loves it
Ellen replied
Thank you Jerry, say Hello to your son, glad he liked the photo :))
skyhorse
So kool, but he could be in trouble for sticking his tongue out at the opposition (or worse still, the referee!) – however, I think it’s a great touch & just makes this photo grab ya!
zomboy
that has to be the cutest rodent i have ever seen!!!
Ellen replied
Thank you…he is cute indeed:)
KEITH R. WILL...
excellent goalie
SNAPPYDAVE
brilliant work … simply brilliant
paul romanowski
“Want to play”, he is asking, very cute.
Ellen replied
Thank you Paul!
Cvail73
lol, “wanna play with me?” :)))))))))))))))
Jamie Lee
Fabulous …love the little tongue
crackgerbal
haha! funny little rodent. cute!
Ellen replied
Thank you :)
TommySprott
ITS LITTLE TONGUE!!!!
god you make me wana run to petco and buy 0439752304950 rats.
thats the cutest rat ive ever seen.
Ellen replied
Thank you Tommy :)
Tahnja
what an a amazing pic, I just sat here loving it for ages!!! And for sure the tongue sticking out is just the most amazing shot and his eyes too
Ellen replied
Thank you Tahnja!
Lover1969
OMG!!! Way too cute for my heart to take!
ApeArt
wow!
beachykeen
This totally makes me smile! Too cute!
Ellen replied
Thank you very much!
Stephanie Werden
You’re way too clever! These shots are addicting—excellent work!
Ellen replied
Thanks very much Stephanie!
XOXanimalsXOX
Fantastic shot Ellen, i just love the look on his face. Very clever and unique.
nishagandhi
I have a doubt..is he ur pet LOL..i did not know even rats are pets!!
Ellen replied
Yes, he is my pet. (or was….he passed away a few months ago)
They are very sweet animals.
Thanks for all your comment and favourites!
nishagandhi
very sorry to hear that….i enjoyed ur images..just lovely!!
Ellen replied
Thanks !!
Michael Degenh... 26 days ago
so, what position does he play? Great shot, how did you get him to cooperate? Michael
Ellen replied 26 days ago
Thank you very much Michael! I did put some food on the ball.
Otherwise he wont cooperate.
lorilee 26 days ago
Oh, I LOVE that face . . . and those WHISKERS!!!! Adorable!!!!
Ellen replied 20 days ago
Thank you so much Lorilee!
seawhisper 26 days ago
omg, omg, priceless!!!! :)
Ellen replied 20 days ago
Thank you so much, sorry for the late reply!
tinnieopener 25 days ago
Gee I’M happy I made it to the comment box…....ha Ha!!! Now what am I commenting on,(Oh No, back to the top), Ha Ha!!!!
You bring a smile to my face with these special images….
Thank you Ellen:o)))))
Ellen replied 20 days ago
Thank you so much Mark, sorry for the late reply!
Wanda-Lynn 15 days ago
Excellent capture and so cute!!! Love how he’s sticking out his tongue lol….
Ellen replied 12 days ago
Thanks so much Wanda!
Enginekid 10 days ago
Adorable
Ellen replied 7 days ago
Thanks very much!