Playing the flute

Lighting is good on this Ellen… Another well done photograph

Sooooooo lovely. I love the soft focus and detail in the flute. My calendar has been showing your little flute player in March (Its one of my fav images) xxxxxxx

What a cutie

The softness adds a big of magical touch Ellen, I also agree with you however; I do enjoy the natural light on your gorgeous little “critters” .. :-)) This is wonderful and brings such a much needed smile right now; I’m up to my ears in technical stuff…....

Excellent!! Now that one must have been hard to take :O

About the lightbox, I know what you mean, but it must help you a lot to have faster shutterspeeds. I think it gives a different look all together, great too :)

lower ISO is better…., although I love the softness of higher ISO. We don’t get much light in the home (nor in the street mind you) in Britain either.. :(

That is amazing!!! The position is perfect! Too Cute!

Wonderfully done Ellen!!

Gorgeous!

He always makes me smile :)))

It’s such a natural position; I love the little hands on the flute

sooooo beautiful, absolutely perfect Ellen xxxx

Ellen, Rattie looks like he is really into the flute!
I would like natural light better, but this is a nice effect, focusing on the flute.

lovely work

Wonderful work Ellen x

Oh my how cute, great shot.
Leanne.

Soooo sweet – maybe he and I could play a duet sometime!!!! LOL

just too adorable! : D

Excellent capture, great DOF. Another fave!

too cute :)

Always beautiful but this one has that excellent gentle softness and warmth to it….

So adorable!!!

Very Clever and cute!

Fantastic !!!

great photoshop i assume! well done

Bijzonder mooi gedaan Ellen !! Hoe krijg je dit voor elkaar?

Awww so cute Ellen, love your ratties !

Great !! As always.

So absolutely cute love.

This is adorable Ellen, great job…Kay

tooo cute. the lighting is good. i like the little bit of shadow in the background. it really lights up his cute little face!

The softbox works well. Love the shallow DOF

Beautiful capture Ellen….so natural….I could almost hear him play!.

Fabulous shot..perfect!!

Gorgeous shot, just so perfect :)

Clever little dude!!
Nice one, Ellen!!

Beautiful work, as always, Ellen.

Cool work Olga

great shot

How adorable!!! Great work Olga!!

no matter what lighting, he’s still extremely cute!

Aww cute, wonderful Ellen, a fav

A beauty ellen :o)

Ellen, this one is REALLY superb!

Awesome image Ellen!!

this little sweety always amazes me ! you did an awesome work again !
another fav

Excellent capture !

beautiful… I love the depth of field on this one!!

This is extremely cute!! Thanks for the smile!

Awww…so cute as always.. Great Capture :))

I just adore these Cuties of yours.. Upload More, I want to hold this one…NOW..

Wonderful Image ..very well done.. look out Ian Anderson / Jethro Tull

Amazing work, brillant capture!

glad to see you got him a flute and wow does he have playing it down pat!!
i actually like the lighting on this, gives it that underground pub sense to it, all he needs is a smoky room with a sax player next to him
wonderful shot ellen and im glad to see you’re getting the boys out again :)

Heehee … very cute.

Priceless!!! Xxo

awwww

It’s so adorable,, love the softness, great work as always!

This is such beautiful work!
-jinneyxx

fantastic! or should I say flute-ti-ful…

What a cutie!!!

Cool shot.

so cute – wunderful image :)))

So cute! Love the softness!!

Fantastic!

This is so cleverly done – expert timing, an instant fave !

Excellent

Hi Ellen – Beautiful image loved the flute a def.fav. for me! – David :>))

As always…just too cute!!!

Perfect capture of the adorable face and whiskers!! Always a joy to see these shots!! :)

Super shot, but I think I prefr natural light too!

So cute! Very nice shot.

oh my…his expression and the position of his paws is just perfect! What a wonderful image! :)

Schitterend gedaan weer Ellen
Hoe bevalt de light box in’t gebruik Doe je er veel mee?

Groet
John

Ellen, this is one of my new favorites! So perfect in every way. You are a master photographer and a kind lady, too!

LOL! Wonderful!

:) Just gotta smile when looking at this one !

Work well….....nice shot.!!!

This is so cute! :)

You sure have a talented bunch of rodents, Ellen! I look forward to what you come up with next!

OMG – simply AMAZING!!! ;o)

Amazing work as usual, Ellen!

Ellen it is amazing how God will uses the smallest of His creatures, to bring so much joy, to so many! I know you are sad, but be happy about the “sunshine” that God’s little creature brought. It is truly amazing!!! I am so glad that God gave him to you…for even a while… XOXO

What an adorable image Ellen!

Awwww…..Ellen, so sorry to hear about the little critter. He (she) has had quite a run with you! My condolences on your loss.

wow!!! this is amazing – how you get these little creatures to pose for you i’ll never know… i really like the light in this and the dof is fantastic – focus is spot on!

R.I.P Moppy you bought Joy and delight to the earth while you were here….

Fab lighting and softness. Brilliant shot. Well done.

Nawww Look at him! I love the contrast between the sharp lines of the flute… and the softness of his lines…. beautiful

absolutely gorgoeus ! love it as always xxx

What an adorable little sweetie. Sweet capture!

Wonderful to see little Moppy here again. He WILL live on in your photographs and this one is a fave for sure.

This is such a beautiful and cute image! I love it! Fantastic work you do with animals—-Bea :D))

Ellen, I’m so sorry to hear that your little star passed away. He brought so many of us such joy! Thank you for being the soul behind that joy!

This is so cute and beautiful you sure have your musicians trained well

Fantastic shot. Great work.

Sooo clever and so cute to, a wonderful work

Absolutely adorable!! Great image!

omg so cute!! straight into my favs

Love the soft effect, sorry to hear about your pet rat.

Speechless!!!!!!!!!! :O

Wonderful image. He is cute, cute, and good artist..

awww this is such a cool photo!!!
He is (as i think a few have mentioned above) Very Cute!!!! =]]
Congrats!!!

This is just adorable. Wonderful capture.

Just how cute can one get!!! I love it!

Fabulous Ellen.

that is so clever! awsome

i want to kiss him and make him mine… :P
beautiful creation, ellen…

Wow, I like the light Ellen! And the focus on his/her little fingers and the flute. Love it!

awesome;

This one looks very real. Do you hear that music ? ... Great selective focus and very shallow depth of field make that image outstanding ! Great work Ellen .

That’s one of the cutetest picks i’v seen love it

So cute….......

Ik vind je series van muziek instumenten heel erg mooi. Stunning!!!! Well done.

Very funny series! Wonderful!

:))) Lovely work !!!

awww so cute

Very cute, great pose. I love the shallow DOF, it really brings the attention to the flute and the pose.

This is truly wonderful,

This one is gorgeous!

This is sooo cute and I love the serious look that he/she has. Very clever capture and great performance. : )

Just adorable… very nice! I can hear the music…

I am in complete total love with your mice, when I saw your Gallery I was blown away by them they are so adorable and your extremely imaginative, talented and clever. I love God also John 3:16…....so keep up the brillance!:-}xoxoxox

OMG, How did u manage to get the little mouse to do that? Do you speak their language?

Wonderful shot, Ellen – did the training take ages?!

Oh this one is the best, I just love this little fellow….so sweet….great capture…..jacquei xx

Ellen, This is so beautiful. I love the mouse. What you have done is use your creative ability and imagination to create a series of beautiful images of a musical mouse. great art Ellen. Good use of a soft box Ellen. I am inspired to build my own as I have the Design and plans from A Magazine. Now I will do so. WOW!. http://www.philadelphia33.org/

really impressive!! excellent work Ellen , congrats :)

Oh this is so cute!! awwww amazing =)

very nice…....beautifull work and yes, the lighting was a good choice for this little fellow.

Very nice capture….........the lighting choice was a good one, and i love your model.

Thanks for giving me my ” smile of the day “
CHEERS
LEO

What a great and funny shot! This surely will bring a smile to someone’s face, it did to mine

BRILLIANT!!
Lisa x

I just love all of your images Ellen!!! So glad I came across your work!

I jus wanna comment on all of your images, lol…but this will take you forever to reply, I just love your work!

These are so adorable. I absolutely love what you’ve done. Bravo!

gotta be the coolest phota ive seen in ages great stuff your amazing and so are your pets:)

I don’t know how you do this but they are awesome!

This is darling! Excellent capture. They are such inquisitive little creatures.

OMG!! How cute is this?? softening the background make it even more special. I love the whole series – excellent!! X
Becca

Just wonderful,,best of the best work. I love it

This is amazing!!! Maybe our “critters” can one day form a band…. ! Beautiful work – I love it!

I can´t beliiiiiiiiieve it!!! Instant fav!

loveeeeeeeee this little guy or is it a she…...? anyway…...love its song…thanks

Excellent model and one in a kind pet

These are so fabulous.

This looks so much like he is playing his little heart out for you!

Smiles Leilani

My pleasure, friend!

Smiles Leilani

so cute

If I didn’t have 4 cats…I would probably get a couple of mice, LOL…these are great Ellen!

This is so cute…Wonderful image!!!

This is just superb a definite competition winner for sure.

Hello Ellen, I could look at your collection for hours,its completely enthralling…this is adorable and I am slowly beginning to love rodents not fear them! This is gorgeous!

Jean

Hi again Ellen I can really see why you like them now and yes the charcter shines through in each of your shots.I hope one day to see a little artist pose complete with easel! They could be painting a self port rat!

Ellen, your images of your rats are just gorgeous, I can’t pick a favourite, I love them all. You are extremely talented.

So cute. Beautiful picture.

...this guy is a one man band…love the depth of field in the shot

This flute playing is even more convincing but you might want to do a horizontal flip so the flute points the right direction!