Indeed, a very tolerant rabbit. If you looked askance while taking a video then you could also eliminate eye contact and thereby further reduce the rabbit's stress level. Moreover, getting down to terra firma, such as sitting, diminishes your looming bulk (in no way a reflection of your weight) and presents a less imposing threat. You could even pretend that you are foraging, an activity indicating (to the rabbit) that you are not a carnivore. I approached a GBH once by mock feeding, turning my back on it while close to the ground, awkwardly approaching the creek bank to splash water and then return to feeding but now and ever more so getting closer and closer to the heron. We became mates and now have lunch together ever other Tuesday. With a cell phone camera and its big screen you can video a rabbit without even looking directly at it, relying solely on your peripheral vision. It's also a great way to discover whether or not you are losing your peripheral vision, in which case it's time for a Field Test. Wait, a Field Test? You mean when we go out into the field to photograph stuff that we'll be tested on it? So, the rabbit kept stuffing its face and not even looking at you ... sounds just like a husband.
