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| Sunshine by: Kayley Jolly |
Sunday, May 20, 2012
Week 2 Day 2
I watched NOVA's Dogs Decoded which was about the relationship between humans and dogs and how our relationship has affected their origins and how they have evolved in to the animals they are today. I thought it was very interesting how they did an experiment to see how animals react to human emotions and proved that they do; which I agree with because i know when I am sad or upset my dogs know it and try to comfort me or if I am happy they are happy too. I also found the experiment they did with the wolves having human interaction and the foxes having human interaction. It was crazy that the wolves still acted like wild animals and when the foxes had human interaction they became domesticated dogs like the pets we have which I thought was very interesting. This movie made me want to spend more time with the animals in the shelter since they are always in their kennels; they really need the human interaction so they can have these good relationships with a human. I recommend any dog lover to watch this movie! You can watch it on Netflix or this youtube video:
When I was looking at the website I came upon a cat named Sunshine ID# 69523. She is a black female cat that has been at the shelter for 42 days. I'm not sure why she hasn't been adopted yet because she was such a sweet and loving cat. I enjoyed spending time with her; she just wanted me to pet and hold her. When I was looking at her image online it didn't do this sweet cat justice. Her picture is dark, she looks scared, and she has food hanging out of her mouth. She is also in the back of her cage which sends the feeling that she is scared and doesn't like human contact. I went to the shelter and re-did her photo and later edited it so she could have new more inviting picture and help her get adopted. With my image I made sure she was at the front of the cage, the camera was focus on her face, and that she wasn't scared looking. When I edited the image I brightened her eyes and played up the catch lights in her eyes with the dodge tool. i also fixed the levels, exposed, and brightness. Black animals are usually harder to photograph but I made sure that I had enough light and I made my image brighter in photoshop. I also cropped the image to focus on her face and I darkened the edges with the vignette tool to help make the focus her too.
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I also thought it was very interesting the testing they did to see if dogs reacted to human emotion. I always thought that my dog new my emotions but it was nice to her that that was in fact true.
ReplyDeleteI agree that the first picture doesn't do her justice. The viewer can't see her face and she looks scared because she is crouched in the back of the cage. I'm glad that you could get a picture of her pretty face!
Yes, your photo is much stronger. The cat looks friendly. Her intake image makes her look feral. It doesn't even look like the same cat.
ReplyDeleteOne thing to note about "Dogs Decoded" is that the foxes were not tame from just being around humans. In the study they ONLY bred the non-aggressive foxes. I believe the study has been going on for 30–40 years, which is not much time on an evolutionary scale, but they are already seeing the effects of breeding out the "agressive" behavior, and the features of these foxes have begun to change. This kind of study has not been conducted on wolves, but is presents an argument for how dogs MAY HAVE evolved into the domestic dog. Quite interesting.
I meant "for how WOLVES MAY HAVE evolved into the domestic dog."
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