I went to Vienna for a few days in 2024 to photograph the ground squirrel and hamster.
Having seen a lot of work by other photographers, I wanted to experience this myself. I attended a workshop because I didn't know where best to find the animals.
They were lovely days, the ground squirrel is such'a funny little animal, they were also not at all afraid of people.
The hamster lives in cemeteries in Vienna, among other places, which was pretty crazy to photograph there.
I was allowed to rent the lens from the person giving the workshop. It is the canon 300 f2. What a beautiful lens, it gives such's beautiful soft, dreamy atmosphere, which completes this image.
This ground squirrel shyly hides behind a dandelion.
My name is Mirka Koot. I studied photography (analogue) in the distant past. Later I learned digital photography myself. Over the years I've created my own style, because I've made some backgrounds on canvas canvas myself, in combination with my style of editing my photos get a picturesque.. Read more…