Photography from Mark Harless
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Diva: Before and After
Her name is Diva and she’s my friend’s American Bully. I took this photo a few months ago on my bed. She was barking and bouncing side-to-side until she plopped herself down just like the photo above. The second picture is her about four months after that. She’s grown into a beast but still the most lovable dog I’ve ever met.
The above picture I posted on Flickr and received many favorites and comments. I posted it on my Tumblr and only received a handful of likes and reblogs. A few weeks later a Tumblr user linked the photo to his blog and the views skyrocketed. Right now that version of the image has just under 22,000 notes. I’ve seen her pop up on my dashboard every now and then from other blogs.
One of my friends told me they saw it on Twitter and starting doubting it was my photo. Then another friend told me Diva was on Pinterest. Then on Facebook. I got a call yesterday from a friend who told me someone posted it on Facebook from Reddit. I was on a road trip at the time and my phone service was cutting in and out but I did manage to see that it reached number #15 on the front page. Unfortunately I wasn’t properly credited because the image was uploaded on Imgur. I tried to get the issue resolved with the OP but didn’t know that he couldn’t change the link. Oh well…
So this is my little story about Diva and I. Probably the cutest puppy picture I’ve ever seen. I hope she brought a smile to everyone’s face.
Here are the links to the two photos…
http://www.flickr.com/photos/markharless/6392908325/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/markharless/6623626409/
Fun fact! I bounced the flash off the ceiling and it picked up some of the color. She’s not actually brown but a blue color.
